Man City vs Chelsea

8 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • Raheem Sterling 44’
  • Hakim Ziyech 63’
  • Marcos Alonso 90+2’

Match summary

Chelsea came from behind to win 2-1 away at Man City, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead in the 44th minute, set up by Sergio Agüero, Hakim Ziyech equalised in the 63rd minute, set up by César Azpilicueta, and Marcos Alonso won it in stoppage time, set up by Timo Werner.

Man City can feel hard done by, creating 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Chelsea's 0.62 from 12. Sergio Agüero had a penalty saved for Man City.

Match stats

Man City Chelsea
16 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.79 xG 0.62
1.03 Non-penalty xG 0.62
10 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Man City Chelsea
Kick-off
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Sergio Agüero1-0 (Man City)
44’
Half-time1-0
63’
Hakim Ziyech
Assist: César Azpilicueta1-1 (Chelsea)
90+2’
Marcos Alonso
Assist: Timo Werner1-2 (Chelsea)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man City
  • Raheem Sterling
  • Gabriel Jesus

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.79 0.62 44’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 1-0 44’ 63’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), 1-1 63’ 90+2’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), 1-2 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.79 0.62 44’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 1-0 Sterling 44’ 63’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), 1-1 Ziyech 63’ 90+2’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), 1-2 Alonso 90+2’
Man City 1.79 xGChelsea 0.62 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Man City attacking 
48’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 44’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 90+2’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 33’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 86’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 60’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 63’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 4’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 82’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 87’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Reece James (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Billy Gilmour (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 78’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 71’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 32’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Benjamin Mendy (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 17’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 43’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 51’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 48’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 44’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 90+2’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 33’ Timo Werner (Chelsea), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 86’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 60’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 63’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 4’ Ferrán Torres (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 87’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Reece James (Chelsea), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Billy Gilmour (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 78’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 71’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 32’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Benjamin Mendy (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 17’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 51’ Sergio Agüero (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 43’ Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Aymeric Laporte DEF900 0.000.000
Nathan Aké DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.071
Rodri MID902 0.090.072
João Cancelo MID901 0.040.061
Raheem Sterling MID9013 0.520.000
Ferrán Torres MID741 0.070.092
Benjamin Mendy MID831 0.020.062
Gabriel Jesus FWD903 0.100.061
Sergio Agüero FWD7312 0.770.462
Phil Foden Sub171 0.080.000
Ilkay Gündogan Sub162 0.100.081
Oleksandr Zinchenko Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 47% Avg odds 2.04
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.35
Chelsea win 24% Avg odds 4.01

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man City WWLWW
Chelsea LWDWW

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.