Man City vs Chelsea

25 January 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee John Brooks

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Josko Gvardiol 42’
  • Erling Haaland 68’
  • Phil Foden 87’
  • Noni Madueke 3’

Match summary

Man City came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Chelsea. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Noni Madueke put Chelsea ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Nicolas Jackson and Josko Gvardiol equalised in the 42nd minute, set up by Matheus Nunes. In the second half, Erling Haaland put Man City in front in the 68th minute, set up by Ederson and Phil Foden made it 3-1 in the 87th minute, set up by Erling Haaland.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 2.36 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Chelsea's 1.50 from 10.

Match stats

Man City Chelsea
15 Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.23 xG 1.50
2.23 Non-penalty xG 1.50
3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Man City Chelsea
Kick-off
3’
Noni Madueke
Assist: Nicolas Jackson0-1 (Chelsea)
Josko Gvardiol
Assist: Matheus Nunes1-1 (Man City)
42’
Half-time1-1
Erling Haaland
Assist: Ederson2-1 (Man City)
68’
Phil Foden
Assist: Erling Haaland3-1 (Man City)
87’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Abduqodir Khusanov
  • Mateo Kovacic
  • Bernardo Silva
Chelsea
  • Levi Colwill
  • Moisés Caicedo

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.36 1.50 3’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), 0-1 3’ 42’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), 1-1 42’ 68’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-1 68’ 87’ Phil Foden (Man City), 3-1 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.36 1.50 3’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), 0-1 Madueke 3’ 42’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), 1-1 Gvardiol 42’ 68’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-1 Haaland 68’ 87’ Phil Foden (Man City), 3-1 Foden 87’
Man City 2.36 xGChelsea 1.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Man City attacking 
3’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 42’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 90+5’ Levi Colwill (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.40 xG, off target 87’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 40’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 42’ Matheus Nunes (Man City), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 68’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 32’ Phil Foden (Man City), set piece, 0.18 xG, off target 9’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 29’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 51’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 25’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 34’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 52’ Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 23’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 51’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 58’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 28’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 34’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 5’ Reece James (Chelsea), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Man City), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 42’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 90+5’ Levi Colwill (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.40 xG, off target 87’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 40’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 42’ Matheus Nunes (Man City), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 68’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 32’ Phil Foden (Man City), set piece, 0.18 xG, off target 9’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 29’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 51’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 25’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 34’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 34’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 52’ Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 23’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Noni Madueke (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 51’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 67’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 58’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 28’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 34’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 5’ Reece James (Chelsea), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Abduqodir Khusanov (Man City), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK9010 0.000.261
Matheus Nunes DEF9011 0.280.532
Manuel Akanji DEF900 0.000.000
Abduqodir Khusanov DEF561 0.020.000
Josko Gvardiol DEF9013 0.820.000
Mateo Kovacic MID901 0.070.312
Ilkay Gündogan MID901 0.030.281
Bernardo Silva MID900 0.000.021
Phil Foden FWD9013 0.580.000
Erling Haaland FWD90113 0.440.523
Omar Marmoush FWD762 0.120.181
John Stones Sub340 0.000.000
Kevin De Bruyne Sub140 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 41% Avg odds 2.34
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.80
Chelsea win 34% Avg odds 2.84

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

Form going into the game

Man City DWWDW
Chelsea LLDDW

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Chelsea 0-2 Man City, 18 Aug 24 Next meeting: Man City 1-1 Chelsea, 04 Jan 26  All Man City vs Chelsea meetings

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.