Chelsea hosts Manchester City at the Stamford Bridge in an exciting game from the first round of the Premier League. This is a perfect moment to preview this clash in our High-odds football predictions this weekend.
For Chelsea this is a new beginning with their new manager Enzo Maresca. The Italian coach used to be one of Pep Guardiola’s assistants at Man City. This means that now Maresca will face his former mentor. Last season he led Leicester City to promotion and this made Chelsea sign him as Mauricio Pochettino’s replacement.
On the market Chelsea were very active which is a tradition under Todd Boehly. The Blues signed many new players, including Wolves’ Pedro Neto, Leicester’s Kiernan Dewsburry-Hall, Villarreal’s Filip Jorgensen and Barcelona’s young gem Marc Guiu. At the same time many players left the club as well.
Under Enzo Maresca, we expect to see Chelsea playing a positional football with many passes. He’s a disciple of Pep Guardiola after all.
The Premier League champions Manchester City arrive in London for a tough test. The Cityzens just won the Community Shield against Manchester United, but this game is more important. Now City must be at their best against Chelsea.
City didn’t have the best game against United at Wembley, but Bernardo Silva’s equaliser in the last minutes allowed them to go to penalties. Guardiola used many of his young talents while the new signing Savinho made his official debut. Now Guardiola must choose between him and Jeremy Doku for a starting spot against Chelsea. Jack Grealish is another option for the manager.
Julian Alvarez is not a part of Man City’s squad anymore. The Argentine striker decided to leave and joined Atletico Madrid instead.
That’s the High-odds football predictions this weekend for the Premier League derby between Chelsea and Manchester City. We expect some terrific football between these two teams!