Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2018

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City: match report

Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

N'Golo Kanté opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Chelsea's goals came from N'Golo Kanté (45') and David Luiz (78'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 5th on 31 points from 15 and Manchester City 2nd on 41 points from 15. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Manchester City 1st with 98.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to David Luiz of Chelsea (8.6), ahead of César Azpilicueta (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 4 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Manchester City's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · N'Golo KantéChelsea · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · JorginhoChelsea
  • 78'Goal · David LuizChelsea · 2-0
  • 80'Yellow card · PedroChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 3, Manchester City 4.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Pedro, Eden Hazard, Willian

Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Fabian Delph, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, David Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sané