Manchester City 1-3 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2016

Result

Manchester City 1-3 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-3 Chelsea: match report

Manchester City were beaten by Chelsea 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Manchester City's goal came from an own goal by Gary Cahill (45'). Chelsea scored through Diego Costa (60'), Willian (70') and Eden Hazard (90').

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 30 points from 13 and Chelsea 1st on 31 points from 13. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Chelsea 1st with 93.

Manchester City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Diego Costa of Chelsea (8.6), ahead of Eden Hazard (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Chelsea.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiManchester City
  • 45'Own goal · Gary CahillManchester City · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · N'Golo KantéChelsea
  • 60'Goal · Diego CostaChelsea · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · WillianChelsea · 1-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Jesús NavasManchester City
  • 90'Goal · Eden HazardChelsea · 1-3
  • 90+6'Red card · Sergio AgüeroManchester City
  • 90+7'Red card · FernandinhoManchester City
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Nathaniel ChalobahChelsea
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 4, draws 4, Chelsea 2.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Claudio Bravo, Nicolás Otamendi, John Stones, Aleksandar Kolarov, Jesús Navas, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, Leroy Sané, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Sergio Agüero

Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)

Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Cesc Fàbregas, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard