Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2023

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea: match report

Manchester City defeated Chelsea 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 May 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Julián Alvarez of Manchester City in the 12th minute.

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 85 points from 35 and Chelsea 12th on 43 points from 35. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Chelsea 12th with 44.

Manchester City lined up in a 3-3-1-3 and Chelsea in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Stefan Ortega of Manchester City (8.3), ahead of Julián Alvarez (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Julián AlvarezManchester City · 1-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Kai HavertzChelsea
  • 66'Yellow card · Enzo FernándezChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 7, draws 0, Chelsea 3.

Team news

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

Stefan Ortega, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Aymeric Laporte, Rico Lewis, Kalvin Phillips, Sergio Gómez, Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez, Julián Alvarez, Cole Palmer

Chelsea line-up (3-4-1-2)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Wesley Fofana, Thiago Silva, Trevoh Chalobah, César Azpilicueta, Enzo Fernández, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Lewis Hall, Conor Gallagher, Kai Havertz, Raheem Sterling