Chelsea 1-3 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 3 January 2021

Result

Chelsea 1-3 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 3 January 2021, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Chelsea 1-3 Manchester City: match report

Chelsea were beaten by Manchester City 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 January 2021. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Ilkay Gündogan opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Callum Hudson-Odoi (90+2'). Manchester City scored through Ilkay Gündogan (18'), Phil Foden (21') and Kevin De Bruyne (34').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 6th on 26 points from 16 and Manchester City 8th on 26 points from 14. Chelsea went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Manchester City 1st with 86.

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 Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.5), ahead of Phil Foden (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 6 for Manchester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Ilkay GündoganManchester City · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 0-2
  • 34'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 0-3
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Christian PulisicChelsea
  • 53'Yellow card · N'Golo KantéChelsea
  • 71'Yellow card · Mateo KovacicChelsea
  • 90'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 90+2'Goal · Callum Hudson-OdoiChelsea · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 0, Manchester City 6.

Team news

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Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Edouard Mendy, César Azpilicueta, Kurt Zouma, Thiago Silva, Ben Chilwell, Mateo Kovacic, N'Golo Kanté, Mason Mount, Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Christian Pulisic

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

Zack Steffen, João Cancelo, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden