Manchester City 3-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 January 2025

Result

Manchester City 3-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 25 January 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City 3-1 Chelsea: match report

Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 January 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Noni Madueke opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Josko Gvardiol (42'), Erling Haaland (68') and Phil Foden (87'). Chelsea scored through Noni Madueke (3').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 7th on 38 points from 22 and Chelsea 5th on 40 points from 22. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Chelsea 4th with 69.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Erling Haaland of Manchester City (8.8), ahead of Phil Foden (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Chelsea.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Noni MaduekeChelsea · 0-1
  • 4'Yellow card · Abdukodir KhusanovManchester City
  • 25'Yellow card · Levi ColwillChelsea
  • 42'Goal · Josko GvardiolManchester City · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Moisés CaicedoChelsea
  • 68'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 83'Yellow card · Mateo KovacicManchester City
  • 87'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 2, Chelsea 2.

Team news

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

Ederson, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Manuel Akanji, Josko Gvardiol, Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, İlkay Gündoğan, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, Omar Marmoush

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

Robert Sánchez, Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, M. Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho, Nicolas Jackson