Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea: result and report

Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 4 January 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City drew with Chelsea 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Tijjani Reijnders opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Manchester City's goal came from Tijjani Reijnders (42'). Chelsea scored through Enzo Fernández (90+4').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 41 points from 19 and Chelsea 6th on 30 points from 19. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Chelsea 10th with 52.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rodri of Manchester City (7.8), ahead of Enzo Fernández (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.

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