All you need to know about our clash with Chelsea this weekend...
WHEN AND WHERE
City travel to Stamford Bridge on Saturday, 25 September to take on Chelsea.
Kick-off is 12.30pm.
You can follow the action via our Matchday Centre here on mancity.com or on our official app, which will provide you with minute-by-minute coverage, or via our Twitter: @ManCity.
A full match replay of all the action will be available to view with a CITY+ subscription from midnight.
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If you live outside of the UK, you can find out how to tune in, wherever you are in the world, by looking at our TV listings at the foot of this page.
MATCHDAY LIVE
Saturday’s live pre-match show is available to watch across all our digital platforms.
The show will begin one hour before kick-off (11:30am UK).
The programme then returns for a half-time debrief and will also round-up all the action after the final whistle.
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Time permitting, our special guests will also react to the thoughts of Pep Guardiola and also a player.
Matchday Live is a must-watch for supporters, offering an exclusive City-focused perspective to your coverage to all of Manchester City’s clashes.
TEAM NEWS
Chelsea XI: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, James, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Lukaku, Werner
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Chilwell, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Loftus-Cheek, Saul, Havertz, Hudson-Odoi, Ziyech
City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, De Bruyne, Jesus
Subs: Steffen, Stones, Ake, Sterling, Torres, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Palmer, Lavia
Pep Guardiola has made nine changes to the side that defeated Wycombe 6-1 in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup third round tie at the Etihad.
Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden keep their starting places, with Ederson, Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Joao Cancelo, Rodrigo, Bernardo Silva, Jack Grealish and Gabriel Jesus all coming back into Guardiola’s XI.
Zack Steffen, Ferran Torres, Romeo Lavia, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling, all of whom started on Tuesday, drop to the bench.
John Stones returns to the squad after an injury absence. His last game came for England in Poland on September 8.
However, Ilkay Gundogan and Oleksandr Zinchenko both miss out through injury.
LAST TIME OUT
City thrashed Wycombe Wanderers 6-1 in the Carabao Cup, while Chelsea beat Aston Villa on penalties at Stamford Bridge in the same competition.
LAST MEETING
The two teams met three times in the final weeks of the 2020/21 campaign in three different competitions.
Chelsea won all three meetings, first in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, then a Premier League win at the Etihad before edging the Champions League final 1-0 at the Estádio do Dragão in Portugal.
Kai Havertz scored the only goal of the game on 42 minutes.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett
Fourth official: Andy Madley
VAR: Darren England
Assistant VAR: Dan Robathan
TV LISTINGS
The game will be screened live on BT Sport 1 in the UK.
Here are the global TV listings...
| Andorra |
RMC Sport 1 |
| Angola |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Argentina |
Star+, ESPN Sur |
| Aruba |
RUSH |
| Australia |
Optus Sport |
| Bahamas |
RUSH |
| Barbados |
RUSH |
| Belarus |
Belarus 5 |
| Belgium |
Play Sports 2, Play Sports |
| Benin |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Bermuda |
RUSH |
| Bolivia |
Star+, ESPN Sur |
| Botswana |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| British Virgin Islands |
RUSH |
| Brunei |
Astro Go |
| Bulgaria |
Play Diema Xtra, Diema Sport 2 |
| Burkina Faso |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now |
| Burundi |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now |
| Cameroon |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Canada |
DAZN |
| Cape Verde |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Cayman Islands |
RUSH |
| Central African Republic |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Chad |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Chile |
Star+, ESPN Sur |
| China |
iQiyi, Migu, PPTV Sport China, QQ Sports Live |
| Colombia |
ESPN Sur, Star+, ESPN2 Colombia |
| Comoros |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Congo |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now |
| Costa Rica |
Sky HD |
| Cote D’Ivoire |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Curacao |
RUSH |
| Czech Republic |
Premier Sport, DIGI GO |
| Denmark |
Viaplay Denmark, TV3 MAX |
| Djibouti |
DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Dominica |
RUSH |
| Dominican Republic |
RUSH, Sky HD |
| Ecuador |
ESPN Sur, Star+ |
| El Salvador |
Sky HD |
| Equatorial Guinea |
DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Eritrea |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now |
| Estonia |
TV3 Sport |
| Ethiopia |
DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Finland |
Elisa Viihde Viaplay, V Sport Jalkapallo, V Sport Premium |
| France |
RMC Sport 1, Canal+ Sport, RMC Sport en direct, Free |
| French Guiana |
RUSH |
| Gabon |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now |
| Gambia |
DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Ghana |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now |
| Greece |
Cosmote Sport 1 HD |
| Grenada |
RUSH |
| Guadeloupe |
RUSH |
| Guatemala |
Sky HD |
| Guinea |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Guinea-Bissau |
DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Guyana |
RUSH |
| Haiti |
RUSH |
| Honduras |
Sky HD |
| Hong Kong |
620 Now Premier League TV, 621 Now Premier League 1, Now Player |
| Hungary |
Digi Sport 1 |
| India |
JioTV, Hotstar VIP |
| Indonesia |
mola.tv, Mola TV App, Mola TV |
| Ireland |
BT Sport App, BT Sport 1, BTSport.com |
| Israel |
Sport 1 |
| Italy |
NOW TV, SKY Go Italia, Sky Sport Football |
| Jamaica |
RUSH |
| Japan |
DAZN |
| Kazakhstan |
Setanta Sports Kazakhstan |
| Kenya |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now |
| Korea Republic |
SPOTV ON 2 |
| Latvia |
TV3 Sport |
| Lesotho |
DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Liberia |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Lithuania |
TV3 Sport |
| Luxembourg |
RMC Sport 1 |
| Macau |
iQiyi |
| Madagascar |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Malawi |
DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Malaysia |
Astro Go, Astro SuperSport 3 |
| Mali |
DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Malta |
TSN2 Malta, GO TV Anywhere |
| Martinique |
RUSH |
| Mauritania |
DStv Now |
| Mauritius |
DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA, RMC Sport 1 |
| Mexico |
Blue To Go Video Everywhere, Sky HD |
| Monaco |
RMC Sport 1 |
| Montserrat |
RUSH |
| Mozambique |
DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Namibia |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Netherlands |
Ziggo Sport Voetbal |
| New Zealand |
Spark Sport |
| Nicaragua |
Sky HD |
| Niger |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now |
| Nigeria |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League Nigeria |
| Norway |
TV2 Sport Premium, TV 2 Play |
| Panama |
Sky HD |
| Paraguay |
Star+, ESPN Sur |
| Peru |
ESPN Sur, Star+ |
| Poland |
nc+ GO, Canal+ Sport 2 Poland, Canal+ Sport Online |
| Portugal |
Sport TV1, Sport TV2, Sport TV Multiscreen |
| Puerto Rico |
RUSH |
| Russia |
Okko Sport |
| Rwanda |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Saint Lucia |
RUSH |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Senegal |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now |
| Seychelles |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Sierra Leone |
DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Singapore |
102 (HD) mio Stadium, mio Stadium 107, mio Stadium 108 |
| Slovakia |
DIGI GO, Premier Sport |
| South Africa |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League, DStv App |
| South Sudan |
DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Spain |
DAZN |
| Sudan |
SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now |
| Suriname |
RUSH |
| Swaziland |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1, DStv Now |
| Sweden |
V Sport Premium, Viaplay Sweden |
| Switzerland |
RMC Sport 1, Canal+ Sport |
| Tanzania |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Timor-Leste |
mola.tv, Mola TV |
| Togo |
DStv Now, SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
RUSH |
| Turkey |
S Sport+, S Sport |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
RUSH |
| U.S. Virgin Islands |
RUSH |
| Uganda |
DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Ukraine |
Setanta Sports Ukraine |
| United Kingdom |
BT Sport App, BT Sport 1, BT Sport Ultimate, BTSport.com |
| United States |
nbcsports.com, UNIVERSO, NBC Sports App, NBCSN |
| Uruguay |
Star+, ESPN Sur |
| Venezuela |
Star+, ESPN Sur |
| Vietnam |
K+PM |
| Zambia |
SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
| Zimbabwe |
DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 |
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