All you need to know about our game at Stamford Bridge...

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Zack Steffen will make his Premier League debut against Chelsea this afternoon.

Oleks Zinchenko and Phil Foden also start as Pep Guardiola makes three changes to the side that beat Newcastle United on Boxing Day.

Ederson, Ferran TorresAymeric Laporte, and Nathan Ake are not in today’s matchday squad, while Gabriel Jesus, Eric Garcia, and Kyle Walker are still self-isolating after testing positive for Coronavirus.

Today’s bench includes teenagers Luke MbeteTaylor Harwood-Bellis and Liam Delap.

TEAMS

City: Steffen, Cancelo, Zinchenko, Dias, StonesRodrigoGundoganDe Bruyne (c), BernardoFodenSterling

Subs: Carson, AgueroMendyFernandinhoMahrezDelap, Harwood-Bellis, Mbete

Chelsea: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Chilwell, Zouma, Thiago Silva, Kovacic, Kanté, Mount, Ziyech, Werner, Pulisic

Subs: Kepa, Rüdiger, Jorginho, Abraham, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Gilmour, Havertz, Emerson

WHEN AND WHERE?

City travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea on 3 January, with a 4.30pm kick-off.

The game is available to watch live on Sky Sports for those in the UK, with live updates also being provided via our matchday centre here on mancity.com, as well as on our Twitter: @ManCity

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WE’RE NOT REALLY HERE

Nedum Onuoha and Joleon Lescott will be our guests for the game at Stamford Bridge. 

It begins at 15:30 (UK), one hour before we kick-off against Frank Lampard’s side and is available to watch on all our digital platforms.

We’re Not Really Here offers a City-focused perspective to your pre-match build-up, with our guests providing expert analysis and insight.

The show resumes at half-time for a brief summary of the opening 45 minutes and, five minutes after the final whistle, we’ll be live for half an hour of post-match reaction.

Our guests will dissect the game and respond to the fans’ Man of the Match poll, questions, and comments, whilst we will also hear a player’s reaction and, time permitting, watch Guardiola’s post-match press conference.

FORM GUIDE

City currently sit eighth in the Premier League table having missed out on the last round of Premier League fixtures due to the postponement of our trip to Everton.

Our 2-0 win over Newcastle United on Boxing Day extended our unbeaten run in all competitions to 10 games, with just two goals conceded in that time.

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The hosts find themselves in sixth position in the Premier League, on the same points as City (26), with their last league outing coming in a 1-1 home draw against Aston Villa.

LAST MEETING

Our last visit to Stamford Bridge ended in a 2-1 defeat, with the loss confirming Liverpool as Premier League champions.

Christian Pulisic gave the hosts a first-half lead before a superb Kevin De Bruyne goal levelled the scores after the break.

However, Willian’s 78th-minute penalty settled the encounter.

PREVIEW: Pep guardiola 

“We have a good squad to go there and try to compete against a tough opponent Chelsea.

“We will go there to play our game with enthusiasm and good will. We try to do our job and do a good performance.”

 “When you win a lot of titles - four in one season - you play a lot of games. It won’t be an exception right now.

“If we play a lot of games it means we are in the competitions.”

PREVIEW: FRANK LAMPARD 

“It’s a game we want to win against a very good opposition. They are always going to be there, or there abouts Man City so to be up there with them – even with our recent run of form – is a plus.

“I know we need to be at our best to win because of the opposition.

“In terms of their weaknesses I don’t see it, they’re strong outfit and very well managed so we will have to focus on ourselves and be at our best.”

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Anthony Taylor

Assistants: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn

Fourth official: Peter Bankes.

VAR: Mike Dean 

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