Match Preview: Chelsea vs. Manchester City

The Stage is set.

Chelsea face a huge test of the Premier League credentials when they face free-scoring pace setting Premier League leaders Manchester City Monday night.

With news of Mario Balotelli enjoying a night of the town last night, hopefully Chelsea’s defence can enjoy a relatively quiet night. That’s if Nasri, Silva, Aguero, and Milner don’t play. Which they all will.

Possible Team Lineups

Chelsea should start with the same team that defeated Valencia mid last week, with Bosingwa possibly coming in for David Luiz as Ivo moves into central defence.

It will be very interesting to see how attacking Chelsea are from the start of the match. This Chelsea Chief believes the Blues are at their best with they take the game to their opponent. But getting caught on the counter attack is the type of sucker punch the Blues would be hoping to avoid. One goal could ruin the season, and this is not lost on Andre Villas-Boas.

It becomes extremely difficult if we lose. Thirteen points is a big deficit to recover. Not impossible, but that’s the reality.

One way or the other, the game should be full of controversy with English lunatic Mark Clattenburg responsible for referring the match.

Key Stat: City have scored in only one of their last nine games at Stamford Bridge.