Chelsea VS Manchester City

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Chelsea have won six of their last seven home league meetings with Manchester City. The only defeat was a 4-2 loss in February 2010.
• Manchester City have won five of their last seven games in all competitions against Chelsea, including August's Charity Shield.
• There has not been a draw in the last 14 league games between the two sides since a goalless encounter in February 2005.

Chelsea

• Rafael Benitez is the ninth manager during Roman Abramovich's ownership of Chelsea.
• Benitez has only lost one of his previous 12 Premier League encounters with Manchester City and is unbeaten in his last 10.
• Fernando Torres scored 56 goals in 79 Premier League appearances under Benitez at Liverpool.
• Chelsea are without a win in their last four Premier League matches, having won seven of their first eight.
• The Champions League winners have conceded nine goals in their last five Premier League games.
• The Londoners have not kept a clean sheet in seven Premier League games.

Manchester City

• Roberto Mancini's side are unbeaten in their last 18 Premier League matches, their best top flight run since a 22-game sequence in 1936-37. They are the only team in England's top four divisions who have not lost in the league this season.
• They went 14 games unbeaten from the start of last season - a run which ended with a 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge.
• Manchester City's 5-0 win against Aston Villa sent the champions to the top of the Premier League table for the first time this season.
• City have the best defence in the top flight, having conceded just 10 league goals so far this season.
• Carlos Tevez has scored six Premier League goals against Chelsea, only Alan Shearer (8) and Thierry Henry (8) have scored more.
• Mario Balotelli is one game away from his is 50th Premier League appearance.