Chelsea FC vs Manchester City FC, FA Cup 2025-26 FINAL
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Overview
Match Preview
Chelsea FC vs Manchester City FC — FA Cup at Wembley.
- Chelsea FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Manchester City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 May Manchester City FC H 0–1 L 09 May Liverpool FC A 1–1 D 04 May Nottingham Forest FC H 1–3 L 26 Apr Leeds United FC H 1–0 W 21 Apr Brighton & Hove Albion FC A 0–3 L 18 Apr Manchester United FC H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 May Chelsea FC A 1–0 W 13 May Crystal Palace FC H 3–0 W 09 May Brentford FC H 3–0 W 04 May Everton FC A 3–3 D 25 Apr Southampton FC H 2–1 W 22 Apr Burnley FC A 1–0 W Key Stats
38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Chelsea FC this season50% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Chelsea FC0-151/–16-302/–31-45–/–46-601/–61-751/176+2/–■ Scored ■ ConcededManchester City FC0-15–/–16-30–/–31-452/–46-602/–61-751/–76+2/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Chelsea FCPedro Neto 4 G 2 A Manchester City FCAntoine Semenyo 3 G 2 A Erling Haaland 3 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Chelsea FC and Manchester City FC is underway.
- 5' The travelling Manchester City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nico O'Reilly, as he is very good at scoring at Wembley with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 25' Manchester City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 29' The referee calls foul for Enzo Fernandez. He receives a card.
- 32' It’s a booking for Chelsea FC player. Cucurella gets a card.
- 37' Manchester City FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker Antoine Semenyo scoring 1 goals.
- 42' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Levi Colwill suffering a number of foals already.
- 47' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 52' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 56' Abdukodir Khusanov is having his name booked by the referee on 56.
- 61' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jeremy Doku made 390 appearances and scored 34 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 66' Chelsea FC is showing some good football. However, Chelsea FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 71' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chelsea FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 72' What a strike from Antoine Semenyo! The score is 0-1.
- 77' It looks surprising Chelsea FC does not make any changes. Abdukodir Khusanov has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 82' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 87' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- Another three points for Manchester City FC.
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Lineups
Chelsea FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 24
- 3
- 8
- 20
- 29
- 1
- 10
- 27
- 25
- 6
- 21
Bench
- 4
- 23
- 7
- 9
- 12
- 14
- 49
- 17
- 34
Manchester City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 42
- 20
- 16
- 27
- 9
- 11
- 15
- 7
- 1
- 33
- 45
Bench
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 5
- 47
- 25
- 3
- 10
- 26
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Riyad Mahrez 5 Julian Alvarez 4 Kevin De Bruyne 4 Erling Haaland 4 Raheem Sterling 3 Sergio Aguero 3 Phil Foden 3 Ilkay Gundogan 2 Head to Head
Chelsea FC Form
Manchester City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.95 Chelsea FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.39 Manchester City FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Manchester City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.34Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 41% 59% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
Chelsea FC or Draw 53%Draw or Manchester City FC 76%Chelsea FC or Manchester City FC 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.6%0 – 1 Actual0 – 0 11.8%0 – 2 9%1 – 2 8.6%1 – 0 8%2 – 1 5.8%2 – 0 4.2%2 – 2 4.2%0 – 3 4.1%1 – 3 4%2 – 3 2%Asian Handicap — Chelsea FC
Handicap Chelsea FC covers Push Manchester City FC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 6% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 15% 76% -0.5 24% — 76% +0.5 54% — 46% +1 54% 23% 22% +1.5 78% — 22% +2 78% 14% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Chelsea FC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.