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' We are underway at Wembley. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' 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.
- 10' 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.
- 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with Manchester City FC winning 66.67% of all matches.
- 20' Manchester City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' 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 Reece James suffering a number of foals already.
- 29' A meaty challenge results in booking for Enzo Fernandez on 29.
- 32' It’s a booking for Chelsea FC player. Cucurella gets a card.
- 37' Cole Palmer needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 42' 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.
- 47' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 52' 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.
- 56' Abdukodir Khusanov is having his name booked by the referee on 56.
- 61' It looks like no one’s ball. Chelsea FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 66' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Abdukodir Khusanov made 445 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 71' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Manchester City FC that had 434 games and scored 1018 goals.
- 72' GOAL! Antoine Semenyo scores on 72. Assisted by Erling Haaland
- 77' 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.
- 82' Manchester City FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker Antoine Semenyo scoring 1 goals.
- 87' Manchester City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 87.
- The final score is 0-1.
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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 Raheem Sterling 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.