Savinho And Mateo Kovacic To Start: Rodri, Walker And Foden On The Bench: City’s Predicted XI To Face Chelsea

Manchester City get their Premier League title defence underway at Stamford Bridge this weekend.

Manager Pep Guardiola will be going up against one of his former proteges in the dugout, with Chelsea having appointed Enzo Maresca to replace Mauricio Pochettino earlier this summer.

It’s likely to be an open game on Sunday evening, with both teams playing a brand of football which places the emphasis on attack. Whether the scoreline will be as high as the 4-4 we saw in the same fixture last season, though, we shall have to wait and see.


Press the next page as we predict City’s starting eleven for their opening league match.

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David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.