Monday tonight will witness the weekend’s biggest Premiership contest - a showdown between 2nd placed Manchester City and 3rd placed Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium.
Tonight, the Blues look to catch Mancini's side as Benitez's men battle for second. With the title slipping from the current Premier League champions' grasp, the away side will look to capitalise and go within a point of the team above them with a win.
The match is going to be a clash of titans and the outcome is really difficult to predict. Manchester City have managed to win just one of their past four Premier League encounters with Chelsea, losing two and drawing the other. While Chelsea won 10 of their first 12 away league games against the current champions, but City have won the last three clashes at the Etihad Stadium.
Tonight, Rafa Benitez will be without his captain John Terry (knee) for his first game in charge, the Chelsea defender injured himself against Liverpool and is not expected back until December. Frank Lampard (calf) and Daniel Sturridge (hamstring) also remained sidelined.
Roberto Mancini has real concerns over captain Vincent Kompany (knee), after he left City's Champions League match against Real Madrid on crutches. He joins Gael Clichy (ankle), Micah Richards (knee) and Mario Balotelli (back) on the injury list at Eastlands. James Milner is expected to to be fit after recovering from a hamstring concern.
The opposing teams for tonight are:
The English Barclays Premier League match is scheduled to be played between Chelsea - Manchester City on Wednesday, 3 February 2014, kick-off 20:00 GMT at Etihad Stadium.
If you are one of the fans located at different destination and miss the chance to visit the stadium to watch your favourite team, you can now watch the match live on your laptop or desktop computer, FREE, provided you have an internet connection, from the links given below:
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