Manchester City welcome Antonio Conte's Chelsea to the Etihad Stadium in what should be one of the stand-out fixtures of the season so far.
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Your support makes all the difference.The two sides are separated by a single point, with the Blues sitting pretty at the top of the league on 31 points and City a single point behind on 30.
Victory will hand either side a massive boost in their title campaigns as the two continue to set the pace for the rest of the league.
Pep Guardiola's men have the opportunity to overtake their London rivals, but to do so would require breaking down Chelsea's seemingly impenetrable defence.
Conte's defence has conceded just one goal in their last seven games as the side continues to thrive under the coach's new formation.
But with the home advantage, City will know that today is their opportunity to strike and stake their claim for that top spot.
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Saturday's fixtures:
Manchester City 12.30 Chelsea
Crystal Palace 15.00 Southampton
Stoke 15.00 Burnley
Sunderland 15.00 Leicester
Tottenham 15.00 Swansea
West Brom 15.00 Watford
West Ham 17.30 Arsenal
5 MINS
A short corner from Man City invites pressure from what should have been a good attacking opportunity, but Chelsea do have the height advantage today so the home side will be looking for alternatives.
7 MINS
Silva charges into the box and Cahill goes to ground and the ball strikes his arm, but it's unintentional. City players roar for a penalty, but quite rightly it goes unrewarded,
10 MINS
The tempo of the game begins to pick up, as the pace of the City strikeforce begins to cause the Chelsea back three a few issues.
Stones looses possession at the back to Costa, right in front of goal. This will be a valuable lesson for the defence of the home-side. They can't take them risks with a predator, such as the Spaniard, around. He will relentlessly attack and hunt possesion.
12 MINS
Gundogan goes to ground following a clash with Kante. Free kick to City.
14 MINS
Hazard gets his first sight of goal, but he fails to test Bravo from distance. This should be a wake up call for the home side.
16 MINS
YELLOW CARD
Otamendi is booked for lunging into a tackle with Costa, showing his studs. He will have to be very careful from now on as a striker, such as Costa, will now invite his challenges and play on the fact that he is carrying a card.
19 MINS
The game is struggling to get into any kind of rhythm at the moment, as its littered with non-stop free-kicks for both sides. Tackles are flying in, but this is leaving both sides unable to make any sort of move on goal.
Nonetheless, Aguero receives the ball from Kolarov on the edge of the box and tests Courtois for the first time today. The Belgian keeper manages to tip the ball just over the bar.
23 MINS
Pedro receives treatment on the pitch following a clash with Aguero. The Chelsea side will be hoping it's nothing serious, as he has looked dangerous so far today.
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