STATS PREVIEW - MANCHESTER CITY VS CHELSEA

· Manchester City have won 19 and lost just one of their last 21 Barclays Premier League games at the Etihad Stadium, including winning the last 11 in a row.

· Chelsea have kept three clean sheets in a row away from home in the Barclays Premier League.

· Man City have won their last 10 home matches

· Chelsea have lost their last four Premier League visits to the Etihad, but no team has won more games away at Man City in Premier League history than the west Londoners (10).

· Sergio Aguero has scored 15 goals in his last 12 appearances at the Etihad Stadium.

· Man City have had both teams scoring in their last five matches against top-six teams

·  Manchester City are unbeaten in their last six Premier League games played on a Monday (W5 D1), but their last PL defeat on a Monday came against Chelsea (1-2 in Dec 2011).

· Five of Chelsea’s last eight Premier League games on a Monday have ended in a draw, with three of these ending goalless.

· Chelsea have been level at half-time in their last five away matches against Man City

· Edin Dzeko will attempt to score in four successive Premier League appearances within the same season for the first time.

· Chelsea had 39 shots against West Ham in midweek (incl. blocked shots); the most by any team who failed to score in the PL since 2003/04.

· Man City have scored first in their last five matches

·  Man City have won their last eight Premier League games in a row, longer than any run secured in the title winning season of 2011-12 (most was seven).

· Chelsea have won only two of their last eight Premier League games in February (L4 D2).

· Alvaro Negredo has scored 16 goals in his last 13 competitive appearances at the Etihad Stadium.