Manchester City 3-1 Chelsea — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Premier League, 25 Jan 2025

📅25/01/2025 · 🕒20:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 2nd Score 1-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
42%
2.25
Draw
26%
3.54
Away
32%
2.62
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
45%
2.51
Over 2.5
55%
1.48
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
1.41
No
47%
2.67
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
22%
5.5
2-3 Goals
40%
2.0
4-5 Goals
26%
2.55
6+ Goals
12%
5.81
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
24%
3.17
1/2
6%
24.3
1/X
6%
11.8
X/1
11%
5.89
X/2
10%
6.61
X/X
13%
5.86
2/1
8%
22.1
2/2
15%
3.79
2/X
7%
12.0
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
42%
Home Win
41%
+1.6pp
26%
Draw
25%
+1.3pp
32%
Away Win
34%
-2.9pp
45%
Under 2.5
36%
+8.6pp
55%
Over 2.5
64%
-8.6pp
53%
BTTS Yes
67%
-13.8pp
47%
BTTS No
33%
+13.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Manchester City EU Bookmakers 44%
Head to Head
AWAY Chelsea EU Bookmakers 38%
+10% / +8% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -4% / -10%
1.66/0.76 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.48/1.79
+13% / +61% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +1% / -20%
50% Ball Possession 50%
12 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
396 · 83% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 392 · 83%
35.6 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 27.1
23.2 Crosses 14.4
1.3 Yellow Cards 3.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Manchester City
4W-2D-0L
AWAY Chelsea
2.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.70 xG 1.52
58% Ball Possession 42%
16 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 3
518 Passes 355
90% Pass Accuracy 85%
42 Box Touches 22
19 Crosses 11
1 Yellow Cards 3
18.08.2024 Chelsea Chelsea 0-2 HT 0-1 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
04.08.2024 Chelsea Chelsea 2-4 HT 0-2 Manchester City Manchester City HAZ
20.04.2024 Manchester City Manchester City 1-0 HT 0-0 Chelsea Chelsea FAK
17.02.2024 Manchester City Manchester City 1-1 HT 0-1 Chelsea Chelsea İNP
12.11.2023 Chelsea Chelsea 4-4 HT 2-2 Manchester City Manchester City İNP
21.05.2023 Manchester City Manchester City 1-0 HT 1-0 Chelsea Chelsea İNP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Manchester City
3-1
AWAY Chelsea
2.50 xG 1.80
57% Ball Possession 43%
15 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 3
489 Passes 352
86% Pass Accuracy 83%
26 Box Touches 23
5 Crosses 9
3 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Manchester City vs Chelsea
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Manchester City saw off Chelsea 3-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Manchester City as the likeliest winner at 42%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (55%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Manchester City had 57% of the ball to Chelsea's 43%, shots finished 15-10, expected goals 2.50 to 1.80.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Manchester City had the better of it with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 2.17 goals for Manchester City and 1.17 for Chelsea.

What was the final score of Manchester City vs Chelsea?

Manchester City 3-1 Chelsea in the England - Premier League on 25/01/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Manchester City vs Chelsea?

Before kick-off our model rated a Manchester City win the most likely single outcome at about 42%, with the full match-result split Manchester City 42%, draw 26%, Chelsea 32%. The final score 3-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Manchester City), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Manchester City) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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