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    Manchester City v Chelsea
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    http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=146999&part=sports

    Streams will appear 1 hour before the start of the match.

    31 stations have announced they will broadcast this match.


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    TEAM NEWS

    Carlos Tevez could be included in the Manchester City squad for the first time since September.

    Joleon Lescott (groin) is out, Vincent Kompany (calf) is doubtful, but Pablo Zabaleta (hamstring) and Gareth Barry (back) are fit.

    Chelsea will be without skipper John Terry who is feeling the effects of playing two games in four days following a return from knee surgery.

    But he is expected to be fit for Saturday's game with Tottenham.

    MATCH PREVIEW

    The results of a League Managers' Association survey published last week revealed that two-thirds of Premier League bosses thought Manchester City would win the title this season.

    I suspect they were asked the question before City lost top spot to Manchester United, and that more than two-thirds would now be leaning towards the red side after their mauling of Wolves on Sunday took them four points clear.
    This is City's catch-up game - and Roberto Mancini knows better than anyone it's absolutely crucial they reduce the gap to a single point by winning it.

    Two games ago he targeted 11 wins from the then 12 matches remaining to make sure United finished a place below his team. Having lost at Swansea, by his own sums they've now got to go 10 out of 10 to the finish.

    It's Chelsea who are the 100% men at the moment though. With four wins out of four since Roberto Di Matteo took charge, they look a different, revitalised team to the one that Andre Villas-Boas seemed to be struggling to have control over.

    Frank Lampard's starting, Didier Drogba is in the mood, and Fernando Torres has finally got on the scoresheet again! This, however, will be the sternest test yet of Di Matteo's strong early claims to be the next permanent Stamford Bridge boss.

    City have won all their home league games this season, and it's 19 wins in a row since the end of February last year.

    Chelsea have failed to win any of their last four away in the league - losing the last two without scoring. They've also lost on their last two visits to Eastlands.

    Last season a single Carlos Tevez goal won it for City and, with the Argentine now out of exile and a 'possible' substitute in Mancini's mind, what price a glorious return to re-ignite the title challenge with (almost) all forgiven by City's fans?

    There'll be a big story to come out of this game one way or another. Headlines for Tevez or Torres? I just can't decide.

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    Manchester City

    25 Hart
    02 Richards
    05 Zabaleta
    22 Clichy
    28 K Toure
    19 Nasri
    21 Silva
    34 De Jong
    42 Y Toure
    16 Aguero
    45 Balotelli

    Substitutes

    30 Pantilimon
    13 Kolarov
    15 Savic
    07 Milner
    18 Barry
    10 Dzeko
    32 Tevez

    Chelsea

    01 Cech
    02 Ivanovic
    03 Cole
    04 David Luiz
    24 Cahill
    07 Ramires
    08 Lampard
    10 Mata
    12 Mikel
    16 Meireles
    09 Torres

    Substitutes

    22 Turnbull
    17 Bosingwa
    05 Essien
    15 Malouda
    11 Drogba
    21 Kalou
    23 Sturridge
     
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