Chelsea vs. Man City: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 182

Draws: 42

Chelsea wins: 71

Chelsea and Manchester City have locked horns a total of 182 times, with the West Londoners marginally leading the overall head-to-head record as they have won 71 games compared to the Citizens' 69, while 42 draws have been played out between the two clubs.

You have to go back 118 years for the very first encounter between these two teams, who played out a 2-2 draw in the top flight in front of 40,000 fans at Stamford Bridge back in December 1907.

In the Premier League era (since 1992-93), Chelsea have come out on top in 27 of their 58 meetings with Man City, losing 21 matches and drawing 10, but the Citizens have bested the Blues in six of their nine FA Cup encounters and have also won three out of four EFL Cup meetings, including one via a penalty shootout in the 2019 final.

The only occasion when these two sides have faced off in a final of a major competition was in May 2021, when a first-half goal from Kai Havertz helped Chelsea secure a narrow 1-0 win over Man City in the Champions League showpiece event held in Istanbul.

Chelsea had the better of things in this fixture across the first half of the Premier League era, registering 18 wins from 24 clashes and scoring 45 goals in the process. During that stretch, the Blues pulled off their longest-ever winning run against City - eight matches between December 2005 and March 2009.

However, the tides have since shifted in Man City's favour, as the Sky Blues have come out on top in 19 of their last 34 top-flight battles with Chelsea, scoring a total of 55 goals. The West Londoners, meanwhile, have won just nine while drawing six in that same period.

Chelsea have failed to win any of their last 13 meetings with Pep Guardiola's side in all competitions, losing six games in a row immediately after their aforementioned Champions League triumph over the Citizens in 2021, before playing out two entertaining draws in the 2023-24 Premier League season.

One of the most enthralling top-flight games of that campaign took place at Stamford Bridge when Chelsea and Man City shared the spoils in a 4-4 draw. Rodri thought he had won it for the visitors with an 86th-minute strike, but ex-City man Cole Palmer had the last laugh as he converted a 94th-minute penalty to salvage a point for the Blues.

Man City completed the double over Chelsea in the 2024-25 Premier League season, with a 2-0 victory at Stamford Bridge followed by a 3-1 success at the Etihad in January 2025, but the Blues equalised late on in a 1-1 draw 12 months later.

Most recently, the Citizens headed down to London for a crucial clash as they pursued Arsenal in the Premier League title race, collecting all three points with an impressive 3-0 victory over Liam Rosenior's side in April 2026, courtesy of second-half goals from Nico O'Reilly, Marc Guehi and Jeremy Doku.

The all-time leading scorer in this fixture is Man City's Sergio Aguero, who bagged 13 in 21 games, including two Premier League hat-tricks, while Chelsea's George Mills is level on nine with the Mancunians' Joe Hayes.