Man City v Chelsea Hospitality Tickets & Packages

The Etihad Stadium Hospitality Dress Code

At the Etihad Stadium, guests are wanted to feel that ‘warm welcome’ from the staff. The dress code for Man City home games at the Etihad Stadium is smart casual, which is great for those in need of an action-packed day. The Etihad Stadium strictly prohibits:

• Tracksuits
• Caps
• Shorts
• Offensive clothing and away tops are strictly prohibited

However, the clothing listed below is acceptable

• Jeans
• Smart, clean trainers
• Home jersey tops

Please be aware that these rules do not apply to children under the age of 12 years old.

All eyes will be on the city of Manchester when two of England’s and the world’s biggest clubs go head to head when a Manchester City side led by their Spanish Head Coach Pep Guardiola welcomes Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea to the iconic Etihad Stadium during the 2025/26 Premier League season.

The Cityzens will be looking to seal what would be a statement victory against their West London counterparts as they look to take a step closer to realising their objectives for the season, which will be to get their hands on yet another Premier League title by dethroning the reigning Champions, Liverpool. Victory against Chelsea would also create some fresh momentum for City going into the remainder of their games this season.

The aforementioned Pep Guardiola is, of course, the incumbent Head Coach of Manchester City Football Club, which is a prestigious post that he has held ever since he officially took charge at the club ahead of the 2016/17 season, succeeding his Chilean counterpart Manuel Pellegrini. The official announcement of his arrival came back on Monday, 1st February 2016, with Pellegrini seeing out the remainder of the 2015/16 season as Head Coach.

Last season (2024/25) saw City take part in the title race once again under the stewardship of Guardiola as the reigning Premier League Champions. However, they unfortunately missed out in the end with a 3rd place finish, accumulating a total of 71 points from their 38 games overall, behind Liverpool, who won the title instead in what was their very first season under Arne Slot.

Throughout his very successful and trophy-laden time with Manchester City, their Head Coach Pep Guardiola has led them to as many as 18 trophies so far. This includes 6 Premier League titles (2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22/ 2022/23 & 2023/24), 2 FA Cups (2018/19 & 2022/23), 4 Carabao Cup titles (2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21), 3 FA Community Shield titles (2018, 2019 & 2024), 1 UEFA Champions League title (2022/23), 1 UEFA Super Cup title (2023), and finally 1 FIFA Club World Cup (2023).

Moving on to Chelsea, their Italian Head Coach Enzo Maresca has been in charge of the West London Club ever since he succeeded Mauricio Pochettino as Blues boss officially back on Monday, 1st July 2024, following the announcement of his appointment just under a month earlier on Monday, 3rd June 2024.

The 2024/25 campaign was Enzo Maresca’s first full season in charge of the Blues, and it was a successful one for him and his club. In the League, the Italian led his team to a 4th-place finish with 69 points, which was enough to secure their qualification for the 2025/26 edition of the highly prestigious UEFA Champions League.

As for the European stage last term for Chelsea, they went on to win the 2025 UEFA Conference League Final by beating their Spanish La Liga counterparts Real Betis 4 – 1 thanks to goals from the likes of Enzo Fernandez (65’), Nicolas Jackson (70’), Manchester United loanee Jadon Sancho (83’), as well as their 23 year old forward Moises Caicedo as well in the early stages of second half stoppage time (90+1’). Chelsea had initially fallen behind in this game when Abde Ezzalzouli scored within the first ten minutes of the game in the first half (9’).

The last time that these two clubs faced each other competitively in all competitions was in the Premier League back on Saturday 25th January 2025 at the famous Etihad Stadium, where Manchester City was able to come away with a convincing victory against a Chelsea side who they were able to comfortably beat 3 – 1 in the end. All the goals for City on the day came from the likes of Josko Gvardiol (42’), Erling Haaland (68’), and Phil Foden (87’), meanwhile, the only goal for the Blues was scored thanks to an early strike in the opening 5 minutes of the game in the first half from forward Noni Madueke (3’).

Overall, Manchester City and Chelsea have met competitively in all competitions on no less than 180 occasions, and it is the Blues who do have the superior record of no less than 71 victories in this particular fixture, whilst the Cityzens currently have 68 wins to their name so far. There have also been 41 draws between these two teams to date, as of the time of writing.

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