Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City host Premier League leaders Chelsea in what is set to be a thrilling encounter at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Guardiola’s men have won three of their last four league games, but haven’t won a home league game since September 24, with Everton, Southampton, and Middlesbrough all taking a point away from their trip to Eastlands.

However, City have beaten Barcelona at the Etihad in recent weeks, and will go into tomorrow’s clash full of confidence after improving performances in recent games.

Nevertheless, they will be up against the form team in England on Saturday, as Antonio Conte’s Blues head into the contest having won their last seven Premier League games, conceding just one goal in the process.

The Italian switched to a back three following their 3-0 defeat to Arsenal on September 24, and have since then lost just one game in all competitions – a 2-1 defeat at West Ham in the League Cup last month.

With the build-up will underway ahead of Saturday’s encounter, we at Shoot! have taken a look back at some of the better Man City versus Chelsea games, and this one is sure to please City fans.

Roberto Mancini’s side beat the Blues 4-2 at Stamford Bridge in February 2010, thanks to braces from Craig Bellamy and Carlos Tevez, and it ended Chelsea’s 24-match unbeaten league run at home, and turned out to be their only league defeat at the Bridge that season.

Thus, here is the City XI that started that day, and where they are now…

Shay Given

Shay Given was City’s number one in his first full season at the Etihad Stadium, and was in goal when they inflicted Chelsea’s one and only home league defeat of the season.

However, the former Republic of Ireland international lost his place to Joe Hart in the opening match of 2009/10 season at Tottenham, and has never really recovered from that to produce his best form.

Given moved to Aston Villa in 2011, had a spell on loan at Middlesbrough in 2014, and is now on the books at Stoke, where he started the season between the sticks due to the injury to Jack Butland.

Micah Richards

Defender Micah Richards played 245 times for Manchester City over a ten-year period, and was a regular in the England squad in 2007, playing ten times for his country.

The 28-year-old made 29 appearances to help the club win their first ever Premier League title in 2011/12, a year after scoring twice in five games en route to winning the club’s first FA Cup title in 52 years.

However, his playing chances became limited in the final years at the Etihad, and Richards left the club in the summer of 2015, having spent the season on loan at Fiorentina.

The right-back signed for Aston Villa in that summer, but was part of the team that were deservedly relegated from the top-flight earlier this year, and has only featured twice for them in the Championship this term.

Wayne Bridge

The build-up to the match in 2010 was based around whether or not former Blue Wayne Bridge and John Terry would shake hands after everything that had gone on before.

In the end, Bridge refused to do so, and City went on to win 4-2 and end Chelsea’s unbeaten home record.

The left-back spent six years Stamford Bridge after signing from Southampton in 2003, and joined City in 2009 for £10 million.

However, it was only in the 2009/10 season where Bridge nailed down a first team spot, and restricted appearances at the Etihad saw him go out on loan to West Ham, Sunderland, and Brighton, before signing a one-year deal with Reading.

Bridge retired from football in May 2014, and can currently be seen on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.

Pablo Zabaleta

Argentina international Pablo Zabaleta is one of just two players in this City starting eleven that remain at the club six-and-a-half years on.

The 31-year-old has been a key part of City’s two Premier League title successes, and has made 312 appearances for the club since arriving in Manchester in 2008.

His consistency saw him make over 30 appearances a season for seven straight campaigns, and he was rightly recognised for his contributions by being named in the PFA Team of the Year for 2012/13.

Zabaleta has only made five league appearances this time around under Pep Guardiola, but he will continue to be a useful squad member at the Etihad.

Joleon Lescott

Joleon Lescott’s career has nosedived since he left City in 2014.

The centre-back arrived from Everton in 2009 as a England squad member and a well-regarded defender at the top level, and he improved while at City to the point whereby he made ten appearances for England in 2012.

However, Lescott was released by the club in 2014, this all after winning his second Premier League title, and he joined West Brom in that summer.

The 34-year-old did well in his one-year stay at the Hawthorns before moving to Aston Villa, where things didn’t go well for the defender.

He has since seen his contract at AEK Athens terminated as well.

Vincent Kompany

Alongside Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany remains at Manchester City, but isn’t having the same influence in the team as he used to.

The Belgian international has been widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs in the world during his time at the Etihad, and helped lead the side to two Premier League title successes in 2012 and 2014.

However, injuries have always followed Kompany around, and the last few years have seen the defender struggle to shake them off, which throws his long-term future at the club into doubt.

Adam Johnson

Disgraced Adam Johnson was three weeks into a two-year spell at City, where he became a key member for both club and country.

However, the Englishman has all but ended his career in the two years.

A wasted talent. Enough said…

Gareth Barry

At the age of 35, Gareth Barry is just as important for current side Everton as he was for City during his five-year spell at the Etihad.

The 35-year-old spent nine years at Aston Villa before making a big money move to Eastlands in 2009, and went on to appear 175 times for the club, winning the 2011 FA Cup and 2012 Premier League titles.

Barry was also an integral part of the England squad during his career, and was capped 53 times but only played in one major tournament – the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

He moved to Everton on loan in 2013, making the move permanent in 2014, and is a regular feature in Ronald Koeman’s side. During his time at Goodison Park, he overtook David James in third in the all time Premier League appearance’s chart, and currently sits on 607 appearances, two shy of Frank Lampard in second.

Nigel De Jong

Just five months after helping City to beat Chelsea, Nigel De Jong appeared in the 2010 World Cup final for Netherlands in their 1-0 defeat to Spain.

The Dutch midfielder was fortunate to stay on the pitch after a very high tackle on Xabi Alonso went unpunished, however he was a fans’ favourite during his four-year spell at the Etihad.

The 32-year-old was a part of the team that won the FA Cup in 2011 and then the Premier League the following season, but he then signed a three-year contract at AC Milan in 2012.

De Jong spent three-and-a-half years in Italy before moving to MLS side LA Galaxy in January 2016, but is now at Turkish giants Galatasaray having signed a two-year deal there in August this year.

Carlos Tevez

After 34 goals in 99 games for neighbours Manchester United, Carlos Tevez made the move across Manchester in 2009, and scored 23 Premier League goals in his first season at the Etihad, including a brace in the 4-2 win over Chelsea.

The Argentine international went on to score 35 more league goals for the club in three further seasons, but netted just four in their title-winning campaign of 2011/12 after being exiled for refusing to come on as a substitute in their Champions League tie at Bayern Munich.

Tevez then moved to Italian giants Juventus in 2013, scoring 39 league goals to help the club win back-to-back Serie A titles, before moving back to Argentina with Boca Juniors in 2015, the club where his professional career started 15 years ago.

Craig Bellamy

City’s other goalscorer that day, Craig Bellamy was embarking on what turned out to be his first and only full season at the Etihad.

Mark Hughes had signed the former Welsh international in January 2009, and he scored four goals in 11 games in the second half of that season before netting 11 times in 40 matches in the 2009/10 campaign, including two at Stamford Bridge.

Bellamy went on loan to boyhood club Cardiff in 2010/11, and ended his Man City stay by signing for Liverpool in the summer of 2011.

The 37-year-old returned permanently to Cardiff in 2012 and retired from playing in 2014 after being unable to keep the side in the Premier League.