The two Premier League heavyweights lock horns at 5.30pm in what could be the game of the weekend.
Chelsea have taken just four points from their last four games having started the season so well under Maurizio Sarri.
Chivers, who spent five years at Stamford Bridge between 1978 and 1983, has called on the Blues to have a 'right go' at Pep Guardiola's unbeaten side.
"We have to stop this slump. When we come up against City, I hope that - instead of standing there and watching them play like we did under Conte, when we didn't engage them - we do what Liverpool do when they play City and have a right go," he told Love Sport Radio.
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