📏 Form Guide

Chelsea

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Chelsea will play in this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 Premier League drawn match vs Burnley.

In that game, Chelsea had 69% possession and 33 attempts on goal with 13 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Chelsea was Cole Palmer (44', 78'). For their opponents, Burnley got 18 shots at goal with 7 on target. Josh Cullen (47') and Dara O'Shea (81') scored for Burnley.

Fixtures involving Chelsea have proved to be exciting encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past six clashes alone, a grand total of 25 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 4.17 goals per game) with 14 of those being chalked up by Chelsea.

Their past results show that Chelsea:

• have not registered a win against Manchester United in their last 12 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Manchester United

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In their last fixture, Manchester United drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Brentford.

In that match, Manchester United managed 52% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Manchester United was Mason Mount (96'). On the other side, Brentford got 31 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Kristoffer Ajer (99') scored for Brentford.

Erik ten Hag's Manchester United have managed to stick the ball in the net 9 times in the course of their latest 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during that period comes to 8.

Their past results show that Manchester United:

• haven't won against Chelsea in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
• haven't been defeated by Chelsea in games played away from home for the previous 5 league games. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes going back to 28/02/2021 shows that Chelsea have won 0 of these games and Manchester United 2, with the number of drawn results being 4.

A sum of 14 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from The Blues and 9 coming from The Red Devils. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league meeting between the two was Premier League match day 15 on 06/12/2023 when it finished Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea.

In that game, Manchester United managed 45% possession and 28 shots at goal with 9 on target. The scorer was Scott McTominay (19', 69').

Chelsea had 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Cole Palmer (45') was the scorer.

The referee was Chris Kavanagh.

🗞️ Team News: Chelsea

Reece James (surgery), Ben Chilwell (Knee problems), Wesley Fofana (Cruciate ligament tear), Christopher Nkunku (unknown injury), Lesley Ugochukwu (Hamstring injury), Levi Colwill (Toe injury) and Roméo Lavia (Hamstring injury) are not available for Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino.

In all likelihood, The Blues may well use the 4-2-3-1 formation this time, handing starts to Djordje Petrovic, Malo Gusto, Axel Disasi, Benoit Badiashile, Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Cole Palmer, Conor Gallagher, Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson.

🗞️ Team News: Manchester United

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Tyrell Malacia (Knee injury) and Luke Shaw (Muscle injury) won’t be making appearances.

From our viewpoint, The Red Devils might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Andre Onana, Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Alejandro Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hoejlund.

🔮 Prediction

Manchester United certainly have the ability to find the back of the net against this Chelsea lineup, but that is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

Our selection here is for a close game with a 2-1 victory for Chelsea at full-time. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 19:01 04/04/2024