Chelsea vs Manchester United Preview

Chelsea vs Manchester United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Stamford Bridge

Date: 20th October 2018

Kick-off time – 12:30 GMT

This could be Chelsea’s season again while there are so few people who believe that other than die-hard fans.

Manchester City are odds on favourites to retain the Premier League title again, and Liverpool are considered the only team that can genuinely challenge for the title.

However, the Blues have been impressive this season even though their exploits haven’t been documented as much as Liverpool or Man City.

Fans and teams alike expected the Blues to struggle in transition after naming a new manager, but the players have taken little time to settle into Maurizio Sarri’s style of play.

The Blues have now gone unbeaten in their first 11 games despite having played Liverpool twice and Arsenal once.

It will be interesting to see if the Blues can pile more misery on Jose Mourinho in this game.

Manchester United have gradually fallen out of the race for the Premier League title after a series of poor results, and they seem to still remain in some kind of battle that is affecting their unity.

They currently sit 8th in the Premier League table after 8 games.

They came from two goals down to beat Newcastle last time out and their fans will be hoping that such a performance can become a normal fixture now, however, they have failed to win at Chelsea in their last 8 attempts.

Manchester United have won 3 of their last 4 away games, while Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 11 games in all competitions.

Unsurprisingly, given Manchester United’s poor form and defencive record, Chelsea are currently trading odds-on to come out on top in this game.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Chelsea

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Southampton 0-3 Chelsea 7 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
W Chelsea 1-0 Vidi 4 Oct, 2018 UEFA Europa League
D Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool 29 Sep, 2018 English Premier League
W Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea 26 Sep, 2018 English Carabao Cup
D West Ham United 0-0 Chelsea 23 Sep, 2018 English Premier League

Manchester United

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Manchester United 3-2 Newcastle United 6 Oct, 2018 English Premier League
D Manchester United 0-0 Valencia 2 Oct, 2018 UEFA Champions League
L West Ham United 3-1 Manchester United 29 Sep, 2018 English Premier League
L Manchester United 2-2 Derby County 25 Sep, 2018 English Carabao Cup
D Manchester United 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 Sep, 2018 English Premier League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United 19 May, 2018 English FA Cup
Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea 25 Feb, 2018 English Premier League
Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United 5 Nov, 2017 English Premier League
Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea 16 Apr, 2017 English Premier League
Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United 13 Mar, 2017 English FA Cup


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

May 11, 2024
Fulham 12:30 Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth 15:00 Brentford
Everton 15:00 Sheffield United
Newcastle United 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 15:00 Burnley
West Ham United 15:00 Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest 17:30 Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United 16:30 Arsenal
May 13, 2024
Aston Villa 20:00 Liverpool
May 14, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 20:00 Manchester City
May 15, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 19:45 Chelsea
Manchester United 20:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 36 26 5 5 88 28 +60 83
2 Manchester City 35 25 7 3 87 33 +54 82
3 Liverpool 36 23 9 4 81 38 +43 78
4 Aston Villa 36 20 7 9 73 53 +20 67
5 Tottenham Hotspur 35 18 6 11 69 58 +11 60
6 Newcastle United 35 17 5 13 78 56 +22 56
7 Chelsea 35 15 9 11 70 59 +11 54
8 Manchester United 35 16 6 13 52 55 -3 54
9 West Ham United 36 13 10 13 56 70 -14 49
10 AFC Bournemouth 36 13 9 14 52 63 -11 48
11 Brighton & Hov… 35 12 11 12 53 57 -4 47
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 13 7 16 49 60 -11 46
13 Fulham 36 12 8 16 51 55 -4 44
14 Crystal Palace 36 11 10 15 49 57 -8 43
15 Everton 36 12 9 15 38 49 -11 37
16 Brentford 36 9 9 18 52 60 -8 36
17 Nottingham Forest 36 8 9 19 45 63 -18 29
18 Luton Town 36 6 8 22 49 78 -29 26
19 Burnley 36 5 9 22 39 74 -35 24
20 Sheffield United 36 3 7 26 35 100 -65 16

Latest Premier League Results

May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace 4 - 0 Manchester United
May 5, 2024
Liverpool 4 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 5 - 0 West Ham United
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 0 Aston Villa
May 4, 2024
Manchester City 5 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United 1 - 3 Nottingham Forest
Burnley 1 - 4 Newcastle United
Brentford 0 - 0 Fulham
Arsenal 3 - 0 AFC Bournemouth
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 1 - 1 Everton
May 2, 2024
Chelsea 2 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
April 28, 2024
Nottingham Forest 0 - 2 Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 3 Arsenal
AFC Bournemouth 3 - 0 Brighton & Hov…

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