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 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 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:

November 23, 2024
Leicester City 13:30 Chelsea
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Arsenal 16:00 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 16:00 Crystal Palace
Everton 16:00 Brentford
Fulham 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 18:30 Tottenham Hotspur
November 24, 2024
Southampton 15:00 Liverpool
Ipswich Town 17:30 Manchester United
November 25, 2024
Newcastle United 21:00 West Ham United
November 29, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 21:00 Southampton
November 30, 2024
Brentford 16:00 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 16:00 Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 AFC Bournemouth
West Ham United 18:30 Arsenal
December 1, 2024
Chelsea 14:30 Aston Villa
Manchester United 14:30 Everton
Tottenham Hotspur 14:30 Fulham
Liverpool 17:00 Manchester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 11 9 1 1 21 6 +15 28
2 Manchester City 11 7 2 2 22 13 +9 23
3 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 21 13 +8 19
4 Arsenal 11 5 4 2 18 12 +6 19
5 Nottingham Forest 11 5 4 2 15 10 +5 19
6 Brighton & Hov… 11 5 4 2 19 15 +4 19
7 Fulham 11 5 3 3 16 13 +3 18
8 Newcastle United 11 5 3 3 13 11 +2 18
9 Aston Villa 11 5 3 3 17 17 +0 18
10 Tottenham Hotspur 11 5 1 5 23 13 +10 16
11 Brentford 11 5 1 5 22 22 +0 16
12 AFC Bournemouth 11 4 3 4 15 15 +0 15
13 Manchester United 11 4 3 4 12 12 +0 15
14 West Ham United 11 3 3 5 13 19 -6 12
15 Leicester City 11 2 4 5 14 21 -7 10
16 Everton 11 2 4 5 10 17 -7 10
17 Ipswich Town 11 1 5 5 12 22 -10 8
18 Crystal Palace 11 1 4 6 8 15 -7 7
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 1 3 7 16 27 -11 6
20 Southampton 11 1 1 9 7 21 -14 4

Latest Premier League Results

November 10, 2024
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Newcastle United
Manchester United 3 - 0 Leicester City
November 9, 2024
Liverpool 2 - 0 Aston Villa
Brighton & Hov… 2 - 1 Manchester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 0 Southampton
West Ham United 0 - 0 Everton
Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Fulham
Brentford 3 - 2 AFC Bournemouth
November 4, 2024
Fulham 2 - 1 Brentford
November 3, 2024
Manchester United 1 - 1 Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 1 Aston Villa
November 2, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 2 Crystal Palace
Southampton 1 - 0 Everton
Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 West Ham United
Liverpool 2 - 1 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Leicester City
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 1 Manchester City
Newcastle United 1 - 0 Arsenal

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