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:

April 27, 2024
West Ham United 12:30 Liverpool
Fulham 15:00 Crystal Palace
Manchester United 15:00 Burnley
Newcastle United 15:00 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 Luton Town
Everton 17:30 Brentford
Aston Villa 20:00 Chelsea
April 28, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 14:00 Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Arsenal
Nottingham Forest 16:30 Manchester City
May 2, 2024
Chelsea 19:30 Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town 20:00 Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal 12:30 AFC Bournemouth
Brentford 15:00 Fulham
Burnley 15:00 Newcastle United
Sheffield United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 14:00 Aston Villa
Chelsea 14:00 West Ham United
Liverpool 16:30 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 34 24 5 5 82 26 +56 77
2 Manchester City 33 23 7 3 80 32 +48 76
3 Liverpool 34 22 8 4 75 34 +41 74
4 Aston Villa 34 20 6 8 71 50 +21 66
5 Tottenham Hotspur 32 18 6 8 65 49 +16 60
6 Manchester United 33 16 5 12 51 50 +1 53
7 Newcastle United 33 15 5 13 69 54 +15 50
8 West Ham United 34 13 9 12 54 63 -9 48
9 Chelsea 32 13 8 11 61 57 +4 47
10 AFC Bournemouth 34 12 9 13 49 60 -11 45
11 Brighton & Hov… 33 11 11 11 52 54 -2 44
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 12 7 15 46 54 -8 43
13 Fulham 34 12 6 16 50 54 -4 42
14 Crystal Palace 34 10 9 15 44 56 -12 39
15 Brentford 34 9 8 17 52 59 -7 35
16 Everton 34 11 8 15 36 48 -12 33
17 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 42 60 -18 26
18 Luton Town 34 6 7 21 47 75 -28 25
19 Burnley 34 5 8 21 37 69 -32 23
20 Sheffield United 34 3 7 24 33 92 -59 16

Latest Premier League Results

April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 0 - 4 Manchester City
April 24, 2024
Manchester United 4 - 2 Sheffield United
Everton 2 - 0 Liverpool
Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
April 23, 2024
Arsenal 5 - 0 Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham 1 - 3 Liverpool
Aston Villa 3 - 1 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 5 - 2 West Ham United
Everton 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest
April 20, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 2 Arsenal
Sheffield United 1 - 4 Burnley
Luton Town 1 - 5 Brentford
April 15, 2024
Chelsea 6 - 0 Everton
April 14, 2024
Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa
West Ham United 0 - 2 Fulham
Liverpool 0 - 1 Crystal Palace

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