Manchester United vs Chelsea
Competition – Barclays Premier League
Stadium – Old Trafford
Date: 28th April 2019
Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT
Manchester United welcome another top Premier League side and one of the teams who is battling for the last two Champions League spots in this game.
The Red Devils have now lost 5 of their last 6 competitive games and haven’t scored a goal or won any of their last three competitive matches.
They were expected to recover from a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Everton at the weekend when they hosted Manchester City in midweek, but it ended up being yet another uninspiring performance as they were beaten 2-0 by the Cityzens.
There is a feeling that the wheels have begun to come off for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and this game might be the last chance saloon for them to leapfrog their top four rivals as there are just two games left after this fixture.
Chelsea have also been struggling to put a series of wins together which has left them also at risk of only playing Europa League football next season.
The Blues only managed a 2-2 draw against Burnley at home in their last league game with their manager getting sent off out of frustration.
They have now failed to win their last two Premier League games and they would be desperate for the points here even though they have won just a handful of their away games this season.
This is the closest betting market of the week as both teams are deadlocked and cannot be separated by bookmakers at present. A tiny amount of cash would see either side go off as favourites however at present nothing separates them (2.70 – 3.50 – 2.70).
Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Gonzalo Higuain, Marcus Rashford and Olivier Giroud are all vying for favourtism in the first goalscorer market in what looks a tight game on paper.
Goal markets point to a low-scoring game as under 2.5 goals is currently trading odds-on.
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:
April 24, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers
19:45
AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace
20:00
Newcastle United
Everton
20:00
Liverpool
Manchester United
20:00
Sheffield United
April 25, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
20:00
Manchester City
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
Premier League Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
34
24
5
5
82
26
+56
77
2
Liverpool
33
22
8
3
75
32
+43
74
3
Manchester City
32
22
7
3
76
32
+44
73
4
Aston Villa
34
20
6
8
71
50
+21
66
5
Tottenham Hotspur
32
18
6
8
65
49
+16
60
6
Newcastle United
32
15
5
12
69
52
+17
50
7
Manchester United
32
15
5
12
47
48
-1
50
8
West Ham United
34
13
9
12
54
63
-9
48
9
Chelsea
32
13
8
11
61
57
+4
47
10
Brighton & Hov…
32
11
11
10
52
50
+2
44
11
Wolverhampton Wanderers
33
12
7
14
46
53
-7
43
12
Fulham
34
12
6
16
50
54
-4
42
13
AFC Bournemouth
33
11
9
13
48
60
-12
42
14
Crystal Palace
33
9
9
15
42
56
-14
36
15
Brentford
34
9
8
17
52
59
-7
35
16
Everton
33
10
8
15
34
48
-14
30
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
33
3
7
23
31
88
-57
16
Latest Premier League Results
April 23, 2024
Arsenal
5 - 0
Chelsea
April 21, 2024
Fulham
1 - 3
Liverpool
Crystal Palace
5 - 2
West Ham United
Aston Villa
3 - 1
AFC Bournemouth
Everton
2 - 0
Nottingham Forest
April 20, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers
0 - 2
Arsenal
Luton Town
1 - 5
Brentford
Sheffield United
1 - 4
Burnley
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
April 13, 2024
AFC Bournemouth
2 - 2
Manchester United
Nottingham Forest
2 - 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City
5 - 1
Luton Town
Burnley
1 - 1
Brighton & Hov…
Brentford
2 - 0
Sheffield United
Newcastle United
4 - 0
Tottenham Hotspur