Football Previews
Chelsea travel to Old Trafford this Monday evening to face Manchester United in the biggest game of the premier league season so far.
Chelsea have Jose Mourinho back in charge while Manchester United fans are still getting used to David Moyes at the helm.
Manchester United started their season with an impressive 4:1 win over Swansea with Robin Van Persie and Danny Welbeck scoring two goals each.
Prior to that, United won the community shield with a 2:0 victory over last season’s FA Cup winners Wigan.
Chelsea defeated Hull 2:0 in their opening match and followed that win up with a less convincing one over Aston Villa (2:1).
Recent form:
Manchester United – W W L D W D L
Chelsea – W W W L W W W
Manchester United have lost 2 in 7 while Chelsea have lost just 1 in their last 7.
Head-to-head
These two sides have met 53 times in recent years and Chelsea just edge it overall (Manchester United won 18, Chelsea 19 wins, 16 Draws).
The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 0:1, 0:1, 2:2, 4:5 and 3:2.
Bookmakers side slightly with Manchester United in this tie.
Current betting odds: Manchester United (6/4) Draw (12/5) Chelsea (2/1)
Gamingtips Prediction – Manchester United 1:3 Chelsea
Manchester United have made just one signing so far in the transfer window – Guillermo Varela from Atletico Penarol.
Chelsea have signed Andre Schurrle, Mario van Ginkel and Mark Schwarzer and they are expected to complete the signing of Willian from Shakhtar Donetsk for just over £30 million very soon.
Manchester are entitled to be pre-match favourites for this game considering that they won the Barclays Premier League last season by 11 points over Manchester City with Chelsea back in 3rd 14 points behind.
Very little separated these two sides last season with regards to goals scored / conceded – Manchester United scored 86 goals in 38 matches and conceded 43 – Chelsea scored 75 in 38 and conceded 39.
Ultimately this game could go either way but with Chelsea’s signings from last season starting to gel (Oscar, Mata, Hazard, Azpilicueta) and mastermind Jose Mourinho back in charge, they ought to give the Champions a run for their money this Monday evening. They also have the most recent form against United and haven’t lost to them in 4.
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Chelsea are odds of 9/4 to win the Barclays Premier League outright and for that reason, the best way to take advantage of this free bet offer is to back Chelsea to win this game – you will be effectively receiving double odds (4/1) to win a single match vs winning the Premier League outright.
Team news will be updated as and when it becomes available – Wayne Rooney played around 30 minutes against Swansea and if he is fully fit, he could start.
This game gets underway at 20:00 GMT+1
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