Chelsea vs Manchester United Match Analysis and Prediction

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Lifted with the news of Ralf Rangnick’s Imminent appointment, Manchester United are travelling to Chelsea for the Sunday’s Premier League fixture.

The Blues remain at the top of the table with 29 points out of their 12 opening matches, while Manchester United are sitting at position 8, 12 points below the European champions.

Chelsea’s youthful side stole the show against Juventus as the Champions League holders trumped the visitors 4-0 at the Stamford Bridge.

Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah and Callum Hudson-Odoi scored for the Blues before Timo Werner came off-bench to seal the game after his comeback from injury, making Chelsea to confirm their rightful place in the last-16 of the tournament.

The Blues’ victory over Juventus marked their ninth win from 10 across all competitions and they remain three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table, having conceded a league-low four goals all season.

However, Burnley’s equalizer through Matej Vydra’s goal is the only that Chelsea have conceded over their last 450 minutes of the Premier League.

Michael Carrick led Manchester United to an important 2-0 victory over Villarreal in Champions League in the midweek to confirm their spot in the knockots.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s reign came to the worst finish at Watford last time out, and Carrick’s first first league game in charge starts with the Red Devils sitting eighth in the table before the weekends fixture.

Five out of Solskjaer’s last seven Premier League matches in charge ended in a defeat, and Manchester United have failed to win back-to-back games away across all competitions this term.

However, history may lie on the Red Devil’s side, as they are unbeaten in their last seven Premier League meetings with Chelsea; keeping clean sheets in each of their last four.

Chelsea vs Manchester United head to head

The pair have previously met 171 times with Manchester United dominating with 69 victories over Chelsea’s 53, and they have drawn 49 times across all competitions. In their last five encounters, Manchester United have won two, Chelsea one with two barren draws.

Chelsea 1-2 Manchester United 30/10/19

Chelsea 0-2 Manchester United 17/02/20

Manchester United 1-3 Chelsea 19/07/20

Manchester United 0-0 Chelsea 24/10/20

Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United 28/02/21

Chelsea latest home form

Chelsea currently have a good form at home having a six-game unbeaten run. Coincidentaly, their last loss at home was to Manchester United in September. In their last five, they have won four and drawn one, with their League Cup win in October being in penalties after a 1-1 draw to Southampton.

Chelsea 4-0 Malmo 20/10/21

Chelsea 7-0 Norwich City 23/10/21

Chelsea (p)1-1 Southampton 26/10/21

Chelsea 1-1 Burnley 06/11/21

Chelsea 4-0 Juventus 23/11/21

Chelsea latest away form

The Blues have an impressive form on the road despite losing 1-0 to Juventus in the UEFA Champions League in September. They have however won their last four away fixtures, with one victory being in the Champions League where they defeated Malmo.

Juventus 1-0 Chelsea 29/09/21

Brentford 0-1 Chelsea 16/10/21

Newcastle United 0-3 Chelsea 30/10/21

Malmo 0-1 Chelsea 02/11/21

Leicester City 0-3 Chelsea 20/11/21

Manchester United latest home form

Indeed the Red Devils have had downfall of form on their own turf, as they have recently failed to pick consecutive wins at home. They were thrashed by Liverpool before being beaten by Manchester City in the last two league matches at home without scoring and conceding 7 goals in the two.

Manchester United 2-1 Villarreal 29/09/21

Manchester United 1-1 Everton 02/10/21

Manchester United 3-2 Atalanta 20/10/21

Manchester United 0-5 Liverpool 24/10/21

Manchester United 0-2 Manchester City 06/11/21

Manchester United latest away form

The Red Devils won their last match on the road against Villarreal in the Champions League, which we could say is an upturn in form if they maintain such results in the weekend. In their last five away, they have won two, drawn one and lost two in all competitions.

Leicester City 4-2 Manchester United 16/10/21

Tottenham Hotspur 0-3 Manchester United 30/10/21

Atalanta 2-2 Manchester United 02/11/21

Watford 4-1 Manchester United 20/11/21

Villarreal 0-2 Manchester United 23/11/21

Chelsea news

N’Golo Kante suffered a knee injury last time and is likely to miss out alongside Mateo Kovacic, and Kai Havartz is still doubtful due to hamstring strain.

Marcos Alonso and Ruben Loftus-Cheek would replace Chilwell and Kante, with Romelu Lukaku ready to lead against his former employers.

Manchester United news

Harry Maguire will not ne available, with Raphael Varane’s injury giving Eric Bailly the chance to start in defence.

Pogba will be out long-term, there are doubts over Luke Shaw, Edison Cavani and Mason Greenwood(Covid-positive), with Jadon Sancho aiming to retain his spot on the right.

Prediction and Odds

Manchester United are strong in attacking and have some positive recent results against Chelsea, but their midfield and depleted defence have less to display.

The Blues have produced good results at home recently and we expect them to end thier winless run against the Red Devils here.

Odds: 1 1.59 X 3.97 2 4.40