Football Prediction
Manchester United only need a point to confirm their return to the Champions League when they host Chelsea on Thursday.
Despite a recent run of indifferent results, United have bounced back with back-to-back wins with their recent being against AFC Bournemouth. With Newcastle just a point above them, a win against the Frank Lampard side will see them rise to third on the league table and return to Europe’s elite league which has been their primary aim this season.
Chelsea on the other hand are playing for nothing having had a disastrous season under three managers.
H2H/Stats
In their overall meetings, the Erik ten Hag side has won 81 games to Chelsea’s 55 with 46 of the game ending in draws.
Recent Meetings:
22/10/22: Chelsea 1-1 Man United
28/4/22: Man United 1-1 Chelsea
28/11/21: Chelsea 1-1 Man United
28/2/21: Chelsea 0-0 Man United
24/10/20: Man United 0-0 Chelsea
Team News
Marcus Rashford isn’t expected to return for this clash so are long-term absentees Martinez, van de Beek, Sabitzer, Heaton, and Jones. It’s not clear who will start in attack for the Red Devils with Anthony Martial, Jadon Sancho, and Wout Weghorst all available for selection.
For Chelsea, Broja, James, Badiashile, Kante, Mount, Cucurella, Chilwell, Kovacic, and Bettinelli are all injury concerns for ahead of their trip to Old Trafford.
Probable Line Ups
Man United XI: de Gea (GK), Lindelöf, Varane, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Eriksen, Casemiro, Fernandes, Martial, Sancho, Antony
Chelsea XI: Kepa (GK), Silva, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Fofana, Loftus-Cheek, Havertz, Gallagher, Fernández, Hall, Sterling
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Verdict
The Red Devils’ only home defeat was back on opening day. Ten Hag’s side has taken 42 fonts from the 48 available since. They have not conceded a league goal at Old Trafford since the start of February, keeping six clean sheets and winning five games to nil, and going by their recent outing against Chelsea, this is a game that shouldn’t produce a lot of goals.
Verdict; Under 2.5 Goals❌
Anytime Goalscorer
Bruno Fernandes✅
United hasn’t been scoring a lot of goals under Ten Hag and with the absence of Marcus Rashford, they’ve been struggling to get the goals despite creating a lot.
The creating chief in the United squad has been Bruno has chipped in with important goals too. In his number 10 role, the Portuguese will be hoping that he can add to his tally as he captains his side back to the Champions League.
Kai Haverts❌
Chelsea has struggled with goals too majorly because of the numerous changes they make more so in attack. Haverts has had a slow season but the German is still one of the best attackers and will definitely punish if given the space to roam in the home side box.
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