In what is easily one of the clashes of the season in the Premier League, Jose Mourinho will be back at the Stamford Bridge, but as a manager of the opposition team when Manchester United take on Chelsea at their home turf. United are fresh from a stalemate at Anfield while Chelsea thrashed Leicester City at the weekend to extend their winning run to two games. Lack of midweek games might help Chelsea a bit in this game but it is a clash that is close to impossible to call.
Here is the preview of this game, along with the team news, predictions, expected lineups, stats and betting odds.
Date & Time:
Sunday, 23rd of October; KO: 8:30 pm BST
Venue:
Stamford Bridge, London
The manager missed the services of Oscar, Willian, John Obi Mikel and Cesc Fabregas for the game last weekend but is expected to welcome everyone back for this game. Skipper John Terry is also declared fit to play while Kurt Zouma is still a while away from full fitness.
Jose Mourinho revealed recently that Henrikh Mkhitaryan is finally fit to take the field for this game against Chelsea. Phil Jones and Morgan Schneiderlin remain the only injury woes for United as Chris Smalling is expected to shrug off his niggle after the Europa League game. Expected Lineups:
Courtois; Cahill, Terry, Luiz; Azpilicueta, Matic, Kante, Alonso; Pedro, Costa, Hazard
De Gea; Valencia, Bailly, Smalling, Blind; Fellaini, Pogba; Martial, Mata, Rashford; Ibrahimovic
The summer buy for Manchester United has been decent so far this season at the back but he will face his toughest test yet this season when he will be up against an in-form Diego Costa from Chelsea. The Spaniard has been in sublime form this season, leading the charts for goals scored and Bailly must make sure that he keep him away from danger if his team is to get anything from this game.
Betting Odds:
Chelsea: 23/20
Draw: 9/4
Manchester United: 5/2
Playing at home, Antonio Conte’s side will go into this tie as favourites to take all three points but Jose Mourinho knows that his side has every chance of winning this game and will want his side to put in an impressive performance on the night. But Conte will set up his side to attack and will look to take all three points.
Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United
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