Premier League preview: Can Chelsea edge out victory against Manchester United?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 17.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

A key match in Premier League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Chelsea in 4th position and Manchester United placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea have collected 18 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-3-4.

Chelsea drew their last game, 2-2 away at Leicester City (placed 3rd). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Hull City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chelsea handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, one draw and one defeat.

Chelsea are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Chelsea's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Manchester United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Manchester United so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). Manchester United seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The attacking players of Manchester United have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 284 minutes.

Manchester United's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wolverhampton Wanderers that finished 0-0. Preceding that game was the away Carabao Cup victory against Manchester City with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Manchester United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were two victories, zero draws and zero defeats.

Manchester United has another fixture away, a Europa League game, against Club Brugge in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Manchester United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Manchester United have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Manchester United - Chelsea 4-0 entered in the official records. Chelsea-Manchester United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chelsea three wins, Manchester United five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
14 goals
ChelseaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
13 goals
Manchester UnitedA. Martial
A. Martial
8 goals

Chelsea missing players

Manchester United missing players

Chelsea Manchester United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
12 5 2 Won W 1 3 9
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
8 4 1 Lost L 1 6 8
43 16 6 Scored S 5 12 36
34 12 4 Conceded C 6 17 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
84% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 84%
60% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 25% 40%
36% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 28%
16% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 8%
60% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 52%
20% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 20%
20% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 32%
 
6.6 8.2 11.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.5 5.3
3.2 3 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 11 5 4.5
1.8 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
407 211 63 Total Shots T S 31 153 365
142 71 26 Shots on Target S O 16 60 136
30% 23% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 20% 26%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Chelsea have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 26 25 1 0 61 15 13 13 0 0 35 9 13 12 1 0 26 6 46 76
2 Manchester City 25 16 3 6 65 29 12 8 2 2 31 12 13 8 1 4 34 17 36 51
3 Leicester City 26 15 5 6 54 26 13 8 3 2 26 14 13 7 2 4 28 12 28 50
4 Chelsea 25 12 5 8 43 34 12 5 3 4 16 12 13 7 2 4 27 22 9 41
5 Tottenham Hotspur 26 11 7 8 43 34 13 8 2 3 25 12 13 3 5 5 18 22 9 40
6 Sheffield United 26 10 9 7 28 24 13 6 2 5 15 12 13 4 7 2 13 12 4 39
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 8 12 6 35 32 13 4 6 3 18 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 3 36
8 Everton 26 10 6 10 34 38 13 7 3 3 18 14 13 3 3 7 16 24 -4 36
9 Manchester United 25 9 8 8 36 29 13 6 5 2 24 12 12 3 3 6 12 17 7 35
10 Arsenal 26 7 13 6 36 34 13 5 5 3 22 18 13 2 8 3 14 16 2 34
11 Burnley 26 10 4 12 30 39 13 6 1 6 16 18 13 4 3 6 14 21 -9 34
12 Southampton 26 9 4 13 32 48 13 3 2 8 14 30 13 6 2 5 18 18 -16 31
13 Newcastle United 26 8 7 11 24 40 13 5 5 3 12 12 13 3 2 8 12 28 -16 31
14 Crystal Palace 26 7 9 10 23 32 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 3 5 5 13 19 -9 30
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 6 9 11 31 38 13 4 6 3 17 14 13 2 3 8 14 24 -7 27
16 AFC Bournemouth 26 7 5 14 26 40 13 4 4 5 15 19 13 3 1 9 11 21 -14 26
17 Aston Villa 26 7 4 15 34 50 13 5 2 6 18 24 13 2 2 9 16 26 -16 25
18 West Ham United 25 6 6 13 30 43 13 3 3 7 20 25 12 3 3 6 10 18 -13 24
19 Watford 26 5 9 12 24 40 13 3 5 5 13 17 13 2 4 7 11 23 -16 24
20 Norwich City 26 4 6 16 24 48 13 3 3 7 18 26 13 1 3 9 6 22 -24 18

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.