Chelsea look to Stamford Bridge supporters for inspiration before Manchester United match

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

Buckle up for a show! Today's starring characters are Chelsea and Manchester United, victory is the objective and 90 minutes the playing time.

Insights:
  • Chelsea have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Chelsea form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Chelsea have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stamford Bridge after three straight home wins.

Chelsea are confident in defense, having played 353 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Chelsea manager Potter and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Brentford (placed 9th). Arrizabalaga, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.25 out of 10 in that game. Arrizabalaga topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Aston Villa.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chelsea handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chelsea as they are travelling to their away game against Salzburg in the Champions League. That match is three days after this one.

Chelsea can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 9 times.

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Manchester United form and stats

The visitors are W3-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

265 minutes! That's how long the Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea Quintana and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

United go into this game after a win, the home game against Tottenham Hotspur that ended 2-0. Midfield player Fernandes was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.3/10. Fernandes scored one goal, hit nine key passes and had 63 successful passes (of 68 total).

A draw for Manchester United before that, at their own venue hosting Newcastle United (0-0).

Manchester United find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. For Manchester United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Chelsea have won or drawn the last 5 games (1-4-0) facing Manchester United.

Top Goalscorers

ChelseaR. Sterling
R. Sterling
3 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
3 goals
Manchester UnitedA. dos Santos
A. dos Santos
3 goals

Chelsea missing players

Manchester United missing players

Chelsea Manchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 5 10
6 3 0 Won W 0 3 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
15 9 2 Scored S 3 7 15
10 4 2 Conceded C 6 11 15
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 70%
70% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
10% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 10%
50% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 50%
40% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
5.5 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.6 3.9
5.2 5.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.6
2.4 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 12.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.8 14.2
4.2 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.6 5.3
36% 56% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 30% 28%
 
10.5 10.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 22 14.4 13.7
4.5 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 5 4.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Chelsea's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Chelsea have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chelsea have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Chelsea have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Manchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Arsenal 10 9 0 1 24 10 5 5 0 0 14 7 5 4 0 1 10 3 14 27
2 Manchester City 10 7 2 1 33 10 5 5 0 0 24 5 5 2 2 1 9 5 23 23
3 Tottenham Hotspur 11 7 2 2 22 12 5 5 0 0 15 4 6 2 2 2 7 8 10 23
4 Chelsea 10 6 2 2 15 10 4 3 1 0 9 4 6 3 1 2 6 6 5 20
5 Manchester United 10 6 1 3 15 15 5 3 1 1 8 4 5 3 0 2 7 11 0 19
6 Newcastle United 11 4 6 1 18 9 6 3 3 0 12 5 5 1 3 1 6 4 9 18
7 Liverpool 10 4 4 2 22 12 6 4 2 0 17 5 4 0 2 2 5 7 10 16
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 4 3 3 14 11 5 2 2 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 8 8 3 15
9 Brentford 11 3 5 3 18 17 6 3 2 1 12 6 5 0 3 2 6 11 1 14
10 Crystal Palace 10 3 4 3 12 13 6 3 1 2 9 8 4 0 3 1 3 5 -1 13
11 AFC Bournemouth 11 3 4 4 10 23 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 1 2 2 6 18 -13 13
12 Fulham 10 3 3 4 16 20 5 2 2 1 10 11 5 1 1 3 6 9 -4 12
13 West Ham United 11 3 2 6 9 12 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 1 1 4 3 6 -3 11
14 Southampton 11 3 2 6 10 18 5 1 2 2 6 7 6 2 0 4 4 11 -8 11
15 Everton 11 2 4 5 8 12 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 1 2 3 5 8 -4 10
16 Leeds United 9 2 3 4 11 13 5 2 2 1 6 3 4 0 1 3 5 10 -2 9
17 Aston Villa 10 2 3 5 7 13 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 0 2 3 3 8 -6 9
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 2 3 6 5 14 5 2 2 1 3 4 6 0 1 5 2 10 -9 9
19 Nottingham Forest 11 1 3 7 7 23 5 1 1 3 6 9 6 0 2 4 1 14 -16 6
20 Leicester City 10 1 2 7 15 24 5 1 2 2 7 5 5 0 0 5 8 19 -9 5

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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.