Premier League duel: Close contest expected between Manchester United and Chelsea

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sun 28.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (76212 seats)

Manchester United and Chelsea are both riding high in the Premier League with their 6th and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

The hosts Manchester United saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Manchester City, was also a home game here at Old Trafford. The away team is better rested.

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Manchester United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Old Trafford as Manchester United have scored 32 goals to get 35 points from 17 games. The overall stats are 10-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). Manchester United has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager O. Solskjær and the players.

The Manchester United fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Old Trafford: A 0-2 defeat against Manchester City. Prior to that, an away loss at Everton.

Manchester United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Old Trafford with 32 goals in 17 matches. Manchester United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chelsea form and stats

As the visiting team Chelsea have produced an overall stat of 9-1-7 so far.

There were no winners in Chelsea's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 vs Burnley. Prior to that match, a home win 4-3 against Slavia Praha in the Europa League.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Chelsea are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 17 games. Chelsea have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Chelsea - Manchester United 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (Manchester United wins - draws - Chelsea wins).

Top Goalscorers

E. Hazard
16 goals / 13 assists
P. Pogba
13 goals / 9 assists
R. Lukaku
12 goals

Manchester United missing players

Chelsea missing players

Manchester United Chelsea
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
35 17 4 Played 4 17 35
19 10 0 Won 0 9 20
7 5 2 Drew 0 1 7
9 2 2 Lost 4 7 8
63 32 2 Scored 1 23 59
50 22 7 Conceded 13 26 38
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 100% 94% 91%
89% 88% 75% Over 1.5 100% 88% 86%
74% 76% 50% Over 2.5 50% 71% 57%
46% 41% 25% Over 3.5 50% 24% 29%
17% 24% 0% Over 4.5 25% 6% 11%
69% 76% 25% BTTS 25% 41% 43%
20% 12% 25% Clean Sheets 0% 29% 40%
17% 24% 25% Failed To Score 75% 35% 26%
 
5 5.8 3.2 Corners For (avg) 3.5 4.9 5.7
5 4.6 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 5 3.5 3.6
2 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.5 1.3
4 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0

Manchester United
All Champions League International Champions Cup Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
10-04-19 CL Manchester United 0 - 1 Barcelona
13-04-19 PL Manchester United 2 - 1 West Ham United
16-04-19 CL Barcelona 3 - 0 Manchester United
21-04-19 PL Everton 4 - 0 Manchester United
24-04-19 PL Manchester United 0 - 2 Manchester City
28-04-19 PL Manchester United 15:30 Chelsea
05-05-19 PL Huddersfield Town 13:00 Manchester United
12-05-19 PL Manchester United 14:00 Cardiff City
13-07-19 CF Manchester United - Perth Glory
17-07-19 CF Manchester United - Leeds United
Chelsea
All Champions League Community Shield International Champions Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
08-04-19 PL Chelsea 2 - 0 West Ham United
11-04-19 EL Slavia Praha 0 - 1 Chelsea
14-04-19 PL Liverpool 2 - 0 Chelsea
18-04-19 EL Chelsea 4 - 3 Slavia Praha
22-04-19 PL Chelsea 2 - 2 Burnley
28-04-19 PL Manchester United 15:30 Chelsea
02-05-19 EL Eintracht Frankfurt 19:00 Chelsea
05-05-19 PL Chelsea 13:00 Watford
09-05-19 EL Chelsea 19:00 Eintracht Frankfurt
12-05-19 PL Leicester City 14:00 Chelsea

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Manchester City 35 29 2 4 89 22 18 17 0 1 56 12 17 12 2 3 33 10 67 89
2 Liverpool 35 27 7 1 79 20 17 15 2 0 48 10 18 12 5 1 31 10 59 88
3 Tottenham Hotspur 35 23 1 11 65 35 17 12 1 4 32 13 18 11 0 7 33 22 30 70
4 Chelsea 35 20 7 8 59 38 18 11 6 1 36 12 17 9 1 7 23 26 21 67
5 Arsenal 35 20 6 9 69 46 18 14 2 2 41 15 17 6 4 7 28 31 23 66
6 Manchester United 35 19 7 9 63 50 17 10 5 2 32 22 18 9 2 7 31 28 13 64
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 14 9 12 44 43 18 9 4 5 27 21 17 5 5 7 17 22 1 51
8 Watford 35 14 8 13 50 50 17 8 3 6 24 22 18 6 5 7 26 28 0 50
9 Everton 35 14 7 14 50 44 18 9 4 5 28 21 17 5 3 9 22 23 6 49
10 Leicester City 35 14 6 15 48 47 17 7 2 8 21 20 18 7 4 7 27 27 1 48
11 West Ham United 35 12 7 16 44 54 18 8 4 6 29 27 17 4 3 10 15 27 -10 43
12 Crystal Palace 35 12 6 17 43 48 17 4 4 9 14 20 18 8 2 8 29 28 -5 42
13 Newcastle United 35 11 8 16 35 44 18 8 1 9 22 22 17 3 7 7 13 22 -9 41
14 AFC Bournemouth 35 12 5 18 49 62 18 7 5 6 29 25 17 5 0 12 20 37 -13 41
15 Burnley 35 11 7 17 44 62 17 7 2 8 23 28 18 4 5 9 21 34 -18 40
16 Southampton 35 9 10 16 41 58 17 5 6 6 23 26 18 4 4 10 18 32 -17 37
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 9 7 19 32 54 17 6 4 7 17 23 18 3 3 12 15 31 -22 34
18 Cardiff City 35 9 4 22 30 65 18 6 2 10 19 35 17 3 2 12 11 30 -35 31
19 Fulham 35 6 5 24 33 76 17 5 3 9 21 32 18 1 2 15 12 44 -43 23
20 Huddersfield Town 35 3 5 27 20 69 18 2 2 14 9 30 17 1 3 13 11 39 -49 14

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