Match preview Premier League: Manchester United - Chelsea at Old Trafford

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sun 11.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (76212 seats)

After the first game it's Manchester United - Chelsea 3-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Premier League game of the season?

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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Manchester United form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Old Trafford, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Manchester United last season were 10 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses from 19 games.

Manchester United's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Chelsea. The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Milan that ended 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Manchester United handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D0-L0.

Early season goal statistics from Manchester United's 1 home game: 4 goals, 0 conceded.

Last season, Manchester United's league statistics were 19 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Premier League. Over these 38 matches they scored 65 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season Manchester United managed 10-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 25 conceded.

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats were 9 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 19 fixtures.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Chelsea, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Manchester United. That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Arsenal in the Europa League.

We have checked recent matches where Chelsea have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were W0-D0-L1.

0 goals so far away for Chelsea, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 1 match.

Let's have a look at how Chelsea performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 9 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 63 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 24/27 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Manchester United - Chelsea 4-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Manchester United won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Chelsea has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

M. Rashford
2 goals
A. Martial
1 goals
D. James
1 goals

Manchester United missing players

Chelsea missing players

Manchester United Chelsea
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
4 4 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 4 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
3 3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 5
5 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 3
3 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 4 4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Manchester United Last season Chelsea
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
19 10   Won   9 21
9 6   Drew   3 9
10 3   Lost   7 8
65 33   Scored   24 63
54 25   Conceded   27 39
95% 89%   Over 0.5   89% 89%
89% 89%   Over 1.5   84% 84%
68% 68%   Over 2.5   63% 55%
42% 37%   Over 3.5   21% 26%
16% 21%   Over 4.5   5% 11%
68% 74%   BTTS   42% 42%
18% 11%   Clean Sheets   32% 42%
18% 26%   Failed To Score   37% 26%
 
5.3 6.1   Corners For (avg)   5 5.7
4.9 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   3.6 3.7
2 1.7   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.5 1.3
4 1   Red Cards   0 0
Key stats last season:
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Manchester United
All Champions League International Champions Cup Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 ICC Manchester United 1 - 0 Inter
25-07-19 ICC Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Manchester United
30-07-19 CF Kristiansund 0 - 1 Manchester United
03-08-19 ICC Manchester United 2 - 2 Milan
11-08-19 PL Manchester United 4 - 0 Chelsea
19-08-19 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers 19:00 Manchester United
24-08-19 PL Manchester United 14:00 Crystal Palace
31-08-19 PL Southampton 11:30 Manchester United
14-09-19 PL Manchester United 14:00 Leicester City
22-09-19 PL West Ham United 13:00 Manchester United
Chelsea
All Champions League Uefa Super Cup Community Shield International Champions Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
23-07-19 CF Barcelona 1 - 2 Chelsea
28-07-19 CF Reading 3 - 4 Chelsea
31-07-19 CF Salzburg 3 - 5 Chelsea
03-08-19 CF Borussia M'gladbach 2 - 2 Chelsea
11-08-19 PL Manchester United 4 - 0 Chelsea
14-08-19 USC Liverpool 19:00 Chelsea
18-08-19 PL Chelsea 15:30 Leicester City
24-08-19 PL Norwich City 11:30 Chelsea
31-08-19 PL Chelsea 14:00 Sheffield United
14-09-19 PL Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
2 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Burnley 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
5 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 AFC Bournemouth 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Crystal Palace 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Everton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sheffield United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Newcastle United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Southampton 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Watford 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
19 Chelsea 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
20 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0

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