The Premier League season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Manchester United and Chelsea promises to be an interesting one.
It's no vacation for neither Manchester nor Chelsea as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Manchester United form and stats
Manchester United have less points than they have played home games in the Premier League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Manchester United are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Old Trafford, having lost their two previous games here.
Manchester enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at PSG's place. The match ended 1-0 with Bruno Fernandes scoring. In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Newcastle United with a 4-1 scoreline.
This is expected to be a close game, with Manchester United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Manchester as a small favourite), we find three games. Manchester United has won one of these, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Manchester, as the Champions League home game vs RB Leipzig is only four days away.
Early season league goal statistics from Manchester United's 2 home games: 2 goals, 9 conceded.
Chelsea form and stats
Four points from two away games for Chelsea, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premier League so far.
There were no winners in Chelsea's previous match, a Champions League home game that ended 0-0 vs Sevilla. A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Southampton in the Premier League.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Chelsea in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Chelsea, two draws and zero defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Chelsea manager F. Lampard as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Krasnodar.
6 goals so far away for Chelsea, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Manchester wins - draws - Chelsea wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Borges Fernandes 3 goals |   J. Frello Filho 3 goals |  M. Rashford 2 goals |
Manchester United missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Manchester United | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 12 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | 22 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 32 | 65 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 15 | 29 |
| 41% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 45% |
- Manchester United has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Premier League
- Manchester United has the most conceded goals (9) at home in Premier League
- Manchester United has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Premier League
| Manchester United | Last season | Chelsea | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 66 | 40 | Scored | S | 39 | 69 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 38 | 54 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 95% | 87% | ||
| 42% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 84% | 66% | ||
| 24% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 37% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 37% | 18% | ||
| 47% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 58% | ||
| 34% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 5% | 24% | ||
| 21% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 18% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 535 | 297 | Total Shots | T S | 293 | 621 | ||
| 205 | 111 | Shots on Target | S O | 103 | 218 | ||
| 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Everton | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | West Ham United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Manchester City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Southampton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Manchester United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 2 |
| 18 | Burnley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | Sheffield United | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Fulham | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
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