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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Thu 25.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

Manchester United get ready for this game following their 1-0 result against AFC Bournemouth, a fixture they learned a lot from. How will they do against Chelsea?

Insights:
  • Manchester United have the most clean sheets (18) in Premier League
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

For Chelsea most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

The visiting Chelsea played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game, against Manchester City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Chelsea.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United have performed here at Old Trafford this season with 13 wins from 17 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. In general it's been a long time since Manchester United tasted defeat here at Old Trafford, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games in the league.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper David de Gea Quintana not having conceded a league goal in 243 minutes.

It's back home for United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating AFC Bournemouth away with the result 1-0. Casemiro found the net in that victory. Casemiro (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.21/10. Casemiro scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 73 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers in a game that was won 2-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Manchester United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 14 most recent league fixtures reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Fulham in only three days. This game is also played here at Old Trafford.

A decent goal production from Manchester United in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 17 league matches. United have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {8 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Chelsea form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Two away games in a row for Chelsea, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Manchester City. Midfield player Hall was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Hall hit two key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Nottingham Forest.

After this away game Chelsea return home for a Premier League game against Newcastle United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Chelsea when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored from 18 league matches away. 24 goals have been conceded by Chelsea in these games.

Head 2 Head

Manchester United have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (0-5-0) when facing Chelsea.

Chelsea - United 1-1 was the outcome when this pair of sides formerly met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
16 goals
ChelseaK. Havertz
K. Havertz
7 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
6 goals

Manchester United missing players

Chelsea missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester United Chelsea
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 17 5 Played P 5 18 36
21 13 5 Won W 0 5 11
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 10
9 1 0 Lost L 4 9 15
52 30 8 Scored S 2 17 36
41 8 1 Conceded C 9 24 42
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 89%
69% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 67% 64%
47% 53% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 42%
22% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 22% 19%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 3%
39% 35% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 44%
47% 65% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 22% 28%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 39% 39%
 
5.2 6.2 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.9 5.4
5.6 5.3 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 4.9
2.1 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
15.4 18 20.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 11.8 12.6
5.5 6.1 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4.1
26% 29% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 22% 24%
 
12.8 11.2 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12 11.6
3.8 2.6 1.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Manchester United have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester United have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester United have the most clean sheets (18) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 36 28 4 4 93 31 19 17 1 1 60 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 62 88
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Newcastle United 36 19 12 5 67 32 18 11 5 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 69
4 Manchester United 36 21 6 9 52 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 19 8 3 8 22 33 11 69
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 18 7 11 70 50 18 10 3 5 36 20 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 61
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 36 11 10 15 36 42 18 6 6 6 19 18 18 5 4 9 17 24 -6 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 36 28 4 4 93 31 19 17 1 1 60 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 62 88
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Newcastle United 36 19 12 5 67 32 18 11 5 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 69
4 Manchester United 36 21 6 9 52 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 19 8 3 8 22 33 11 69
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 18 7 11 70 50 18 10 3 5 36 20 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 61
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 36 11 10 15 36 42 18 6 6 6 19 18 18 5 4 9 17 24 -6 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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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.