Chelsea vs Manchester United - Competition: Premier League, 22. round
Match date: Sunday, 19 January 2014
Match date: Sunday, 19 January 2014
Chelsea team after 21 rounds are sitting on the very good 3rd
place in the English league table being very close to the second
Manchester City and the leader, Arsenal. The gap between them and the
Gunners is only two points. The Blues are one of the three teams in the
English Premier League (also Arsenal and Everton) that have lost the
smallest amount of goals, so far 19 – with 40 scored. The best scorer in
the team is Eden Hazard – 9 goals – who, so has been rumoured, soon
might be playing for PSG. In the year 2014 the Blues are unbeaten – 3
matches (all away) – 3 victories. Additionally, they haven’t lost any
goals in 2014 so far – 3 games, 7 goals scored. The upcoming encounter
will be the first at home, so the same attitude in a first home game in
2014 is to be expected. In spite of the fact that the opponent, who is
of top-league class, but is currently in a very unstable form, the Blues
will be perceived as a favourite of the upcoming game.
Probable lineups Chelsea: Cech – Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, Cole – Matic, Ramires – Willian, Oscar, Hazard – Torres.
Manchester United are
still playing unstable. They started 2014 with three lost matches – one
in the league (1:2 against Tottenham), one in the FA Cup (1:2 against
Swansea) and one in League Cup (1:2 against Sunderland). And despite the
fact that they managed to win pretty easily in the last round against
Swansea (2:0), some of the fans and experts couldn’t help feeling that
this can be a beginning of a new-old crisis. It is true that between
10.12 and 28.12 Manchester United remained unbeaten, but they are still
occupying 7th place in the
league, losing 11 points to the leader, Arsenal and 9 points to the
opponent in the upcoming game, Chelsea. For such a titled and ambitious
club as Manchester United current state is simply a catastrophe.
Probable lineups Manchester United: de Gea – Rafael, Smalling, Vidic, Evra – Jones, Carrick – Valencia, Rooney, Januzaj – Welbec.
Head to Head:
Last Meeting: 26/08/13 Manchester Utd. 0:0 Chelsea
Wins Chelsea: 46 - Wins ManUtd: 63
Draws: 62
Wins Chelsea: 46 - Wins ManUtd: 63
Draws: 62
Kick Off Time: 16:00 GMT - 5:00 pm CET
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London, United Kingdom
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London, United Kingdom
