Manchester Utd vs Chelsea prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-11-02 16:30.
[p]Another new era awaits Manchester United with Sporting Lisbon manager Rúben Amorim confirmed as Erik ten Hag’s successor in the Old Trafford dugout. Amorim won’t assume responsibilities until the November international break, giving interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy three more matches in charge. The players responded to the methods of their new Dutch boss, following in van Nistelrooy’s free-scoring footsteps to sweep Leicester aside in the EFL Cup (5-2), but resurrecting their Premier League campaign is where their priority lies.[/p]
[p]That’s because the 11 points United have accrued is their second-fewest at this stage of a Premier League season. If results elsewhere go against them, they could kick off against Chelsea as low as 16th in the table – an astonishingly low ranking for the competition’s most successful club. Despite that, Van Nistelrooy can certainly take heart from the fact that United are unbeaten in the last 11 league H2Hs at Old Trafford (W5, D6), and could win three such H2Hs in a row for the first time since January 1957.[/p]
[p]That means that in spite of United’s poor standing at present, this is a huge test for a Chelsea side determined to show their credentials under Enzo Maresca. The Blues entered the weekend within touching distance of the top four, but suffered disappointment in midweek when they were dumped out of the EFL Cup by Newcastle (2-0), the same opposition Chelsea beat in the league last Sunday (2-1)![/p]
[p]Maresca shuffled his pack for the midweek defeat, so his first team players should be fresh as Chelsea chase a second consecutive H2H victory over United for the first time since March 2011. They’ll hope to have things sewn up earlier than the dramatic stoppage time turnaround they staged the last time these sides met, but the fact they’ve alternated between wins and losses in their last four road trips suggests this clash is tough to call.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Casemiro has returned from the cold at United, netting three times in his last two matches. He has also scored two H2H goals across his last three meetings with the Blues. He’ll battle for midfield supremacy with Cole Palmer, who is looking to become just the third Chelsea player in history to score in three consecutive Premier League meetings with United.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: This is the most drawn fixture in Premier League history (26 of 64).[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]