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Chelsea v Manchester United betting will no doubt throw up its thrills and spills from Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Chelsea’s captain John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy, but he remains club captain, but he won’t be putting in an appearance on Sunday in the mach, because of a knee injury. That means Gary Cahill will probably make his debut in this tough match, and the Chelsea back line has been disrupted even further with Ashley Cole out suspended. This is not really a title deciding match here, with Chelsea sitting a massive twelve points back of joint leaders Manchester United, so with a win, there will still be a huge nine point deficit which is not likely to be overcome. Chelsea’s form has been patchy at best this season, and that trend still continued, with five drawn league matches out of their last eight. Chelsea rescued an injury time point away at Swansea during midweek, thanks to the Swans scoring an own goal. That was Chelsea’s second draw in a row, following a 0-0 draw at Norwich prior to that. So the old firepower is not there as an attacking force from Chelsea, who are missing Didier Drogba (who is at the Africa Cup of Nations) and Drogba was the last Chelsea forward to score, back on December 31st, from the penalty spot. The goals have dried up from Daniel Sturridge and Fernando Torres is still struggling to find the back of the net as well, so Chelsea look short of being a complete, title contending team. With rumours that Jose Mourinho could be leaving Real Madrid, Blues boss Andre Villas Boas may rightly be feeling the pressure at the club. Despite all their troubles, they are up in fourth place and need to keep picking up points to ensure that they get another crack at the Champions League next season. Chelsea’s home form hasn’t been terrible this season, winning seven, drawing one and losing three of their eleven fixtures at the Bridge. But they are just lacking the incisive ruthlessness in front of goal to go on and win games convincingly. Chelsea have only scored more than one goal in just one of their last eight Premier League matches. At home, Chelsea have scored a total of 24 goals, but have conceded sixteen, which is pretty high for them. Chelsea were always about a tight defence, but they do concede quite a bit. 81% of Chelsea’s home matches have ended over 2.5 goals, so there should be goals in Sunday’s big Chelsea v Manchester United betting fixture. Frank Lampard will probably get recalled to the starting eleven, as he is joint top scorer for the club with nine goals alongside Daniel Sturridge. They may be out of the title race, but can the Blues still have a big say in where the title goes this season? A win over Man Utd would also do their confidence a world of good, after being rolled over by the Red Devils three times last season, and once again already this season.
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United picked up a comfortable 3-1 home win over Chelsea back in September, with all goals coming in the first half. Chelsea’s Fernando Torres was on the score sheet that day, but the match will be remembered better for the Spaniards glaring open goal miss, which would have given Chelsea some kind of life line. Manchester United had a profitable week in the Premier League, picking up a 2-0 home win over Stoke at Old Trafford, courtesy of two converted penalty kicks, one from Javier Hernandez and one from Dimitar Berbatov. That has left United with a run of three straight wins in the Premier League now, and they have clawed back the lead that Manchester City had over them in the title race. United go into the weekend’s matches level on points at the top of the table with City, so this is another big fixture in which United need to perform. Stamford Bridge hasn’t been a happy hunting ground for United in recent times, as they haven’t won there in their last nine Premier League matches. It seems to be all big games for United at the moment, beating Man City in the FA Cup, squeezing past Arsenal in the Premier League and then losing to Liverpool in the FA Cup. What keeps United going is their tenacity in tough situations though, and they are the Premier League’s best away team this season. They have suffered just one defeat on the road this year, a trip to Newcastle at the start of the season, and their mean defence has given up just seven goals on the road. There have been question marks over United’s defence, which, granted has looked pretty shaky and inconsistent at times, but more often than not they still manage to get the job done. Can United add to their eight wins on the road this season? They should take a pretty fit side to Stamford Bridge with them, with Nani, Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young all having been passed fit. David de Gea though gets the start in goal, as the young Spaniard gets more and more criticism over his performances, as Anders Lindegaard is on the sidelines through injury.
Chelsea v Manchester United Betting Odds
Chelsea to win: 7/4 at Bet Victor
Draw: 23/10 at Totesport
Man Utd to win: 15/8 at SkyBet
