Man United v Chelsea Betting Preview
The Premier League champions are just seeing out the season, probably with nothing on their mind but a summer break. As for Chelsea, they have a big agenda at hand and a lot to play for. The Blues are battling hard to try and secure a top three finish, at worst a top four to try and enter the Champions League next season. They are having to do it the hard way, with the distraction of the Europa League as well as a really tough end of season fixture list to round out the Premier League campaign with.
Man United v Chelsea Betting Odds at online bookmaker Paddy Power
Man United 23/20, Chelsea 11/5, Draw 5/2
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Man United v Chelsea Recommended Bet:
The Red Devils have nothing left to prove in this one, but they may want some revenge after getting knocked out of the FA Cup by Chelsea. The Red Devils were in charge at Old Trafford going a couple of goals up early on, but then a superb second half fightback saw Chelsea take a draw and then beat United back at Stamford Bridge in the quarter finals. The league meeting between the two this season went in favour of Manchester United at Stamford Bridge back in October, taking a 3-2 win after the Blues on that occasion had fought back from two goals down to get to 2-2, before Javier Hernandez netted a winner fifteen minutes from time. The Mexican striker has netted six goals in his last eight meetings against Chelsea in all competitions, so could likely get a good run out on Sunday.
United are unbeaten in their last four Premier League meetings with Chelsea, winning three of them. The Red Devils have now scored in 66 consecutive Premier League home matches, a record in the EPL and in the last six clashes with Chelsea, there has been an average of 4.8 goals per game. So goals are on the cards. United’s home form has been superb this season, winning fifteen drawing none and losing just two with a 88% success rate. They have scored at a rate of 2.53 goals per game and that will make them an obvious threat. Especially with Chelsea having kept just one clean sheet at Old Trafford in their last seventeen visits there. It hasn’t been a particularly happy hunting ground for the Blues.
Rafa Benitez could yet finish the season with a bang, and no side in Premier League history who have amassed 65 points or more after 34 games, have ever finished outside of the top four. But Chelsea have to face Spurs and Everton in two of their last three matches after this one. So there is a huge amount of work to do. They have only managed one away win in their last six though, but overall in their last seven Premier League matches, they have suffered one defeat. Away from home Chelsea have posted a W8 D4 L5 record for the season and have scored at a rate of 1.8 goals per game, but have conceded at a rate of 1.3 per game. That may give United enough of a window to pinch this one.
The Blues are the ones with everything at stake here as they battle for a top four finish. There have been plenty of goals between the two sides lately and a simple Both Teams To Score bet for yes at 4/7 with online bookmaker Paddy Power should offer something.
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Man United LLWDWD, Chelsea LLWDWW
Stat Attack
United have won fifteen of 17 home matches in the top flight this season
The Red Devils are unbeaten in the last four EPL meetings with Chelsea
United have scored in 66 consecutive Premier League home matches
Chelsea have managed one clean sheet in the last 17 visits to Old Trafford
The last six matches between the two have averaged 4.8 goals per game
