Chelsea and Manchester United are going to face off on Sunday the 28th of November at 4:30 pm in the 13th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in London at the Stamford Bridge. The appointed referee is Anthony Taylor.
Chelsea sits in the 1st position in the table with 29 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 9 times, drawn twice, and lost once.
Manchester United sits in the 8th place in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 4-1 loss against Watford in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 5 times, drawn twice, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (9 times), 3-5-2 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: E. Mendy, T. Chalobah, A. Rüdiger, T. da Silva, M. Alonso Mendoza, R. Loftus-Cheek, J. Frello Filho, R. James, M. Mount, C. Hudson-Odoi and T. Werner.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Chelsea would be 26.55.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ N. Kanté and K. Havertz because of injury.
B. Chilwell and M. Kovačić will definitely miss the match.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 83.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Michael Carrick is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, A. Telles, V. Nilsson Lindelöf, E. Bailly, A. Wan-Bissaka, S. McTominay, A. Martial, B. Borges Fernandes and C. Ronaldo.
In case that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Manchester United would be 28.00.
There are doubts about the presence of M. Rashford.
Michael Carrick will probably not be able to employ L. Shaw and E. Cavani because of injury.
R. Varane, P. Pogba and M. Greenwood will definitely miss the match.
Michael Carrick will not be able to have the presence of H. Maguire who is suspended.
