Chelsea and Manchester United will take on on Thursday the 4th of April at 8:15 pm in the 31st week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in London at the Stamford Bridge. The referee will be Jarred Gillett.
Chelsea is in the 12th position in the table with 40 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 11 times, draw 7 times, and lost 10 times.
Manchester United occupies the 6th place in the table with 48 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 15 times, draw 3 times, and lost 11 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (22 times or 78.57%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (22 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times) and 3-5-2 (once).
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: Đorđe Petrović, Marc Cucurella, Benoît Badiashile, Axel Disasi, Moisés Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Raheem Sterling, Conor Gallagher, Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Chelsea would be 24.50.
There are doubts about the presence of Malo Gusto.
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero will probably not be able to employ Robert Sánchez and Trevoh Chalobah because of injury.
Ben Chilwell, Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana, Reece James, Carney Chukwuemeka, Roméo Lavia, Lesley Ugochukwu and Christopher Nkunku will definitely miss the match.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (28 times or 96.55%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (28 times) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Erik ten Hag is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: André Onana, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Harry Maguire, Diogo Dalot, Casimiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Højlund.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Manchester United would be 26.00.
There are doubts about the presence of Raphaël Varane.
Erik ten Hag will probably not be able to employ Altay Bayındır and Jonny Evans because of injury.
Victor Lindelöf , Tyrell Malacia, Lisandro Martínez , Luke Shaw and Anthony Martial will definitely miss the match.