Chelsea will entertain Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night as both sides look to go all out in search of the three points in the Premier League. The Blues were held to a 2-2 draw by Burnley recently. Similarly, the Red Devils could manage to grind out a 1-1 draw away at Brentford last weekend.
Chelsea Vs Manchester United: Talking Tactics
Mauricio Pochettino will set his men up in a 4-2-3-1 formation and might instruct his men to retain possession well and engineer some promising chances in the final third.
Erik ten Hag will opt for the 4-2-3-1 formation as well and is expected to ask his players to defend their penalty area well before catching the home side off-guard on the counter.
Team News
Chelsea
Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, Christopher Nkunku, Reece James, Lesley Ugochukwu, Levi Colwill, Carney Chukwuemeka, Robert Sanchez and Trevoh Chalobah will be sidelined for this game due to injuries. Furthermore, both Ben Chilwell and Malo Gusto are major doubts for this game.
Chelsea Predicted XI
Petrovic; Disasi, Silva, Badiashile, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Palmer, Gallagher, Sterling; Jackson
Manchester United
Victor Lindelof, Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial and Tyrell Malacia will miss this game because of injuries. Moreover, Raphael Varane and Jonny Evans are major concerns ahead of this game at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester United Predicted XI
Onana; Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Wan-Bissaka; Mainoo, McTominay; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund
Key Men
Chelsea
Both Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez need to dominate the midfield battle if the Blues are to come out on top this weekend. Pochettino will depend on Raheem Sterling and Cole Palmer to stretch the opposition defence out in the wide areas.
Manchester United
Man United will rely on the pace of Alejandro Garnacho and Marcus Rashfurd to do some damage on the counter. The defensive display of Raphael Varane and Harry Maguire could go a long way in determining the fate of this contest.
Chelsea Vs Manchester United: Streaming Links
| United Kingdom | talkSPORT Radio, TNT Sports, discovery+ |
| USA | Sirius XM FC, NBC Sports, USA Network |
| India | Jio TV, Hotstar |
| Canada | futoTV Canada |
| Spain | DAZN Spain |
| Italy | Sky Go Italia, Sky Sport 4k |
| Germany | WOW, Sky Go, Sky Sport Premier League |
| Australia | Optus Sport |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport Premier League, Sky Sport NOW |
