Chelsea Vs Manchester United Tactical Preview: Team News, Predicted Lineups, Key Men And Odds | OneFootball

Chelsea will entertain Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday evening as both teams look to go all out in search of the three points. The Blues managed to earn a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, which will keep them in high spirits heading into this contest at the English capital.

However, it won’t be an easy task for them as the Red Devils are also enjoying a good run of form, having won their previous league match by a 3-1 scoreline against Newcastle United before going on to play out a scoreless draw versus Real Sociedad but sealing a convincing 4-0 win on aggregate in the UEFA Europa League.

Talking Tactics

Thomas Tuchel will probably stick with his preferred 3-4-1-2 formation and could instruct his players to control the game at the centre of the park in the hopes of engineering some clear-cut opportunities to win this game.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will set his side up in a 4-2-3-1 formation and might ask his men to play on the counter, using the pace of Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood out on the wide areas.

Team News

Chelsea

Thiago Silva is unlikely to feature in this game due to a thigh injury. Otherwise, Tuchel doesn’t have any fresh injury concerns ahead of this highly anticipated game at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Chelsea Predicted XI

Mendy; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger; James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso; Mount, Giroud, Werner

Manchester United

Solskjaer will be sweating on the availability of Edinson Cavani, Scott McTominay and Donny van de Beek. All three of them will have to pass a late fitness test if they want to get involved in this game.

Manchester United Predicted XI

De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; Fred, McTominay; Rashford, Fernandes, Greenwood; Cavani

Key Men

Chelsea

Olivier Giroud will be Tuchel’s best hope for a goal after the Frenchman’s match-winning heroics in the UEFA Champions League in midweek. Both Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic will need to have a good game in midfield if the Blues are to come out on top this weekend.

Manchester United

Bruno Fernandes will carry most of the goal-scoring and creative workload for his team. The defensive performance of Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire could very well end up determining the fate of this Premier League contest.

Odds

The oddsmakers have made Chelsea the favourites to win this match after they were priced at 23/20. The draw has been listed as 12/5 while the Red Devils are 12/5 underdogs to collect all three points at Stamford Bridge.