Chelsea vs Manchester United LIVE: Team news from crucial Premier League clash – UK Times

Since the start of March, no side in Europe’s big-five leagues has lost more games in all competitions than Chelsea coming into the weekend’s games (6 in 9 games). Their previous six defeats came over a period of 29 games.

Chelsea vs Manchester United has been drawn more often than other fixture in Premier League history (27).

Just seven of those 27 draws have been 0-0, also making it the fixture with the most score draws in the competition (20).

Following their 2-1 win in September, Manchester United are looking to complete the Premier League double over Chelsea for just the second time after the 2019-20 campaign.

Chelsea have lost just one of their last 12 Premier League home games against Man Utd (six wins, five draw), and are looking to win three in a row against them at Stamford Bridge for the first time since April 2006.

Part of Michael Carrick’s appeal to Manchester United lay in his ability to be measured and mild-mannered. It was a trait he displayed in his playing days; he was the least likely member of the squad to say anything controversial. No wonder Carrick felt the ideal antidote to Ruben Amorim, who was just too quotable for his own good.

This game will be just the sixth Premier League meeting this season between two English managers, while it’s the first to be played as late as April in a season by two Englishmen starting the day in the top-six since April 1999, when John Gregory’s 6th-placed Aston Villa faced Harry Redknapp’s 5th-placed West Ham in a 0-0 draw.

Man Utd XI: Lammens; Dalot, Mazraoui, Heaven, Shaw; Mainoo, Casemiro; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Cunha; Sesko

Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Hato, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Estevao, Palmer, Neto; Delap

The official line-ups will be dropping in a few minutes time. What can we expect to see?

Will Enzo Fernandez return for Chelsea? Will Mason Mount make a start or will Kobbie Mainoo be fit?

All shall be revealed shortly…

Mainoo was absent in the defeat to Leeds on Monday, due to a knock picked up in training last week, but Carrick has shared a boost for United at a pivotal time in the season.

“Kobbie is doing little bits, he’s working toward it, he’s doing bits, so there’s a decision to be made,” Carrick said.