Chelsea vs Manchester United Preview

February 6, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

Diego Costa Spain

The weekend’s Premier League action concludes at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea take on Manchester United.

The Blues are still unbeaten since Guus Hiddink returned to as manager, though five of his seven league games have ended in draws leaving the champions adrift in the race for the top four.

They remain sixteen points off the Champions League qualification places following Saturday’s results, and that gap could widen further with fourth place Arsenal traveling to Bournemouth in Sunday’s early kick off.

Eden Hazard could return to the starting line-up after beginning Wednesday’s goalless draw with Watford on the bench, while Pedro is doubtful and forward duo Loic Remy and Radamel Falaco are definitely out.

Recent arrivals Alexandre Pato and Matt Miazga may have to wait for their debuts as they lack match fitness.

Top scorer Diego Costa is favourite to open the scoring at 6.0 (5/1) with Coral, with Oscar a 8.5 (15/2) shot with the same firm.

The home win is widely available at 2.15 (23/20) with the visitors as highly priced as the 4.05 (58/19) on offer from 888 Sport. The draw is a 3.3 (23/10) chance with Bet 365.

Louis van Gaal’s side thumped Stoke City 3-0 on Tuesday evening to remain well in the hunt for a top four spot, and are five points behind Arsenal going in to Sunday’s games.

The away side could be unchanged with Marcos Rojo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones and Luke Shaw still absent.

Wayne Rooney, who has seven goals in his last seven appearances in 8.0 (7/1) to get the first goal of the game with a variety of bookmakers, ahead of 10.0 (9/1) chance Anthony Martial.

The two sides met at Old Trafford in their final game of 2015, with the game ending goalless and that was the fifth time in seven meetings that this fixture has produced fewer than two goals.

You can back under 1.5 this time around at 2.88 (15/8) with Bet Victor while the 0-0 draw is 8.0 (7/1) with the same firm.

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