Chelsea vs Manchester United Preview

January 19, 2014
By: Deke Hardman

HazardSunday’s Premier League action concludes at Stamford Bridge where third place Chelsea face reigning champions Manchester United.

The hosts will be hoping to claim all three points as they look to keep pace with leaders Arsenal and second place Manchester City, who beat Fulham and Cardiff City respectively on Saturday.

Jose Mourinho’s men go in to the match on the back of five straight victories in all competitions, and another victory here will put them to within two points of the top of the table.

Nemanja Matic will have to wait to make his second Chelsea debut after competing his move from Benfica, while Frank Lampard may return from injury though Branislav Ivanovic remains side-lined with a knee injury.

Fernando Torres is favourite to open the scoring at 6.25 (21/4) with 888 Sport, while top scorer Eden Hazard is a 9.0 (8/1) shot with Bet Victor.

The home win is 1.75 (3/4) with a variety of bookmakers, with United as highly priced as the 5.5 (9/2) on offer from Bet Victor, who offer 3.8 (14/5) for the draw.

The visitors ended a run of three straight defeats with victory over Swansea City last time out, and three points here will see them move to within three points of Liverpool, who currently occupy fourth position.

Manager David Moyes has said that both Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie will remain unavailable, with Rafael completes his three-match ban.

Danny Welbeck is widely available at 10.0 (9/1) to get the first goal of the game, while Javier Hernandez is a 13.0 (12/1) chance with Bet Victor.

There have been six meetings between the sides in the last fifteen months, with Chelsea only losing once.

United have failed to score in their last three games against the Blues – losing 1-0 in both the FA Cup and the league towards the end of last season, while the pair played out a goalless draw at Old Trafford back in August.

With this in mind, you may want to take advantage of Bet Victor’s offer of 2.75 (7/4) to win without conceding, while they are priced at 2.35 (27/20) to keep a clean sheet with Coral.

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