Football fans all over the world, especially followers of the English Premier League, are expectant. Manchester United and Chelsea, two of the biggest football clubs in the world, are clashing, a game that is expected to throw up a mixture of drama and crazy tackles.
While United are fifth on the league table with 40 points in 24 games, Chelsea have fared worse, managing 13th place on the log, with 29 points in 24 games.
The game is scheduled to kick off at 5.00pm (Nigerian Time) at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea’s home ground located in Fulham, London.
Here are some of the facts on the mouth-watering clash which has grown to become one of the biggest in the world.
- Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 6 PL games against Man Utd (W3 D3)
- Man Utd have lost more often to Chelsea than any other team in the PL era (16 times)
- Man Utd have won just 1 of their last 13 PL trips to Stamford Bridge (W1 D4 L8)
- Chelsea have drawn their last 3 PL games at Stamford Bridge – they have never drawn 4 in a row at home in the history of the competition
- There have been 4 red cards shown in the last 5 PL games between these teams at Stamford Bridge
- Wayne Rooney has scored 5 goals in his last 5 PL appearances; more than he had managed in his previous 25 appearances in the competition (4). Rooney has been involved in 8 of the Red Devils last 10 league goals (5 goals, 3 assists)
- Juan Mata has gone 12 games without registering a goal or assist, his longest spell without a goal involvement in his Premier League career
- Chelsea are on the current longest unbeaten run in the Premier League, going without a defeat in 8 league matches now (W3 D5 L0). Despite this, they still haven’t recorded back-to-back wins in the league this season
- Guus Hiddink is unbeaten in his last 5 competitive contests with Dutch compatriot Louis Van Gaal, winning four and drawing one
- The Chelsea boss has lost just one PL game in his 20 matches at the club (W13 D6 L1)