Manchester United v Chelsea – LiveStream & The Numbers – Preview and Prediction
CHELSEA IN NUMBERS
The Blues are seeking to maintain our unbeaten record in all competitions this season outside of London.
Our current run outside of the capital city (since we lost at Sunderland on 7 May) is 15 games.
Antonio Conte’s side need 15 points from a possible 21 to become Premier League champions and seven points to secure Champions League qualification for 2017/18.
Chelsea’s current total of 75 points this season was sufficient for Manchester United to win the league back in 1996/97.
The Blues are 36 points better off compared with results against the equivalent opposition last season.
Antonio Conte’s side have scored the opening goal more times than any other Premier League team this season (25). We have won 21, drawn three and lost one when we have done so.
Chelsea have not kept a clean sheet in the Premier League for nine matches.
Antonio Conte has used the fewest number of players (21) in the Premier League this season.
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MAN UNITED IN NUMBERS
Formed 1878 (as Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway FC)
Major trophies
20 League championships, last in 2013
12 FA Cups, last in 2016
4 League Cups, last in 2010
21 FA Charity/Community Shields (incl 4 shared), last in 2016
3 European Cups, last in 2008
1 European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1991
1 UEFA Super Cup in 1991
1 Intercontinental Cup in 1999
1 FIFA Club World Cup in 2008
Jose Mourinho’s side are unbeaten in the Premier League for 21 games (11 wins, 10 draws). Their last defeat was against Chelsea on 23 October. It is their best league run without defeat since a 29-match spell between April 2010 and February 2011.
Man Utd have drawn five of their past six league matches at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils have won 27 points from a possible 48 at Old Trafford this term. They have won six against Southampton, Leicester, Tottenham, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Watford, drawn nine with Stoke, Burnley, Arsenal, West Ham, Liverpool, Hull, Bournemouth, West Brom and Everton and lost one to Man City.
2016/17 is the first time United have drawn nine home league games in a season since 1980/81 (11 draws).
Man United have lost one of their last 37 home matches in all competitions, the 1-2 league defeat by Man City last September.
Only Tottenham (22) have conceded fewer league goals this season than Man Utd (24).
At Old Trafford, a total of 32 goals have been scored in 16 Premier League games this term. Only Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium (29 from 15 games) has hosted fewer. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been involved in 18 goals in his past 17 Premier League appearances (13 goals, five assists).
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