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Chelsea welcomed Manchester United to Stamford Bridge to kick off an essential month of April soccer within the Premier League and FA Cup.
The Pink Devils' Champions League hopes gave the impression to be dashed when Brentford conceded the lead with a devastating last-minute objective. Nonetheless, with each Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa dropping factors throughout the week, maybe the door to qualification has closed a bit for United.
Tonight's recreation would be the 195th assembly between the 2, with Outdated Trafford profitable 83 to Chelsea's 56.
Eric ten Hag's males enter the matchup in sixth place and seeking to shut the hole on a probably profitable prime 5 for Champions League soccer, whereas the west Londoners, in twelfth, want to earn the three factors that may take them into the highest half. Will convey again in. desk.
Listed below are three tales the touring assist will probably be excitedly discussing in anticipation of tonight's match.
1. Can Mason Mount lengthen their last-minute objective on the weekend?
It's truthful to say that the Chelsea academy product has had a forgettable season to date in his debut marketing campaign at Outdated Trafford.
Signed for a possible £60million in the summertime, damage has ruined his bid to make a robust begin for his new crew. In reality, he has solely managed to look in 14 matches all through the season, beginning in April. This has led some followers to joke that they’ve “forgotten” that he even performs for the membership.
Nonetheless, if any membership is aware of Mount's potential it's Chelsea. He supplied the help for Chelsea's Champions League profitable objective in opposition to Manchester Metropolis in 2021, and he received his former crew's Participant of the 12 months award in 2021 and 2022.
He will probably be determined to showcase his skills, nevertheless in his pre-match press convention the supervisor mentioned that the membership needs to be cautious about bringing Mount again into common minutes, so it appears he might have to seek out work elsewhere. Have bench.
2. United purpose to finish their second double over Chelsea within the Premier League period
If one crew has been a constant drawback for United all through the Premier League period, it has been Chelsea.
Even earlier than Roman Abramovich's fortune arrived in west London, the Blues have been a thorn within the facet of the Pink Devils.
That doesn't appear so true in the mean time as they’re presently on their worst run within the Premier League period with out a win in 12 league matches in opposition to United. Nonetheless, in response to the BBC, Man United have achieved the double over Chelsea solely as soon as within the Premier League period and that was below Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2019-2020.
The Mancunian facet have already achieved half their job with a 2-1 win at Outdated Trafford in December this yr thanks to 2 objectives from Scott McTominay.
Nonetheless, profitable at Stamford Bridge will probably be an enormous job as, regardless of the Londoners' poor league place, they’ve been overwhelmed solely as soon as of their final 15 residence video games in all competitions.
3. The match will doubtless be a objective celebration
One side that has characterised the final two conferences between the 2 sides has been the completely chaotic soccer on show.
When United received 4-1 over tonight's opponents in Champions League soccer final Could, the 2 groups shared 32 pictures. Within the December win, the 2 sides mixed to attain 41 tries.
United's protection was most uncovered in March. As already reported by The Individuals's Individual, Andre Onana has confronted the third-most pictures within the division this season and even in 2024, no crew has given up extra probabilities.
In simply 4 matches final month, United allowed Manchester Metropolis, Everton, Liverpool and Brentford a mixed 106 pictures heading in the right direction. Nonetheless, for his or her half, Chelsea are additionally extremely shut on the again and United's transition type appears to be working very well in opposition to them.
They’ve already conceded 47 league objectives, the identical quantity as they conceded final season, they usually nonetheless have ten matches left to play. Mainly, each groups might write a textbook on how to not defend at present second – a tasty prospect for the impartial, however not essentially the Outdated Trafford or Stamford Bridge trustworthy.
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