At 0:30 am on November 29th, Beijing time, the 13th round of the 2021-2022 Premier League ushered in a major event, with the leader Chelsea playing Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.
Confrontation record
The two sides have faced 136 games in all competitions. Chelsea have a record of 45 wins, 39 draws and 52 losses. Among them, they have played 58 times in the Premier League. Chelsea’s record of 18 wins, 23 draws and 17 losses have a slight advantage, scoring 71 goals and conceding 72 goals. The two teams ended the two matches of the Premier League last season 0-0.
Aspect 1: Magical data protects the Blues?
After their 3-0 away win against Leicester City in the last round, Chelsea is still firmly at the top of the list. This round of home games against Manchester United, the Blues urgently need 3 points to consolidate the top spot. The data shows that Chelsea’s Premier League history has the upper hand against Manchester United. However, it is quite embarrassing that in the past 7 league dialogues between the two sides, the Blues have 4 draws and 3 losses without a win. The last time Chelsea defeated Manchester United in the Premier League dates back to November 6, 2017, which was the 11th round of the 2017-2018 Premier League, when the Blues beat the Red Devils 1-0 at home. Today, the two sides are in a confrontation again. Taking into account the record against Manchester United in recent years, Chelsea hardly have any psychological advantage. But the Blues will not be discouraged. They have to know that when they played against Manchester United as the leader nearly 4 times, they won 3 of them and finally won the season championship (2005-2006, 2009-2010 and 2014-2015 seasons). ).
Aspect 2: Lukaku wants to kill the old master
In the summer of 2017, Lukaku left Everton to join Manchester United with a transfer fee of 75 million pounds. The Belgian wearing the No. 9 jersey had a wonderful time in the early days of Old Trafford. The 8 games were extremely hot with 7 goals, and the Red Devils started the new season with a wave of 8 rounds unbeaten. Premier League. But what is disappointing is that as the season progressed, Lukaku’s fiery feet came to an end, and finally ended the Red Devils career amidst external doubts and criticisms, and chose to join Italy in the summer of 2019. Inter Milan. Today, leaving the Nerazzurri and returning to the place where the dream began to join Chelsea, ushered in the opportunity to play with the old club. Whether the Belgian who has recovered from injury can start and kill the old owner will also become the biggest attraction of this game. one.
Aspect 3: Red Devils avoid three-game losing streak
After the return of C Rorschach, Manchester United is regarded as one of the most favorable title contenders in the Premier League this season. But what is unexpected is that after the opening 5 rounds, 4 wins and 1 draw, remained unbeaten, the Red Devils began to languish. During the period, not only was the embarrassment of losing to Leicester City 2-4, but also suffered a 0-5 defeat to Liverpool. What’s more terrible is that after defeating Watford 1-4 in the last round of away games, they have unfortunately suffered two consecutive losses in the league, and the gap between them and the championship team is getting bigger and bigger. Manchester United’s poor record eventually made coach Solskjaer dismissed from get out of class. In the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, Manchester United led by Carrick returned to victory and defeated Villarreal 2-0 in an away game. Returning to the Premier League this weekend to challenge Chelsea, the leader in excellent condition, can the Red Devils continue their perfect performance in the midweek Champions League and successfully avoid a three-game losing streak in the league? We will wait and see!
Aspect 4: Ronaldo breaks the spell to set a record?
As the core player of the team, it can be said that Ronaldo’s performance determines the trend of Manchester United. According to statistics, the Portuguese has scored 10 goals in 14 games played on behalf of the Red Devils this season, but 6 of them were scored in the Champions League, and currently only 4 goals have been accounted for in the Premier League. If Manchester United want to reverse the decline in the league, it must rely on Ronaldo’s improved scoring status. But having said that, how difficult it is for this Portuguese star to stop Chelsea from advancing. It is necessary to know that he has faced Chelsea 15 times in his career, but only scored 1 goal and 2 assists. The only goal was still In the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League finals, they have not broken the blues in the Premier League and England! It is worth mentioning that in the Champions League group match against Villarreal in the middle of the week, Ronaldo scored the 799th goal of his career. I don’t know whether he can achieve 800 at the Blue Bridge this time against Chelsea. What about the ball?
Pre-match public opinion
Tuchel (Chelsea coach): I will not underestimate any opponents. I still think Manchester United is a championship team. They are a giant club with experienced players. Of course, we will not let them play as much as they want, because once we do, then we will see their players show their talents and perform at the highest level.
Carrick (Manchester United’s temporary coach): Since I joined this club, Chelsea have been our enemies. This is the highest level of competition, but it is also the reason why we are here, so we have to meet the strong and the strong.
Injury report
Chelsea: Kovacic (injury), Kanter (injury), Chilwell (injury), Havertz (injury)
Manchester United: Varane (injury), Pogba (injury), Cavani (injury), Luke Shaw (injury), Maguire (suspended)
First forecast
Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Mendy/Aspiricueta, Thiago Silva, Rudiger/Rice James, Chelsea, Jorginho, Alonso/Man Special, Odoi/Lukaku
Manchester City (4-2-3-1): De Gea/Wan Bissaka, Bailey, Lindelof, Alex Tell/McTominai, Fred/Sancho, Fernandez, La Shford/C RonaldoReturn to Sohu to see more
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