After Chelsea’s phenomenal comeback at Old Trafford to earn an FA Cup Quarter Final replay, you’d have expected the Blues to come into this game in a top form, facing three opponents which should have provided easy victories. Saturday’s defeat at Southampton however has thrown a spanner in the works, whilst Man Utd earned a comfortable 1-0 victory over Sunderland.
Both teams can be expected to make a number of changes for this game, with the return of Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Demba Ba expected to bolster Chelsea’s firepower, whilst Alex Ferguson has Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandez fresh and ready to choose between.
With the game being played at Stamford Bridge, you’d usually expect the home advantage built into Chelsea’s price to be justified. However, if you look at this season’s results when Man Utd are playing away at the top 5 clubs, or in Europe, you see that they’ve beaten Manchester City and Chelsea, and drawn with Real Madrid and Tottenham.
They also haven’t lost in any of their past 10 away matches. Meanwhile, at home, Chelsea have beaten Arsenal, drawn with Man City and lost to today’s opponents in the Premier League 3-2. We think that they’ll be a repeat of the outcome from the league and recommend backing Manchester United to win in normal time at 2-1 with Bet365.
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