Chelsea have misplaced simply one among their final 12 Premier League dwelling video games towards Man Utd (W6 D5), and wish to win three in a row towards them at Stamford Bridge for the primary time since April 2006.
Following their 2-1 win in September, Manchester United wish to full the Premier League double over Chelsea for simply the second time after the 2019-20 marketing campaign.
Chelsea vs Manchester United has been drawn extra typically than different fixture in Premier League historical past (27). Just seven of these 27 attracts have been 0-0, additionally making it the fixture with essentially the most rating attracts within the competitors (20).
Since the beginning of March, no facet in Europe’s big-five leagues has misplaced extra video games in all competitions than Chelsea coming into the weekend’s video games (6 in 9 video games). Their earlier six defeats came to visit a interval of 29 video games (W15 D8 L6).
Manchester United have misplaced two of their final 4 league video games (W1 D1), after solely shedding two of their earlier 22 beforehand (W12 D8). They may lose back-to-back Premier League video games for the primary time this season – they’re presently one among simply two golf equipment but to undergo two successive defeats within the competitors in 2025-26, together with league-leaders Arsenal.
Chelsea have misplaced their final three Premier League matches – solely as soon as this century have they misplaced 4 video games in a row, doing so in April/May 2023 below Frank Lampard. They haven’t misplaced 4 in a row with out scoring a purpose since February/March 1998, which included a house defeat to Man Utd.
Manchester United have saved only one clear sheet of their final 21 away Premier League matches, whereas their final two away clear sheets within the competitors have come towards groups managed by a former supervisor of theirs – 3-0 at Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester in March 2025 and 1-0 at David Moyes’ Everton in February 2026.
This sport will likely be simply the sixth Premier League assembly this season between two English managers, whereas it’s the primary to be performed as late as April in a season by two Englishmen beginning the day within the top-six since April 1999, when John Gregory’s Sixth-placed Aston Villa confronted Harry Redknapp’s Fifth-placed West Ham in a 0-0 draw.
Chelsea may welcome again Enzo Fernández for this sport – the Argentinian has had the joint-most photographs on track of any Blues participant within the Premier League this season (27), whereas additionally creating essentially the most probabilities total (51) and in open play (46), and he has accomplished essentially the most passes within the ultimate third (459). He’s additionally high within the Premier League amongst all gamers for defensive line-breaking passes (41).
Bruno Fernandes has assisted Casemiro six instances within the Premier League this season – the joint-most by a Manchester United participant to a single teammate in a marketing campaign within the competitors, equalling Fernandes to Marcus Rashford in 2022-23.
