The biggest game of the day sees Chelsea host Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in a match-up between two of the most successful sides in English Premier League history.
Despite these successes, things have changed in recent years and the two sides now come into this game having had extremely underwhelming seasons. Chelsea are currently in the bottom half of the table, sitting in 12th place with 40 points, while Manchester United are in sixth with 48 points and a massive 11 points behind Aston Villa in fourth spot.
Chelsea vs Manchester United
Thursday 4 April, 20:15
Stamford Bridge
Chelsea come into this game enjoying one of the better runs they have been on so far this season, not losing in any of their last five across all competitions and winning three in this time.
Despite this, the Blues have still failed to impress with the performances on the pitch in these matches, with them relying on two added-time goals to beat EFL Championship Leeds United and Leicester City in the FA Cup, while also recording disappointing draws against relegation-threatened Brentford and Burnley.
Chelsea will take confidence from the fact that they haven’t lost at home since a 4-2 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers at the beginning of February, but their record at Stamford Bridge against Manchester United has been surprisingly poor in recent years.
The Blues haven’t beaten United at Stamford Bridge since a 1-0 win in 2017, courtesy of an Alvaro Morata goal, leaving the Red Devils unbeaten in their last seven visits. They have won three of these seven games, although all of the last three have ended in draws between the two.
This will give United plenty of hope heading into this, but they appear to be lacking from recent matches as they have produced uninspiring performances in all their recent games apart from their fantastic 4-3 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup.
Their most recent match saw them draw 1-1 with Brentford after Mason Mount’s 96th-minute goal was cancelled out by Kristoffer Ajer’s 99th minute equaliser. United were lucky to even get a draw from this game though, as Brentford dominated throughout and produced 3.29xG compared to Manchester United’s 0.59 by the end of the game.
Bet9ja Tips
Both sides have produced underwhelming seasons, as well as poor performances in recent games, but this match usually provides plenty of entertainment. With Man United’s recent record at Stamford Bridge we fancy them to grab the victory in this one, you can get odds of 3.65 for this to happen at Bet9ja.
With both defences struggling to keep the goals out this campaign, Chelsea conceding 47 in 28 league matches and Man United conceding 40 in 29, we can see this game involving plenty of goals. You can get odds of 1.36 for over 2.5 goals to be scored in this game.
Marcus Rashford has scored six times in his 18 games against Chelsea, and we fancy the Englishman to extend this record with a goal in this one. You can get odds for Rashford to score anytime of 3.20 with Bet9ja.
Cole Palmer has had a great first season at Chelsea, scoring 16 goals in 35 appearances so far this campaign, including a goal in the reverse fixture of this match at Old Trafford. We can see Palmer scoring again in this one, with odds of 2.50 for him to net anytime at Bet9ja.
Bet9ja Odds (at time of writing): Chelsea win: 1.88, Draw: 4.25, Manchester United win: 3.65
Booking Codes:
6FQLWT8, 6FQLYK8
