Man United vs Chelsea: UCL ticket on the line as Red Devils host struggling Blues

Erik Ten Hag’s Manchester United will host Chelsea later tonight in the Premier League with the stakes quite high for the Red Devils.

United are still in the race for Champions League qualification but still need just a point to end it all with fierce rivals, Liverpool, on their heels.

The Red Devils welcome the struggling Blues from London who may have nothing to fight for in this game but will be happy to play spoilers.

Chelsea’s manager Frank Lampard has promised that his boys will take the game seriously and this is not good news for the Reds and their Champions League aspirations.

These are two teams on different levels at the moment, with United being the most in-form of the two teams.

Ten Hag’s United have won three of their last five matches compared to just one and three defeats in the same period for their visitors.

However, it gets interesting when you look at the past meetings between the two teams. In their last encounters, both sides have shared the spoils each time, with the last three all ending in 1-1 draws.

Marcus Rashford remains the main doubt for the Reds, though he has returned to first team training having missed the club’s last two matches due to injuries.

For Chelsea, they still have a couple of players out with United-linked Mason Mount, N’Golo Kante, and Reece James out.

That game is slated to kick off at 8 pm Nigerian time and will be played at Old Trafford.

This fixture will be shown live on SuperSport on DsTv, with additional match reactions before, during, and after the game on Pulse Sports Nigeria's social media platforms on Twitter and Facebook.

Here is how both teams could lineup later tonight at Old Trafford.

With how the last five matches have panned out, it’s quite easy to see that with United having conceded just eight goals and unbeaten in 26 matches at Old Trafford, the recipe for another draw is set.

FT: Man United 1-1 Chelsea