Chelsea And Man United Go Head-To-Head

All eyes will be on Stamford Bridge this weekend as Chelsea look to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table with a victory over third placed Manchester United. The Blues are currently seven points to the good of Arsenal in second place with a game in hand. Picking up all three points at home tomorrow will see Chelsea go ten clear with just four games left to play. Losing to Manchester United throws the whole title race open with the Manchester club moving into second place and reducing the table toppers` lead to six points.

Should United fail to pick up at point at Stamford Bridge they will remain four points clear of Manchester City who could reduce that deficit to one with a win over West Ham United on Sunday.

The two clubs have met just once already this season, this being in the reverse Premier League fixture at Old Trafford back in October. Neither team managed to secure all of the three points on this occasion, two second half goals seeing the game end tied 1-1.

Didier Drogba broke the deadlock for the visitors just eight minutes after half time. The home fans looked to be expecting to come away with nothing until Robin van Persie found the back of the net in the final minutes of the second 45. The event was somewhat marred by Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic being sent off following his being shown two yellow cards.

All of betfair, Betvictor and betway have 6/1 on tomorrow`s clash ending as a 1-1 draw once again. Should you think that the match will be tied at both the end of the first half and the end of the second half, you can get the best price of 9/2. This best price is only available at bet365 at the time of writing. Whilst Drogba is a 6/1 chance to provide the deadlock breaker with a number of bookmakers, 8/1 (Coral, paddy Power) says that van Persie will be able to score the final goal of the match-up.

Despite being unable to get the better of the Red Devils last time out, Chelsea are the favourites to secure all three points at home tomorrow. All of betfred, betway, paddy Power and Totesport have the best price of 21/20 on a home win. Elsewhere, fans of the underdog can back Louis van Gaal`s visitors at 10/3 (bet365, Coral, william hill) to upset the title hopes of the blues and rule supreme after the 90 minutes. A second successive draw can be picked up at 5/2 at a number of bookmakers.

Jose Mourinho`s league leaders have not lost a game since the first day of the year, falling to a nail-biting 5-3 defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur back in January. Their last five games have seen them pick up 13 points from a potential 15 though they have only managed to scoop nine from their last five encounters at home thanks to draws against all of Manchester City, Burnley and Southampton (all 1-1). The Blues have only kept one clean sheet in their last five games at Stamford Bridge so the price is 10/11 (betfred) on both teams scoring tomorrow.

United have not dropped a point in their last six matches, beating all who have stood before them including fierce rivals Liverpool (2-1) and even fiercer opponents Manchester City (4-2). Their recent away record looks a little untidy, however, having failed to pick up a win in two prior to their back-to-back triumphs over Newcastle (1-0) and Liverpool.

Wayne Rooney has been responsible for four goals in their unbeaten six games. He can be backed at 15/2 (paddy Power, william hill) to be tomorrow`s first goal scorer.

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