This Monday, 28th December, Manchester United and Chelsea will play their nineteenth game of the Premier League season at Old Trafford.
The last time these teams played was in April this year and Chelsea won the game 1 – 0. Before that they played in October 2014 and the game ended in a 1 – 1 draw. Manchester United hasn’t defeated Chelsea in the last two years and after a string of losses in recent weeks the team will be eager for a victory.
The good news for Manchester United is that they are favourites to win this match; the bookmakers at Winner Sports have given the team odds of 31/20 to win while the odds on Chelsea are 19/10 and a draw has been set at 9/4. However, in the correct score market the shortest odds of 5/1 are on a 1 – 1 draw followed by 6/1 on a 1 – 0 win for Manchester United.
Manchester United is currently sixth in the Premier League with 29 points having won 8 games, drawn 5 and lost 5. They are tied for points with Watford.
Chelsea is fifteenth in the League with 19 points having won 5 games, drawn 4 and lost 9. They are one point below Bournemouth and West Bromwich Albion.
