Chelsea vs Manchester United: Team news, kick-off time, likely line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

Ahead of the Premier League's weekend action, Sportsmail will be providing you with team news, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all you need to know as Manchester United take on Chelsea.

In or out? Keep up-to-date with all the latest team news and stats ahead of the weekend games

Chelsea vs Manchester United (Stamford Bridge)

Team news


Chelsea

Midfielder N'Golo Kante will be given every chance to return from a hamstring injury when Chelsea play Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday.

Kante could be joined in midfield by former Leicester team-mate Danny Drinkwater, who could make his first Premier League start for Chelsea.

Right wing-back Victor Moses (hamstring) is the only definite absentee, with captain Gary Cahill poised to start in defence despite his early tactical substitution in the loss at Roma.

Provisional squad: Courtois, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Drinkwater, Kante, Morata, Hazard, Pedro, Bakayoko, Kenedy, Musonda, Zappacosta, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Clarke-Salter, Scott, Eduardo.

N'Golo Kante will be given every chance to return from a injury to play Manchester United

N'Golo Kante will be given every chance to return from a injury to play Manchester United

 

Manchester United

Jose Mourinho does not expect to have any of his injured players back for Sunday's clash with Chelsea.

Manchester United were without five players for Tuesday's Champions League win over Benfica while Jesse Lingard picked up a back problem and was substituted at half-time.

Paul Pogba, Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo have all spent significant time on the sidelines.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Pereira, Valencia, Darmian, Tuanzebe, Bailly, Lindelof, Jones, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Rojo, Young, Matic, Herrera, McTominay, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Rashford, Martial.

Jesse Lingard picked up a back problem and was substituted at half-time against Benfica

Jesse Lingard picked up a back problem and was substituted at half-time against Benfica

 

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

Chelsea have lost just one of their last 15 home Premier League games against United (W9 D5), with that defeat coming in Alex Ferguson's final season (2-3 in October 2012).

United's 2-0 victory in their last meeting with Chelsea ended a run of 12 games without a win against them in all competitions. They last won back-to-back meetings with the Blues in September 2011.

The Red Devils have lost more Premier League games (17) and conceded more Premier League goals (66) against Chelsea than they have against any other side in the competition.

Antonio Conte's side have already lost as many home Premier League games this season as they did in 2016-17 overall (two).

Under Mourinho, United have lost five of their eight away Premier League games immediately after playing in Europe (W3), including their last three against Arsenal and Spurs in May and Huddersfield last month.

Antonio Conte's side have already lost as many home league games this season as they did last

Antonio Conte's side have already lost as many home league games this season as they did last

Mourinho has lost three of his last four away games against sides he's previously managed, but did win his last such encounter (1-0 vs Benfica in October).

Conte has won 112 points as Chelsea manager in his 48 Premier League games in charge, 11 points fewer than Jose Mourinho had at this point of his Chelsea managerial career (123). Mourinho lost just one of his first 48 Premier League games in charge of the club (W38 D9 L1), but Conte has already lost eight times (W36 D4 L8).

During their three Premier League games during October, United had an xG total of just 1.78 but have allowed their opponents to post a cumulative xG total of 3.87 – meaning they have allowed their opponents more than double the chance quality they that have created themselves.

Twenty-one per cent of the total Premier League goals scored in the final 10 minutes of games this season (10/47) have been netted by United.

United substitutes have scored seven goals and assisted four more (both league-high's) this season so far – Anthony Martial has provided six of these 11 substitute goal involvements (four goals, two assists); more than any other player.

Romelu Lukaku has scored 15 goals in 59 Premier League games against 'big six' opposition, averaging a goal every 295 minutes. His mins per goal ratio against non 'big six' opponents is 137 (77 goals in 137 apps).

No goalkeeper has kept as many clean sheets in the 'big five' European leagues since the start of 2016-17 than United's David De Gea (22).

CHELSEA VS MAN UNITED

Kick-off: 4.30pm (Sunday)

Referee: Anthony Taylor

Odds (subject to change):

Chelsea  6/4

Draw 11/5

Manchester United 2/1

Managers:

Antonio Conte (Chelsea)

Jose Mourinho (Manchester United)

Recent league form (last five games):

Chelsea: WLLWW

Manchester United: WWDLW

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