Manchester United vs Chelsea, 5:30, Old Trafford
Predictions:
Man United Win BTTS @10/3
Value Outsider Bet:
Both Teams To Score In Both Halves @10/1
Preview
The most important tactic in this match is how Chelsea deal with Manchester United’s counter attacks. As highlighted by United’s two league wins against Chelsea last season, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s preference for sitting back and hitting teams on the break is the perfect system to exploit Chelsea’s inability to adequately cope in the attack-to-defence transition.
Chelsea used a 4-3-3 formation in the 4-0 and 2-0 league defeats in last season before switching to a 3-4-2-1 for the 3-1 victory in the FA Cup semi-final, this suggests Lampard will again deploy a back three for Saturday’s game. Solskjaer, meanwhile, generally goes for a 3-5-2 for big games, including Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain.
Summary:
Manchester United and Chelsea’s biggest problem so far this season has been in defence!
We watched them against Southampton last weekend and they just fell apart. It has not been a one-off and Blues boss Frank Lampard is probably thinking ‘who the hell do I play there?’.
At least Lampard has goalkeeper Edouard Mendy fit for Saturday because, as good as Chelsea are going forward, they cannot defend.
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