Preview of Manchester united versus Chelsea

English premier league is gonna be serious from week one as they will be some tough matches going down and one of it is going to be the opening match between Manchester united and Chelsea.

This match is going to be a tough one and it will definitely going to be hard predicting the team likely to win the contest as both teams will be filled with energy and also positive thinking.

Head to head

A total matches of 178 games have been played between this two teams with;

Chelsea wins. 54 games

Draw. 51 games

Manchester united wins 78 games

The last 10 matches have seen Chelsea wining 4 and Manchester united winning 3 games while the others ended in draws

Preview

This will be the first time that a Chelsea team led by Frank lampard will be facing a Manchester united side coached Ole Gunnar Solskjær. This match came too early for Chelsea as they are still trying get their feet to The ground.

Chelsea will be playing without Harzard as he as been sold to Real Madrid but his replacement pulisic can also cause damage. Manchester united New boys also will likely feature to tidy things up for the team at the back.

This fixture will probably feature a whole new lot of new faces with Chelsea leading in that regards. Although they were banned from signing players, they have a good base of youth team to help fill that void that's been made.

Chelsea will employ a more direct approach and a possibility of a 4-4-2 formation might be used.

While Manchester united will likely play on. The counter using the wings, a 4-3-3 formation will be likely be used

**likely team lineup**

*Chelsea*

Kepa (Gk)

Luiz (DF)

Emerson Palmieri (DF)

Cesar Azpilicueta (DF)

Jorginho (MF)

Kante (MF)

Pulisic (MF)

Barkley (MF)

Giroud (FW)

Abraham (FW)

*Manchester united*

Degea (Gk)

Lindelof (DF)

Maguire (DF)

Aaron Wan-Bissaka (DF)

Shaw (DF)

Pogba (MF)

Matic (MF)

Dalot (MF)

Martial (FW)

Rashford (FW)

James (FW)

Chelsea key man : Barkley and kante

Manchester united key man : de gea, pogba and Rashford