Antonio Conte will hope to put up the same performance that saw Liverpool hold the Red Devils to a 0-0 draw few weeks ago, when his lacklustre Chelsea team go head to head against the second best team in the league so far at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.
The Blues have endured a horrible start to the new campaign as they sit nine points behind leaders Manchester City after 10 league games.
The defending champions are a distant shadow of their last season personality after enduring defeats by the best (Man City) and worst (Crystal Palace) teams in the league this season. Falling short of last season’s outstanding performance that guided them to home and away victory against the Citizens.
The Red Devils on the other hand, will hope to build on their last two matches that saw them defeat Tottenham Hotspur and Benfica at the Old Trafford stadium. They will try not to repeat the same feat that made them endure their first draw of the league against an inferior Liverpool team.
Victor Moses will not feature for the Blues on Sunday as he is still recovering from his hamstring injury. Conte might be tempted to ignore Kante’s half-recovered state on Sunday afternoon after Bakayoko and Fabregas struggled to hold the midfield against Roma. Danny Drinkwater is yet to make a full recovery from his calf injury.
Lingard, Fellaini, Pogba, Rojo, Carrick and Ibrahimovic are ruled out of the game for Manchester United due to long and short-term injuries.
The Blues will use their usual 3-4-2-1 formation and their lineup might include: Courtois – Rudiger, Luiz, Cahill – Azpilicueta, Kante, Fabregas, Alonso – Pedro, Hazard – Morata.
Manchester United’s 4-2-3-1 formation should include: De Gea – Bailly, Jones, Smalling, Valencia – Matic, Herrera – Young; Martial, Rashford – Lukaku.
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