Chelsea vs Man Utd – Jose Mourinho returns to Chelsea as his Manchester United side face his former club in the Premier League on Sunday. Mourinho who enjoyed two successful trophy spells as Chelsea manager but his second stint led to his sack in December 2015.
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Chelsea have also won their last two Premier League games while keeping clean sheets, including a 3-0 victory over current champions Leicester last Saturday.
INJURY NEWS
Chris Smalling is a huge doubt ahead of the match after coming off at half-time on Thursday in the Europa League in what was described as a minor muscular injury.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan could play having recovered from a thigh injury.
Chelsea meanwhile might not field Willian following the death of his mother while Oscar has also been away following a family bereavement.
John Terry is avaliable following an ankle injury but Cesc Fabregas (thigh) and defender Branislav Ivanovic, who has a minor injury to an undisclosed muscle, are out.
Elsewhere, Kurt Zouma is set to return to first-team training next week following his long-term knee injury.
STATS (Sky Sports)
Manchester United have lost more Premier League fixtures against Chelsea than any other side (16).
Of those 16 Chelsea wins against Manchester United, five were recorded by Jose Mourinho, more than any other boss for the Blues.
Jose Mourinho lost just one league game at Stamford Bridge between 2004/05 and 2014/15 (W76 D21). He then lost four of his final eight games there in 2015/16 (W3 D1).
The only time in his career Mourinho has managed an opposition side at Stamford Bridge was with Inter Milan in March 2010, knocking out Chelsea in the Champions League.
David Luiz has twice scored against Manchester United in the Premier League but his only own goal is against the Red Devils.
Wayne Rooney has gone six Premier League games without scoring against Chelsea, this after converting two penalties against them in February 2012.
Predicted line ups:
Chelsea: Courtious, Marcos Alonso, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill, David Luiz, Nemanja Matic, N’Golo Kante, Victor Moses, Eden Hazard, Willian, Diego Costa
Man Utd: David De Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Predicted scoreline:
Chelsea 1– 3 Man Utd
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