Live streaming match EPL today is Manchester United vs Chelsea at Stadium Old Trafford 25 february 2018.
Manchester United are back in Premier League action against Chelsea at Old Trafford. The Reds are searching for a win as they look to cement their place in the top four. It is Jose Mourinho vs Antonio Conte round two as Chelsea travel to Manchester United in the Premier League.
When is it?
It is the second match on Sunday afternoon, sandwiched between Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur and the Carabao Cup final between Manchester City and Arsenal.
United have won just one of their last 14 matches against Chelsea – winning this exact fixture last season in the league. In terms of team news United will be without six first team players in Ander Herrera, Daley Blind, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marouane Fellaini for Sunday’s Old Trafford encounter.
Here’s how our writers think United should line-up:
Alex Porter
other sources :
The absence of Herrera is a big blow for United for a fixture like this, but Scott McTominay has shown he is not over-awed by the big occasion.
In all the fuss about Paul Pogba being benched against Sevilla, he came in and did a good job and should be given the chance to do so again. Pogba’s return to the staring XI, however, should be a given.
Alexis Sanchez should move to the right to accommodate Anthony Martial, who should hopefully give Luke Shaw more protection than he received at Huddersfield. Eric Bailly is United’s best defender.
What has been said?
Conte on Mourinho:
“I think he has to see himself in the past – maybe he was speaking about himself in the past. Maybe, sometimes, I think that someone forgets what’s said in the past, which is his behaviour.
“Sometimes I think there is, I don’t know the name, but demenza senile… when you forget what you do in the past.”
Mourinho on Conte:
“What never happened to me – and will never happen – is to be suspended for match-fixing. That never happened to me and will never happen.”
Conte responds:
“I think when there are these types of comments, comments where you try to offend the person and don’t know the truth, then you are a little man.
“In the past he was a little man in many circumstances, he’s a little man in the present and for sure he will be a little man in the future. I consider him a little man and I consider him a man with a very low profile.”
What is our prediction?
Two United defeats in three league games give this contest added significance. If Liverpool beat West Ham at Anfield and Spurs win at Selhurst Park, just four points will separate second and fifth by kick-off. Mourinho has a formidable record in big head-to-head league games at home, but Chelsea turned in their most impressive performance for some time against Barcelona. United possess a wider array of attacking threats, but Chelsea are arguably more balanced and an ingrained pattern of play. If events on the pitch disappoint, the pantomime stuff between the two managers should keep us entertained.