12 Jun 2019
Manchester United went to Sevilla on Wednesday and came away with a hard fought 0-0 draw. In a performance that typified José Mourinho’s approach to away games, there was very little goal mouth action.
The Spaniards came closest but the superhuman abilities of David de Gea kept, most notably, Luis Muriel at bay.
Chelsea will look to recuperate after they were pegged back by Barcelona midweek at Stamford Bridge in what turned out to be a hugely disappointing night for the Londoners.
They were left with a 1-1 draw as the fruits of a game in which they never looked uncomfortable; the mercurial Lionel Messi with his first ever competitive goal against Chelsea handing Barca that priceless away goal to take back to the Camp Nou.
And so, the chance to draw level on points with their rivals from the red half of Manchester would provide the perfect antidote to yet another tough result for Blues fans to stomach.
History says that such a tonic is not just fantasy. Chelsea have an exceptional record against United in the league, having only lost against them once in their last 14 meetings.
Mourinho will insist this doesn’t matter but he will be gravely aware of the consequences of losing this game as his tenure in Manchester continues to rock – the proverbial bus not leaving the Old Trafford drive doesn’t seem so farfetched.
However, Chelsea know this tendency of their former boss intimately and, after failing to do so mid-week, they will fight to the end come Sunday and Premier League betting odds of 11/2 for draw half-time/Chelsea full-time would certainly make the headlines amongst your mates.
Paul Pogba has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks and his relationship with Mourinho looks like it is fracturing beyond repair.
The £89mil man has not completed 90 minutes in the league for Mourinho in over a month and was even dropped from the starting line-up altogether for the 2-0 league victory over Huddersfield Town earlier this month.
However, Mourinho has been notoriously fickle in his relationships with his players at United, with Luke Shaw going from overweight reject to one of the best left-backs in the world.
Football betting odds of Pogba to score first at 10/1 after Mourinho brings him back in from the cold is an all too real prospect for Chelsea fans, and, if he does play, he will have something to say regardless of whether his future lies away from Old Trafford or not.
Fellow Frenchman Olivier Giroud got off the mark for Chelsea in last Friday’s 4-0 FA cup win over Hull at Stamford Bridge, but the former Arsenal man has yet to score in the league for his new club.
A goal would start vindicating Giroud’s decision to leave Arsenal rather than stay and fight for his place with new arrival Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and summer signing Alexandre Lacazette.
What a time to score it would be, and at odds of 5/1 for the striker to score first, a punt would only add to the excitement of what is already set up to be a mouth-watering affair.
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