Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League games against Chelsea (W3 D7) – they've never gone 11 without defeat against the Blues in their league history. Catch the action on Thursday night live on SuperSport and Showmax Pro – kickoff at 21:00 CAT.
Only Man City (8) and Liverpool (7) have won more Premier League away games against Man Utd than Chelsea (6), though the Blues are winless in their last nine visits to Old Trafford (D6 L3) since a 1-0 win May 2013.
Chelsea against Manchester United has finished as a draw more often than any other fixture in Premier League history (26). Each of the last five have been drawn, with only Aston Villa v West Ham (7), Birmingham v Liverpool (7) and Brighton v West Ham (6) ending level in more consecutive meetings.
Each of the last five Premier League meetings between Man Utd and Chelsea have been draws – Man Utd have never drawn six consecutive league games against an opponent, while Chelsea have only ever done so against West Brom (8 between 1921 and 1927).
Chelsea have lost their final away league game in three of the last five seasons, though they did win 3-0 at Leeds in their final such game last term.
Manchester United have kept a clean sheet in each of their last six Premier League home games, last going longer without conceding at Old Trafford in the league in March 2010 (7 games). In all competitions, the Red Devils have recorded 16 shutouts at home in 2022-23, last keeping more in 2015-16 (17).
Manchester United need a point to secure a place in the top four and Champions League football next season. Erik ten Hag would be just the third Dutch manager to finish in the top four of the Premier League, with the other two also doing so in their debut campaigns (Guus Hiddink 2008-09, Louis van Gaal 2014-15).
Since the start of last season, Chelsea have won none of their 15 Premier League games against sides starting the day above them in the table (D4 L11), losing each of their last four. They’ve lost 15 Premier League games this term, only losing more in 1993-94 (17 – 42 game season).
Man Utd’s David De Gea has won this season’s Premier League Golden Glove award, keeping 17 clean sheets; only in 2017-18 (18) has he recorded more in a single top-flight league campaign in his career. He has won the 2022-23 Golden Glove despite conceding 41 Premier League goals this season; since the award was introduced in 2004-05, this is the joint-most conceded by a Golden Glove winning goalkeeper in the competition, along with Wojciech Szczesny in 2013-14 (16 clean sheets, 41 goals conceded).
Anthony Martial has been involved in five goals in his last four starts against Chelsea (4 goals, 1 assist) although his last Premier League start against the Blues came back in February 2020 at Stamford Bridge, netting the opener in a 2-0 win for the Red Devils.