Manchester United vs Chelsea Betting Guide

November 6th, 2009

It’s the big one in the Barclays Premier League this Sunday, as Chelsea welcome Champions Manchester United to Stamford Bridge. Something has to give between the top 2, with the Blues unbeaten at home in League but coming off the back of conceding a late equaliser away to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League in midweek. Manchester United didn’t fare much better in their tie at home to CSKA Moscow, but they did show great heart in coming back to level from 3-1 with a late own goal. With the game live on Sky Sports at 4pm Sunday, it would be rude not to get the odds from SkyBet first wouldn’t it?

As you would expect it is tight with Chelsea to win at evens, United at a favourable 3/1 and a draw at 9/4. It could be like so many top 4 clashes that both sides cancel each other out, so a 0-0 draw is a decent effort at 17/2 and 1-1 at 11/2. A 1-0 win for Chelsea could be appealing to Blues fans at 6/1 , with a 2-0 United win at 18/1 a decent long shot at this point.

A draw at half time and Chelsea to win in the second half is worth a tipple at 4/1, with United slightly more eye catching on the same bet at 7/1. Didier Drogba has three goals in his last 2 games and is decent money to open the scoring at 5/1. Michael Owen got the first for United against CSKA in the week, and is decent money to open his account against a top four side for the Red Devils at 9/1, with Wayne Rooney at shorter odds of 7/1. Dimitar Berbatov scored in his last league game and is decent odds at Coral to score first at Stamford Bridge at 9/1. If you’ve done your homework Nemanja Vidic scored Manchester United’s opener against Chelsea last season in a 3-0 home win, and is decent money to repeat the feat this Sunday at Ladbrokes at 28/1.

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