A return to home comforts and Chelsea's miserable streak in the league at Old Trafford will work in Man United's favour, but it is difficult to picture the Red Devils getting a result against many sides in their current form.
While United have posted a respectable set of results at home, Chelsea have enjoyed win after win on the road, and we can only envisage the Blues ending their Old Trafford hoodoo to further dent Rangnick's top-four aspirations.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Chelsea win with a probability of 50.64%. A draw had a probability of 24.7% and a win for Manchester United had a probability of 24.65%.
The most likely scoreline for a Chelsea win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.12%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.55%) and 0-2 (9.05%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.74%), while for a Manchester United win it was 1-0 (7.23%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.7% likelihood.
