Chelsea vs Manchester United
FA Cup 2018-19
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Date: Monday 18 January, 2019
Kick-off: 7:30pm GMT
Both Chelsea and Manchester United are looking to bounce back from chastening defeats when they meet in the FA Cup fifth round tonight.
While Maurizio Sarri’s side picked up a first-leg win in their Europa League last 32 clash with Malmo on Thursday, the memories of last Sunday’s 6-0 hammering at Manchester City are still fresh in the memories of Blues fans.
United meanwhile were humbled and outclassed by Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League clash last Tuesday with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suffering his first defeat since taking over as interim boss.
The Norwegian has entered a crucial run of fixtures that could decide whether he gets the permanent job – with the visit of Liverpool following Monday’s trip to the capital.
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Chelsea vs Man Utd line-ups and team news
Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pedro, Higuain, Hazard
Subs: Barkley, Caballero, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Zappacosta, Willian, Christensen
Man Utd XI: Romero, Young, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw, Ander Herrera, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Lukaku, Rashford
Subs: de Gea, Bailly, Sanchez, Andreas Pereira, Fred, Dalot, McTominay
Maurizio Sarri selected his first-choice line-up for Chelsea's FA Cup fifth-round tie with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.
Gonzalo Higuain, Eden Hazard, Antonio Rudiger and Marcos Alonso were among those to return to the starting line-up for the holders.
United, last year's beaten finalists, had former Chelsea players Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja Matic and Juan Mata in their starting line-up, with Alexis Sanchez on the substitutes' bench.
Score prediction: Chelsea 2-1 Man Utd
Losing Lingard and Martial is an enormous blow for Solskjaer.
Central to his success has been that fluid front three led by Marcus Rashford and with two key components ruled out, the Norwegian will be forced to rethink how his side operate.
As demonstrated on Tuesday, neither Alexis Sanchez or Juan Mata have the pace to offer the same energy going forward.
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Match odds
- Chelsea to win: 19/20
- Draw after 90 minutes: 13/5
- Man Utd to win: 29/10
First goalscorer odds
- Eden Hazard: 9/2
- Gonzalo Higuain: 9/2
- Marcus Rashford: 13/2
- Romelu Lukaku: 15/2
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TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
The match will be televised live in the UK on BBC One. A live stream will also be available on the BBC Sport website.
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Head to head (h2h) history and results
There have been 181 meetings between these two giants of English football over the years.
Manchester United have 84 wins to their name compared to Chelsea's 54.
The Blues have lost just two of the last 17 meetings, however.
