{"id":284636,"date":"2011-02-28T09:32:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T09:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/chelsea-v-manchester-united\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T09:32:58","slug":"chelsea-v-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/chelsea-v-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea v Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n                        <!-- S BO --><br \/>\n\t<!-- S IINC --><br \/>\n\t\t<!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_page_lead_score.json.html.xslt#5\n$ --><\/p>\n<p><!--Hashcode: 58630672--><br \/>\n<!-- E IINC --><!-- S IINC --><!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_wrapper.html.xslt#2 $--><!--Fixture ID: 3350664--><!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_summary.html.xslt#5 $--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, 1 March 2011<\/p>\n<p>Barclays Premier League<\/p>\n<table summary=\"This table is for live text and stats\" caption=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Home Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Score<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Away Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Time<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Chelsea<\/td>\n<td> v <\/td>\n<td>Man Utd<\/td>\n<td>19:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n               <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n               <\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--template: $Id: \/\/depot\/feeds\/Sport\/SportsStatsV3\/main\/SOLRenderService\/xslt\/football\/match\/html\/football_match_commentary.json.html.xslt#1 $--><br \/>\n<!--Fixture ID: 3350664--><\/p>\n<p><!-- E IINC --><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Barclays Premier League<\/b><br \/><b>Venue:<\/b> Stamford Bridge <b>Date:<\/b> Tuesday, 1 March <b>Kick-off:<\/b> 1945 GMT<br \/><b>Coverage:<\/b> Watch live on Sky Sports 2; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TEAM NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- S SF --><\/p>\n<p><b>Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is likely to keep faith with a 4-4-2 formation against Manchester United.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Fit-again defender Yury Zhirkov could make his first league appearance since November after coming on as a substitute in the last two cup games. <\/p>\n<p>Manchester United pair Ryan Giggs and Michael Owen should return from respective hamstring and groin injuries. <\/p>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans are not expected to be fit until the weekend. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Chelsea<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Injured<\/b>: Alex (knee), Benayoun (Achilles) <\/p>\n<p><b>Manchester United<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Doubtful<\/b>: Giggs (hamstring), Owen (groin) <\/p>\n<p><b>Injured<\/b>: Anderson (knee), Evans &#038; Valencia (both ankle), Ferdinand (calf), Park (hamstring) <\/p>\n<p><b>MATCH PREVIEW<\/b><\/p>\n<p> On the eve of the original December date for this fixture, Sir Alex Ferguson described it as &#8220;probably the most important game of the season.&#8221; The same cannot be said now.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t    <!-- S IBOX --><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"231\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"2\">\n<tr readability=\"4\">\n<td width=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/0ca56104o.gif\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td readability=\"4\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t<b>If we want to put in a charge for the Premier League then we must beat Manchester United, a draw is no good and obviously losing is no good at all<\/b><br \/>\n\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Chelsea captain John Terry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- E IBOX --><\/p>\n<p>Wintry conditions caused the game to be postponed 10 weeks ago, and Chelsea&#8217;s title push has been in cold storage ever since. Even if they win on Tuesday, the London side to benefit most would be second-placed Arsenal. <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s deficit to leaders Manchester United has widened from three points when the snow fell before Christmas to 15 now. Blues&#8217; captain John Terry insists the champions are not ready to concede the title, but more realistic is the assertion by Ferguson that the championship is between his United team and Arsenal. <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea at least resembled their old selves in beating FC Copenhagen in the Champions League last week. And while few clubs can take heart from a visit by Manchester United, Chelsea have not lost to them at Stamford Bridge since April 2002. <\/p>\n<p><b>MATCH FACTS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Head-to-head<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chelsea are unbeaten in their last eight home league games against Manchester United since a 3-0 defeat nearly nine years ago (W5, D3). <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 United have failed to score in five of their last seven Premier League visits to Chelsea. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Referee Martin Atkinson has awarded the most penalties (10) and red cards (9) of any official in Premier League this season. <\/p>\n<p><b>Chelsea<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chelsea have only taken eight points from their last six home matches (W2, D2, L2). <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 They have the division&#8217;s best defensive record, conceding 22 goals in 26 matches. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Seven league defeats this season represents the equal-most they have lost in a single campaign since Roman Abramovich bought the club. Another defeat would be the most ever by defending Premier League champions. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Blues have only dropped four points from winning positions &#8211; a record only bettered by Stoke. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Fernando Torres has scored three goals in his last four league matches against Manchester United. <\/p>\n<p><b>Manchester United<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 United have won five of their last six league matches. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 They are the Premier League&#8217;s top scorers, with 61 goals in 27 matches. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The league leaders have the best record in the division against top-half opposition, winning six and drawing five of their previous 11 matches this season. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s side are unbeaten in all seven Premier League matches in which Javier Hernandez has scored, winning the last six. <\/p>\n<p><b>LEADING GOALSCORERS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- E IIMA --><\/p>\n<p><b>Chelsea<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Anelka: 16 goals (6 league); <br \/>Drogba &#038; Malouda: 10 goals (9 league); <br \/>Kalou: 10 goals (7 league) <\/p>\n<p><!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- E IIMA --><\/p>\n<p><b>Manchester United<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Berbatov: 20 goals (19 league); <br \/>Hernandez: 13 goals (9 league) <\/p>\n<p><b>MATCH OFFICIALS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Referee<\/b>: Martin Atkinson <\/p>\n<p><b>Assistant referees<\/b>: Peter Kirkup &#038; Mike Mullarkey <\/p>\n<p><b>Fourth official<\/b>: Chris Foy <\/p>\n<p><b>LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chelsea <\/b>(D0-0 v Fulham, h): Cech; Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Anelka (Kalou 65), Torres (Drogba 71), Malouda. Subs not used: Turnbull, Mikel, Ferreira, McEachran, Sala. <\/p>\n<p><b>Manchester United <\/b>(W4-0 v Wigan, a): Van der Sar; O&#8217;Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes (Gibson 77), Nani (Fabio 85), Hernandez (Berbatov 76), Rooney. Subs not used: Kuszczak, Brown, Rafael, King.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/0ca56104o.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/eng_prem\/9405635.stm\" title=\"Chelsea v Manchester United\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea v Manchester United<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u00a0 Tuesday, 1 March 2011 Barclays Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Chelsea v Man Utd 19:45 Barclays Premier League Venue: Stamford Bridge Date: Tuesday, 1 March Kick-off: 1945 GMT Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 2; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles TEAM NEWS Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is likely to keep faith with a 4-4-2 formation against Manchester United. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea v Manchester United - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/chelsea-v-manchester-united\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea v Manchester United - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Tuesday, 1 March 2011 Barclays Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Chelsea v Man Utd 19:45 Barclays Premier League Venue: Stamford Bridge Date: Tuesday, 1 March Kick-off: 1945 GMT Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 2; 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