UTD WON'T LOOSE AT STAMFORD BRIDGE

Man Utd make the trip to Chelsea on Sunday looking for a victory to maintain their title push and keep the pressure on a faltering Man City who must surely now be questioning their ability to actually deliver the Premier League this season, despite looking certainties just a month or 2 ago as Utd stuttered and dropped points on a regular basis

I'm the first to acknowledge that this Man Utd team is a poor relation to previous Man Utd squads and the recall of Paul Scholes, whilst a wise decision in the circumstances, only highlights the lack of faith Alex Ferguson has in his other midfield players who simply haven't risen to the challenge put down with the original retirement of Scholes. Ferguson has even dropped Wayne Rooney back into midfield this season at times, such was his frustration with the lack of creativity being produced

However, this is Man Utd and Alex Ferguson is a master in producing results when least expected and he certainly gets the most out of whatever players he has at his disposal. The big thing UTD have that no other club has is a belief that they're going to win - no matter what the circumstances and I feel this will come to the fore on Sunday when they take on a Chelsea team that for me is past their sell by date

Chelsea will be doing well to clinch 4th position this season as they just have too much dead wood. The entire spine that won League Titles is now no longer the force they once were. Chezh, Terry, Lampard & Drogba all need removed and replaced with younger, hungrier players but there's a reluctance to do this within Stamford Bridge and the comical Torres won't put any fear into the Utd defenders, who will be praying he is selected and plays 90 minutes

Chelsea are only favourites for this game because of their reputation in previous seasons - not based on the facts which are:

Utd have won 5 of their last 6 meetings, including the last 4 in a row

Chelsea have failed to win 4 of their 11 home games this season, conceeding 16 goals in the process

Utd have only lost 1 of their 11 away games, conceeding just 7 goals in total

Chelsea's top goal scorer is still Frank Lampard who Andre Via Boas clearly doesn't view as a first choice anymore. He's scored 9 this season as has Sturridge but their next top scorer is Mata on 4 so Chelsea don't have goals from many sources to relay on

Overall I can only see one result which is a Man Utd win but with the added security of a draw being stakes refunded I think the odds of 2.15 with Bet 365 provide excellent value as I'd be very surprised if Chelsea managed to actually win this fixture and the best they can realistically hope for is a draw and I'm fairly confident they won't even get that

Utd to win is my pick here with stakes refunded if it's a draw... Good Luck

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Posted on: 02.02.2012, 13.09 CET (Viewed: 442 times)
Match starts on: February 05, 2012

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