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Date - Monday, December 28 2015.
Kickoff Time - 1730 Hrs GMT.
Venue - Old Trafford, Manchester.
League standings and form guide
6. Manchester United : DDLLL
15. Chelsea : DLLWD
Previous Meetings
Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United
Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea
Chelsea 3-1 Manchester United
Manchester United 0-0 Chelsea
Manchester United 0-1 Chelsea
All-Time Record
Manchester United wins - 59
Chelsea wins - 43
Draws - 44
Pre-Match Pressers
Louis Van Gaal
Guud Hiddink
Team News
Manchester United
Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo, and Antonio Valencia ruled out. Jesse Lingard and Matteo Darmian doubtful.
Chelsea
Diego Costa serving one match suspension for picking up his fifth booking of the season vs Watford. Eden Hazard and Radamel Falcao doubtful.
Know the opposition
Chelsea Football Club nicknamed The Blues, and The Pensioners - are a professional football club based in Fulham, London. Chelsea were founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub, (now The Butcher's Hook) after Gus Mears had previously acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium with the aim of turning it into a football ground. Since there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough, the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, was settled on. Chelsea's first major title success came in the form of the League Cup with the appointment of former Arsenal player, Ted Drake - who also led Chelsea to the their first ever League title, enabling them to compete in the European Cup, but after objections from The Football League and the FA, Chelsea were persuaded to withdraw from the competition before it started - allowing Matt Busby's Manchester United to start their illustrious adventure with the competition. After decades of being non-competitors, Chelsea returned to the domestic fore in 2003 under new owner Roman Abramovich, who fulled an unprecedented spending spree - starting in the mid 2000s. Since the takeover, Chelsea have won 1 Champions League title, 4 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cup titles, 1 Europa League title, and 3 League Cup titles among others. Chelsea's most prominent rivalries include local clubs Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, title rivals Manchester United; Liverpool and Leeds United. Chelsea play their home games at Stamford Bridge, which had been their home for 100+ years.
Referee
Martin Atkinson.