Manchester United vs Chelsea LIVE: Amorim announced but Van Nistelrooy to take charge of huge clash – kick-off time, predicted line-ups and how to follow

Manchester United will serene bask in Ruud van Nistelrooy on the touchline this weekend when they take on Chelsea at Mature Trafford. 

The Purple Devils bask in announced the advent of Ruben Amorim as their recent head coach on a 3-year deal after sacking Erik ten Hag on Monday.

However, Amorim’s official open date is Monday, November 11, together with his first match set of living to be after the worldwide atomize.

It means Van Nistelrooy will live as intervening time boss for now, aiming to fabricate it two wins from two after beating Leicester in the cup.

Chelsea will face United in their first top-flight sport beneath recent leadership, with the Blues coming into this sport off the abet of a 2-0 cup defeat to Newcastle.

However, in the league, Enzo Maresca has his men playing their football and a get hold of towards their rivals would beget them in the early chasing pack for the title. 

Man United vs Chelsea: That is Amor

Amorim is the recent Man United supervisor after rapid negotiations with Carrying Lisbon.

It became once hoped amongst the Mature Trafford hierarchy that he may per chance well well be appointed in time to take charge of this sport.

But in a twist to the story, Amorim will cease in the Carrying dugout for his or her next three games, together with the fixture towards Manchester City in the Champions League next week.

His first sport as Man United supervisor is ready of living to be towards Ipswich Town on November 24.

It means Van Nistelrooy will get hold of one more three matches on the touchline with this being the foremost of these.

The consult with of Leicester and a Europa League clash towards PAOK may per chance well well be the final two matches prior to the Amorim period begins.

• Despite trailing in stoppage time, Chelsea acquired their final Premier League sport towards Man Utd 4-3 in April. They final acquired consecutive league meetings with the Purple Devils in March 2011 (a ride of three).
• Manchester United are unbeaten in their final 11 house league games towards Chelsea (W5 D6), and are having a peer to get hold of three in a row towards the Blues at Mature Trafford for the foremost time since January 1957.

Man United vs Chelsea: Predicted line-ups

United may per chance well well set of living up in a brand recent procedure when Amorim is appointed, with a 3-at-the-abet formation expected.

However, beneath Van Nistelrooy, they set of living up in a 4-2-3-1 and right here’s how they may per chance well possibly line up on Sunday…

Kobbie Mainoo, Harry Maguire, Mason Mount, Antony, Luke Shaw and Leny Yoro all live sidelined with injuries so they acquired’t feature.

Andre Onana will cease in aim while a centre-abet pairing of Matthijs De Ligt and Lisandro Martinez is expected.

Martinez beginning at left-abet in midweek, but he’s possible to switch central again, with Diogo Dalot and Noussair Mazraoui at fleshy abet.

Captain Bruno Fernandes will play in the opening while Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte impressed in their deeper roles towards Leicester.

Marcus Rashford all over again struggled on the wing, but he’s expected to beget his set of living with Alejandro Garnacho on the assorted facet.

Joshua Zirkzee began in the cup, however, Rasmus Hojlund is possible to get hold of the nod at Mature Trafford this weekend.

As for Chelsea, Maresca admitted he felt ‘disgrace’ for leaving stars out of his squad, but that’s not expected to swap this weekend. 

Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor, Benoit Badiashile, Axel Disasi and Ben Chilwell are all going to salvage it laborious to fabricate it into the Blues’ line-up. 

A abet five of goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Levi Colwill and Marc Cucurella are possible to open. 

Despite the fact that Malo Gusto may per chance well well feature on either facet of the defence. 

In midfield, Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia bask in shaped a partnership with Enzo Fernandez not beginning either of the final two league games. 

In entrance of them, it’s going to be Cole Palmer who is continuous his nice make. 

Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson appear bask in shoo-ins too while Pedro Neto, Jadon Sancho and Mykhailo Mudryk compete for a region on the left wing. 

Sancho ignored out thru illness in midweek, but he will bask in recovered in time to feature at Mature Trafford.

• Cole Palmer has been at once obsessed on 33 Premier League targets for Chelsea in 2024 (21 targets, 12 assists). Most efficient two avid gamers bask in had more targets and assists in a year for the Blues – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in 2001 (25 targets, 11 assists) and Didier Drogba in 2010 (22 targets, 13 assists).
• Erik ten Hag lost 32% of his Premier League games in charge of Man Utd (27/85), the joint absolute top proportion together with David Moyes (11/34). Seven of his 27 defeats came by arrangement of ninetieth minute winners, the supreme proportion (26%) of any supervisor to lose 20+ games in Premier League history.
• Chelsea’s Wesley Fofana has been yellow carded in every of his final six Premier League appearances, most effective the fifth player in Premier League history to stop so. More than possible the greatest player to be carded in seven games in a row is Joey Barton for QPR in 2014-15.

Man United vs Chelsea: What has been said? 

European football skilled Kevin Hatchard believes that Amorim is the man to turn issues around at Manchester United.

“I can completely understand why they’re going for him,” Hatchard said on talkSPORT Breakfast.

“He’s been one of the most enterprising young coaches in European football for quite some time now.

“If you happen to suspect of Amorim, the factor to endure in mind is that he became once promoted from within at Braga, and within two months he’d already delivered their first get hold of at Benfica for 65 years.

“I think he won his first game 7-1 and so, in his first few months at Braga, he’d done enough to convince Sporting to pay €10million to get him out of his contract.

“So that you just knew already this became once a man who became once doing particular issues, basically, basically immediate.

“Having got to Sporting, he managed to get them to fourth and in his first full season, he delivered the Primera Liga title for the first time in 19 years.

“Here is a man that delivers, but he delivers immediate and that is what Man United need in the occasion that they are going to put this season.”

• Cole Palmer scored in both of Chelsea’s Premier League games towards Man Utd final season, together with a hat-trick in a 4-3 get hold of at Stamford Bridge. More than possible the greatest Chelsea avid gamers to earn in three consecutive Premier League games towards the Purple Devils are Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (2000-2001) and Juan Mata (2012-2013).
• Most efficient Southampton and Crystal Palace (6 every) bask in scored fewer Premier League targets this season than Manchester United (8). The Purple Devils bask in underperformed their expected targets by 6.8 (xG of 14.8), the worst differential of any facet in 2024-25, while since 2022-23, most effective Everton (-26) bask in underperformed their xG better than Man Utd (-17-9 – 123 targets from an xG of 140.9).

Man United vs Chelsea: How to follow 

This Premier League clash will take set of living on Sunday, November 3. 

Kick-off at Mature Trafford is scheduled for 4:30pm. 

The game will possible be broadcast dwell on Sky Sports Well-known Match and Sky Sports Premier League. 

talkSPORT may per chance well also beget you up to date with the full targets as they bound in the Sunday Session with Sam Matterface. 

And on talkSPORT.com that you just can additionally follow dwell updates of the sport in out dedicated Premier League dwell weblog. 

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