Manchester United make the trip down South this Saturday to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in an 8pm kick-off.
The fifth-placed Blues could cut their gap to third-placed United to just four points with a win.
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How have Chelsea and United fared in the lead-up to their meeting?
Both sides will enter the contest in faltering form, with United claiming only four points from their last four matches.
Michael Carrick’s perfect record as interim manager came to an end with a 2-1 away defeat to Newcastle on March 4. Then, despite bouncing back with a comfortable 3-1 win over Aston Villa in the subsequent clash, the Reds went on to drop points by drawing 2-2 with Bournemouth and losing to Leeds United on Monday.
As for Liam Rosenior’s Chelsea side, they are enduring a particularly challenging run, having lost four of their last five games.
Such dismal results saw the London outfit drop out of the Champions League places (the Premier League are confirmed to have five places as things stand) and into the Europa League qualification spot, with Liverpool now on track to beat them to the UCL.
Former Reds expect goals in Stamford Bridge outing
Alas, it goes without saying that the encounter is a must-win for the hosts and United – but Paul Scholes and Gary Neville reckon both will be winless come full-time.
Instead, the treble-winners believe that United and Chelsea will conjure up a six-goal thriller, resulting in a 3-3 draw.
When reeling off their predictions for matchweek 32 on the latest Stick to Football episode, Neville said: “I think I’m going to… What do you think, Scholsey, a draw? We think [a] draw.”
Scholes responded: “I’m not sure how they’re going to win. I think they’ll draw, though. Big scoring, 3-3.”
“We’re going to go for a draw. We’re going to go 3-3,” the former right-back concluded.
Meanwhile, Ian Wright and Roy Keane decided on a2-1 home win for Chelsea.