Bruno Fernandes helped himself to another assist as Manchester United ground out a 1-0 win at Chelsea. Check out the best Opta data from the game with our Chelsea vs Man Utdstats page.
Bruno Fernandes registered yet another assist as Manchester United strengthened their grip on Champions League qualification with a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
It was United’s first league away victory against Chelsea in over five years, and once again Fernandes was at the heart of it. His 18th Premier League assist of the season set up Matheus Cunha’s winning goal, and it leaves the Portuguese playmaker just two short of the seasonal record jointly held by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne.
The win moves United 10 points clear of Chelsea in sixth place. With the top five qualifying for next season’s Champions League, that gap now looks close to insurmountable.
For long periods, the first half drifted without a breakthrough. But with Fernandes on the pitch, anything can happen.
Just before the interval, he shrugged off former teammate Alejandro Garnacho, surged down the right and cut the ball back for Cunha, who finished first time past Robert Sánchez with United’s first shot on target.
It was a moment of real quality in an otherwise subdued opening period and yet another piece of evidence of Fernandes’ ability to spark games into life.
Bruno Fernandes 18 assist - Premier League
Cunha, meanwhile, now has more Premier League goals against Chelsea than any other opponent (5).
Chelsea then dominated the second half. Pedro Neto was central to their threat, delivering multiple dangerous crosses into the box. Liam Delap came closest, rising well to meet a Neto delivery only to see his header rebound off the woodwork. Moments later, Chelsea were denied in similar fashion; another Neto cross caused problems and Noussair Mazraoui headed onto his own bar.
Overall, Chelsea attempted 15 shots to United’s two after the interval and finished with 21 efforts overall, their second-highest total in a Premier League match this season. Yet they generated just 1.55 expected goals, or 0.07 per shot, which does highlight their struggles to create clear-cut opportunities.
Chelsea 0-1 Man Utd xG shot map
United, despite fielding a makeshift defence that included Mazraoui at centre-back and 19-year-old Ayden Heaven, stood firm.
For Chelsea, after a promising start under Liam Rosenior, they have now lost four consecutive league matches without scoring for the first time since February-March 1998.
Progress had seemed quite clear. Now, it’s harder to see.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Chelsea vs Man Utd stats from their Premier League meeting at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
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Chelsea vs Man Utd Post-Match Facts:
Manchester United have done the Premier League double over Chelsea for only second time, previously doing so in 2019-20.
Manchester United’s eight wins in their 12 Premier League games under Michael Carrick this season (D2 L2) is as many as across their first 21 matches of the 2025-26 campaign (W8 D8 L5).
Chelsea suffered their sixth home defeat in the Premier League this season, including each of their last three, only in 1994-95 have the Blues recorded more losses at Stamford Bridge in a Premier League campaign (7).
10 of Bruno Fernandes’ 18 assists in the Premier League this season have come away from home, he’s one of four players to do so in a campaign in the competition after Muzzy Izzet in 2003-04 (10), Cesc Fàbregas in 2014-15 (11) and Mohamed Salah (11).
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