Today: Chelsea vs Manchester Utd – GoalStage Betting Prediction and Live Cover

All eyes will be on Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon since the current Premiership leaders will host reigning champions. Chelsea look like the team to beat this season and they are the favourites for the title but this is a game where the Blues need to show it. Even though everybody was writing off United, they are doing really well so far but this will be a real test for them.

Chelsea looking down on United

Its been a while since Chelsea played such a good football and no wonder everybody sees them as main candidates for the Premiership title. Carlo Ancelottis side are doing well on all fronts and you can imagine the boost they would get by winning this match. The boss will be able to choose from a full squad since Ashley Cole has recovered from injury and we see the Blues as favourites in this match. Uniteds defence are not playing well at the moment and they will struggle to contain Drogba and Anelka, thus maybe you should try backing Chelsea to win the game at 2.10 offered by Ladbrokes.

With the return of Joe Cole, Chelseas game has received a new dimension and the diminutive midfielder looks like a perfect fit for the place in the hole just behind the strikers. He really impressed in all three games he started since returning from injury and we expect him to start against United as well. With the visitors paying a lot of attention to Drogba and Anelka, Cole will be afforded a lot of space and we can see him getting on the scoresheet. Paddy Power pays 5.00 on Joe Cole to score.

Defensive problems

It is more than evident United are conceding way too many goals then they can afford and that is the biggest problem at the moment. Rio Ferdinand is injured, Vidic and Evans are struggling for form and this no longer looks like one of the best defences in Europe. United conceded no less than three goals when they hosted CSKA at Old Trafford and with Chelsea in such an impressive form, maybe you should try backing the Blues to score over 1.5 goals at 2.25 offered by Boylesports.

The games between the two teams are always tightly contested affairs but we expect to see a very open game this time. Both sides have something to prove and they will be looking to win the match, thus we expect to see more goals than usual. Both teams have plenty of attacking potential, whereas their defences are far from impressive at the moment. 14 goals were scored in the last 5 meetings between the teams and we expect the trend to continue.Betfair pays 2.16 on over 2.5 goals.

GoalStage Prediction

Chelsea have been in remarkable form lately and they are scoring goals with ease, thus the Blues should have no problems breaking Uniteds shaky defence. On the other hand, United have improved a great deal up front with Valencia, Scholes, Rooney and Berbatov all scoring goals, and our advice is to back both teams to score.