FA Cup Semi-Final Match Prediction: Chelsea vs Manchester United

Footballpedia.net - Chelsea and Manchester United will face each other in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup this season will be held on Tuesday (14/3) early morning.

Chelsea and Manchester United both started their revival with a good FA Cup. Chelsea successfully beat Peterborough United, Brentford, and Wolverhampton Wanderers to advance to the quarter-finals while Manchester United's success to get rid of Reading, Wigan Athletic and Blackburn Rovers before finally they will challenge Chelsea in the quarter-finals later.

This game is the second time Chelsea and Manchester United meet at Stamford Bridge this season. Previously the stronghold of the successful Blues beat the Red Devils in both meetings last October with a score of 4-0. Therefore, a team of Jose Mourinho is determined to return to Stamford Bridge to avenge the defeat.

Performance of both teams ahead of the game can be categorized as being in good condition. Both teams are both unbeaten in their last five games, despite Manchester United a bit of a disadvantage to the schedule because they only had three days to prepare against Chelsea after they travel to Russia recently.

But Jose Mourinho has an arduous task to bring the Red Devils win this game. This is because in the last five years, Manchester United's record has not even beat Chelsea in all competitions. Red Devils last won a game at Stamford Bridge occurred in the era of Sir Alex Ferguson, precisely in the year 2012 ago in the EPL matches.

Ahead of this match, Chelsea was in a tip top condition. None of those players who get injured so coach Antonio Conte could bring down the best team in this match.

Conte is still predicted to play a 3-4-3 scheme flagship, in which Diego Costa will be plotted as a lone striker in this match. Diego will be accompanied by Eden Hazard and Pedro on the wings. In midfield, Conte will again play N'Golo Kante and Nemanja Matic to regulate the flow of balls of the Blues, while Thibaut Courtois will be lowered as their goalkeeper in this match.

In the stronghold of the visitors, Jose Mourinho reportedly did not have a significant injury problems on his side, where only Bastian Schweinsteiger only those players who reportedly got injured. But Mourinho amid troubled by the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic who received sentences match ban by the FA recently.

Mourinho predicted to reduce the 4-3-3 scheme in this fight, in which the name of Marcus Rashford will likely replace Ibra position at the cutting edge of a red devil. Rashford will be assisted by Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the wings. For the position of midfield, Mourinho is likely to play a trio Paul Pogba, Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick while David De Gea will be back guarding the Red Devils goalkeeper in the match.

Lineup Prediction:

Chelsea (3-4-3): Courtois; Cahill, Luiz, Azpilicueta; Alonso, Kante, Matic, Moses; Hazard, Costa, Pedro


Manchester United (4-3-3) : De Gea; Darmian, Smalling, Bailly, Valencia; Pogba, Carrick, Herrera; Martial, Rashford, Mata

Head to Head Chelsea vs Manchester United:

23/10/16  Chelsea  4 - 0  Manchester United (EPL)

07/02/16  Chelsea  1 - 1  Manchester United (EPL)

29/12/15  Manchester United  0 - 0  Chelsea (EPL)

18/04/15  Chelsea  1 - 0  Manchester United (EPL)

26/10/14  Manchester United  1 - 1  Chelsea (EPL)

Last Five Matches of Chelsea:

04/02/17  Chelsea  3 - 1  Arsenal (EPL)

12/02/17  Burnley  1 - 1     Chelsea (EPL)     

19/02/17  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0 - 2  Chelsea (FA Cup)

25/02/17  Chelsea  3 - 1  Swansea City (EPL)

07/03/17  West Ham United  1 - 2  Chelsea (EPL)

Last Five Matches of Manchester United:

19/02/17  Blackburn Rovers  1 - 2  Manchester United (FA Cup)

23/02/17  Saint-Étienne  0 - 1  Manchester United (UEL)

26/02/17  Manchester United  3 - 2  Southampton (EFL)

04/03/17  Manchester United  1 - 1  Bournemouth (EPL)

10/03/17  FC Rostov  1 - 1  Manchester United (UEL)