PRE-MATCH BRIEFING: MANCHESTER UNITED V CHELSEA

CHELSEA STATS
The Blues are looking to avoid a fourth successive defeat against Man United in all competitions. United won four of our five meetings last season.

Chelsea are looking for a fifth successive victory in all competitions.

The Blues have only kept one clean sheet in our last eight Barclays Premier League games - at Stoke on the opening day of the season.

Last six competitve results
May 22	Everton (a)	L 0-1
Aug 14	Stoke (a)	D 0-0
Aug 20	West Brom (h)	W 2-1
Aug 27	Norwich (h)	W 3-1
Sep 10	Sunderland (a)	W 2-1
Sep 13	Bayer Leverkusen (Champions League h)	W 2-0

2011/12 Premier League scorers
Anelka 1, Bosingwa 1, Lampard 1 (pen), Malouda 1, Mata 1, Sturridge 1, Terry 1. Total 7.

League games since
An away win: 0
An away draw: 1
An away defeat: 2

MILESTONES
Frank Lampard needs a brace to equal George Mills' 118 league goals for Chelsea and become our fifth equal highest league scorer.

All-time top League scorers
Tambling 164, Dixon 147, Bentley 128, Greaves 124, Mills 118, Lampard 116, Osgood 105.

MAN UTD STATS
Formed 1878

Major trophies
19 League championships, last in 2011
11 FA Cups, last in 2004
4 League Cups, last in 2010
18 FA Charity/Community Shields (4 shared), last in 2010
3 European Cups, last in 2008
1 European Cup Winners' Cup in 1991
1 Uefa Super Cup in 1991
1 Intercontinental Cup in 1999
1 Fifa Club World Cup in 2009

Man United are looking for an 18th successive Premier League win at Old Trafford.

The last occasion United dropped points at Old Trafford was in the 2-2 draw against West Brom on 16 October last year.

Since we beat them in April 2010 they have won 22 and drawn one of their home league games and are unbeaten there in 34 games in all competitions.

Wayne Rooney's total of eight goals is higher than 18 of the 20 Premier League teams have managed in early season. He has scored in all four league games so far.

Wayne Rooney follows Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright and our own Didier Drogba as the fourth player to achieve a second hat-trick in consecutive Premier League matches.

Manager Sir Alex Ferguson
Days in charge: 9,081
Played 1398
Won 829
Drawn 323
Lost 246

Red Devils last 10 year league history
2001/02	77	3rd
2002/03	83	1st
2003/04	75	3rd
2004/05	77	3rd
2005/06	83	2nd
2006/07	89	1st
2007/08	87	1st
2008/09	90	1st
2009/10	85	2nd
2010/11	80	1st

Last six competitve results
Aug 7	Man City (Community Shield, W'bley)	W 3-2
Aug 14	West Brom (a)	W 2-1
Aug 22	Tottenham (h)	W 3-0
Aug 28	Arsenal (h)	W 8-2
Sep 10	Bolton (a)	W 5-0
Sep 14	Benfica (Champions League a)	D 1-1

 

2011/12 Premier League scorers
Rooney 8, Hernández 2, Welbeck 2, Young 2, Anderson 1, Nani 1, Park 1. Total 17.

League games since
A home win: 0
A home draw: 17
A home defeat: 23

WINDOW WATCH
Completed major summer transfers
Man Utd
Ins David de Gea (Atlético Madrid, £18.9m), Ashley Young (Aston Villa, £17m), Phil Jones (Blackburn, £16.5m).
Outs Bebe (Besiktas, loan), Wes Brown (Sunderland, £1m), John O'Shea (Sunderland, undisclosed), Ritchie de Laet (Norwich, loan), Edwin van der Sar (retired), Gary Neville (retired), Paul Scholes (retired), Owen Hargreaves (Man City, free), Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle, undisclosed).

THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE
The referee is Phil Dowd. His last Chelsea game was in the rain against West Ham at Stamford Bridge in April. He officiated this season's Community Shield between Man Utd and Man City.

OTHERWISE ENGAGED
There are no suspensions.

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