Chelsea vs Man United head to head record

Chelsea and Man Utd are drawn against each other in the League Cup for the fifth occasion. The most recent being the 2012/13 fourth-round tie.

Our overall cup record against the Red Devils is seven wins, four draws and 13 defeats.

Our last meeting at the Bridge was in the FA Cup last season.

CHELSEA 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 2

FA Cup fifth round, 18.02.19, 7.30pm

Chelsea (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta (c) (Zappacosta 82), Rüdiger, David Luiz, Alonso; Kanté, Jorginho, Kovacic (Barkley 71); Pedro (Willian 58), Higuain, HazardUnused subs Caballero, Christensen, Hudson-Odoi, Giroud. Injured Loftus-CheekHead coach Maurizio SarriBooked Rudiger 60, Kanté 64

Manchester United (4-3-1-2): Romero; Young (c), Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw; Herrera, Matic, Pogba; Mata (Pereira 75); Rashford (McTominay 90+3), Lukaku (Sanchez 73)Unused subs De Gea, Bailly, Dalot, FredCaretaker manager Ole Gunnar SolskjaerBooked Matic 14, Young 21Scorers Herrera 31, Pogba 45

Referee Kevin FriendAttendance 40,562

Biggest win for each team

Chelsea 5-0 Man Utd, Stamford Bridge, 1999/2000 (Premier League)Man Utd 6-0 Chelsea, Old Trafford, 1960/61 (Division One)United’s biggest league win at Stamford Bridge is 4-0 in 1947/48 (Division One)

Chelsea's recent record

Chelsea are hoping for an eighth successive win in all competitions for the first time since our club record run of 10 between October 2016 and Jan 2017.The Blues are looking to progress to the Carabao Cup quarter-final round for the third successive season.

The last team to defeat us in the fourth round was West Ham in October 2016 when they beat us 2-1 at the London Stadium with Antonio Conte in charge.The last time we were eliminated at home at this stage of the competition was in 2008/09 when Championship side Burnley won a penalty shoot-out after extra-time. Frank Lampard was a 25th-minute sub that evening for the injured Juliano Belletti.In his playing career for the Blues, Lampard won 11, drew 10 and lost 10 of his games against Man United, scoring six goals.

Manchester United stats

Manchester United have won the League Cup four times in the past 14 seasons.Man United’s Europa League victory in Belgrade last week against Partizan was their first win on the road in all competitions since beating PSG in the Champions League in Paris last March. That run included seven defeats and four draws.They won their first away game in the Premier League since February at Norwich on Sunday.Man United have been awarded six penalties this season and missed four of them, including two at Carrow Road.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have scored 16 goals in 14 games this season in all competitions. Their leading scorer is Marcus Rashford with five.The last four teams to knock Man United out from this competition were from lower divisions. The last Premier League side to eliminate them were Sunderland in 2013/14.

Man United's line-up in the last round

Carabao Cup third round Wednesday 25 SeptemberManchester United 1 Rochdale 1 After 90 minutes. Man Utd won 5-3 on pensTeam 4-2-3-1: Romero; Wan-Bissaka, Tuanzebe, Jones (Williams h/t), Rojo; Fred, Pogba; Pereira, Lingard (Mata 85), Chong (James 60)Scorer: Greenwood 68

Discipline

There are no suspensions

Yellow cards only count in the competition in which they are received. In the Carabao Cup, two yellow cards will result in a one-match suspension. The cut-off point is the quarter-finals, so no player can miss the final through cumulative yellows.

Carabao Cup bookingsChelsea: NoneMan Utd: Williams 1

Chelsea vs Man United referee

Referee: Paul Tierney

This will be Paul Tierney’s second Blues game this month. He was the official for our game at Southampton before the recent international break and was also the VAR on Saturday against Burnley.