VENUE Old Trafford
Kick off 16:00 BST thanks to whoever corrected me on this.
Coverage Sky Sports 1, BBC Radio 5 live, Match of the Day 2.
Referee Phil Dowd
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___________________________________________________ Match Facts Head-to-head
* Manchester United ended a run of three successive league defeats to Chelsea when they beat the Blues 2-1 at Old Trafford in May. * In 38 Premier League meetings, Chelsea have the upper hand with 13 wins to Manchester United's 11. * Chelsea have only managed one clean sheet in their last 16 league trips to Old Trafford. * This will be the 162nd meeting between the sides. Manchester United have won 70, Chelsea 44 and there have been 47 draws.
Manchester United
* Manchester United's 18 goals after four matches is the most by any club at this stage of a top-flight season in 64 years since Wolves (20 goals) in 1947-48. * There have been 94 goals scored in the league this season - 33 of those have been scored by Manchester Utd and Manchester City combined (35%). * Wayne Rooney has scored eight league goals this season - it took him until 2 April last season to reach the same milestone. * United have scored in their last 32 consecutive matches at Old Trafford in the league, winning 30 and losing just one of those matches. The solitary defeat was against Chelsea in April 2010.
Chelsea
* At this stage of last season Chelsea had scored 17 goals in four matches (6-0, 6-0, 2-0 and 3-1). * The Blues have only kept one clean sheet in their last eight league games. * Chelsea had 19 shots at Sunderland on Saturday but only five were on target.
____________________________________________________ Team news Manchester United are without the injured quartet of Tom Cleverley, Rafael, Danny Welbeck and captain Nemanja Vidic.
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson is expected to recall Rio Ferdinand, who sat out the midweek draw with Benfica.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is still suffering with the effects of concussion and will be absent.
John Terry and Frank Lampard come back into the side after missing out against Bayer Leverkusen.
Team selection Manchester United * 01 De Gea * 03 Evra * 04 Jones * 06 Evans * 12 Smalling (+) * 08 Anderson * 17 Nani * 18 Young * 24 Fletcher * 10 Rooney * 14 Hernandez
Substitutes
* 34 Lindegaard, * 20 Fabio Da Silva, * 11 Giggs, * 13 Park Ji-Sung, * 16 Carrick, * 25 Valencia, * 09 Berbatov
Chelsea * 01 Cech * 02 Ivanovic * 03 Cole * 17 Bosingwa * 26 Terry * 07 Ramires * 08 Lampard * 16 Meireles * 09 Torres * 10 Mata * 23 Sturridge
Substitutes
* 22 Turnbull, * 04 David Luiz, * 06 Romeu, * 12 Mikel, * 15 Malouda, * 18 Lukaku, * 39 Anelka
Match Report [Y] = yellow card
[R] = red card
(+) = GOL GOL GOL
Sub = Substitution
0' Team news out
7' Chris Smalling GOL GOL GOL
Smalling 37' Luis Nani GOL GOL GOL
Nani 45 Wayne Rooney GOL GOL GOL
Rooney HALF TIME MANCHESTER UNITED 3 CHELSEA 0
46 Fernando Torres GOL GOL GOL
Torres FULL TIME MANCHESTER 3 CHELSEA 1
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Team P GD PTS
Full Premier League table
1 Man Utd 5 17 15 2 Man City 5 12 13
3 Chelsea 5 2 10 4 Newcastle 5 2 9
5 Stoke 5 -2 8
6 Everton 4 2 7
7 Aston Villa 5 2 7
8 Liverpool 5 -1 7
9 QPR 5 -2 7
10 Wolves 5 -2 7
11 Tottenham 4 -1 6
12 Sunderland 5 2 5
13 Norwich 5 -2 5
14 Swansea 5 -2 5
15 Wigan 5 -3 5
16 Blackburn 5 -3 4
17 Arsenal 5 -8 4
18 Fulham 5 -3 3
19 Bolton 5 -5 3
20 West Brom 5 -5 3
The League Leaders best start to a season
MANCHESTER UNITED 2011-2012
* Aug 14: West Brom 1-2 Man Utd (Rooney) * Aug 22: Man Utd 3-0 Spurs (Welbeck, Anderson, Rooney) * Aug 28: Man Utd 8-2 Arsenal (Welbeck, Young 2, Rooney 3, Nani, Park) * Sep 10: Bolton 0-5 Man Utd (Hernandez 2, Rooney 3) * Sep 18: Man Utd 3-1 Chelsea (Smalling, Nani, Rooney)
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