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Head-to-head

  • This will be the first opening-day meeting between Manchester United and Chelsea since Jose Mourinho won his first Premier League match with the Blues.
  • United have not hosted Chelsea on the opening day of a league campaign since 1958, when they won 5-2 courtesy of a Bobby Charlton hat-trick.
  • The Reds have triumphed in just two of their last 13 Premier League games against Chelsea (D6, L5) but they are unbeaten in six home matches (W2, D4).
  • Chelsea are the only club to have won more Premier League matches against United than they have lost, with 18 victories and 15 defeats.

Manchester United

  • Manchester United failed to win any of their final five games last season, losing three and drawing two.
  • They could equal the club Premier League record of four consecutive winless home fixtures.
  • However, United can win their opening match in five successive top-flight seasons for only the second time, and first since 1910.
  • The Red Devils have lost just one of the last 26 matches when opening a top-flight campaign at home (W19, D6).
  • United kept just seven clean sheets last season - only relegated Huddersfield Town and Fulham, with five apiece, fared worse.
  • They have not secured a Premier League clean sheet since a goalless draw with Liverpool on 24 February.
  • United's only league victory against another top-six team last season came at Tottenham in January (D4, L5).
  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's final competitive appearance for United came in the 2007 FA Cup final defeat against a Chelsea side featuring Frank Lampard.

Chelsea

  • Chelsea lost just one of their final 13 games in all competitions last season (W8, D4), a 2-0 away defeat at Liverpool.
  • However, the Blues triumphed in only two of their last nine league games on the road, drawing two and losing five.
  • They have never been defeated when opening a Premier League season on a Sunday (W8, D3).
  • The last Chelsea manager to lose his first Premier League match in charge was Avram Grant, a 2-0 defeat at Manchester United in September 2007.
  • Chelsea were winless in all nine Premier League away fixtures last season at teams in the top half of the table, drawing three and losing six.
  • They conceded 14 goals in their five league away matches at top-six sides, and only avoided defeat at Manchester United, drawing 1-1.
  • Frank Lampard won on just one of his nine Premier League appearances as a player against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (D3, L5), and was outscored 4-1 by the Norwegian.

Kick off at 16:30 UK

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