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Chelsea FC – Manchester United FC

Premier League · Matchday 9 ·

Model estimate

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The model's chances for a home win, a draw and an away win. ❄ = the estimate was frozen within the last hour before kick-off (the model runs hourly) and no longer changes; “provisional” = it can still change until it is frozen. How good the model is can be seen on the calibration page.

44%1 · Chelsea≈ 1 in 2.29
25%X≈ 1 in 3.97
31%2 · Man United≈ 1 in 3.21

provisional, frozen within the last hour before kick-off · How good is the model?

In three sentences

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Three sentences, each from a figure in our database: what happened (streaks, form or head-to-head), why it matters today (rest, congestion, table, derby) and what the model estimates. Nothing hand-written, nothing guessed.

As of today, the away side are winless in their last 5 matches. The home side are 7 points above the bottom three with 30 matches left. The model estimates 44% for a home win (provisional, frozen within the last hour before kick-off).

Form, streaks, position and points are today's (25 Oct 2026), not the ones at kick-off: before this match the home side still have 0 league matches to play, the away side 1.

League position4 vs 15
Elo rating1554 vs 1556
Last 5DLWWL homeDLDDD away
Rest days6 vs 5

Most likely scores

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The scores the model sees as most likely, from the same calculation as the 1 / X / 2 chances. In the grid, rows are the home goals and columns the away goals; 10% means roughly 1 match in 10 with exactly that score.

1–1: 11% · 2–1: 9% · 1–2: 8%
0123456
05%5%4%2%1%<1%<1%
16%11%8%4%1%<1%<1%
26%9%7%3%1%<1%<1%
34%5%4%2%1%<1%<1%
42%2%2%1%<1%<1%<1%
51%1%1%<1%<1%<1%<1%
6<1%<1%<1%<1%<1%<1%<1%

Rows: home goals · columns: away goals. Any other score (a team with 7+ goals): <1%.

Side by side at a glance

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Both teams side by side at a glance: position, Elo, recent results, points rate, goals and rest, with the league average where it makes sense. Each number is detailed further down the page.

points rate 53% vs 47%

The home and away teams before the match, from their matches in a row. = ahead on that row. League = average over the last 12 months.

ChelseaMan UnitedLeague
League position4th of 20 · 13 pts 15th of 20 · 7 pts—
Elo rating15541556 —
Last 5DLWWLDLDDD—
Points rate (last 10)53% 47%45%
Goals scored per match (10)2.0 1.6—
Goals conceded per match (10)1.81.2 —
At venue (10): home team at home, away team away37%47%50% · 40%
Both teams score (10)7 of 106 of 1056%
3+ goals in the match (10)8 of 104 of 1055%
Days of rest65—

Home side at home · visitors away n = 4 · 4

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The home side only in its home matches, the visitors only in their away matches, this season: goals scored and conceded, how often both teams scored, how often there were 3+ goals, how often they kept a clean sheet and how often they failed to score. Under each percentage: out of how many matches, and the league average on the same matches. It describes what happened, not what comes next.

scored / match: 2.75 vs 1.00
Chelsea at homeMan United away
matches44
scored / match2.75league 1.571.00league 1.27
conceded / match2.00league 1.271.50league 1.57
both scored75%3 of 4 · league 52%75%3 of 4 · league 52%
3+ goals75%3 of 4 · league 52%25%1 of 4 · league 52%
clean sheet0%0 of 4 · league 25%0%0 of 4 · league 29%
failed to score25%1 of 4 · league 29%25%1 of 4 · league 25%

Match radar

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Six things that happened in each team's last 20 league matches before this one, next to how often they happened across the whole league in the year before the match. The further a point is from the centre, the more often it happened. It is not a rating and does not say who wins.

Wins: 30% vs 45% · league 35%

ChelseaMan Unitedleague, year before the match · n = 365

league · Wins: 259 of 730 (35%)league · Scores: 544 of 730 (75%)league · 3+ goals: 199 of 365 (55%)league · Both teams score: 205 of 365 (56%)league · Concedes: 544 of 730 (75%)league · Leads at half-time: 218 of 730 (30%)home side · Wins: 6 of 20 (30%)home side · Scores: 13 of 20 (65%)home side · 3+ goals: 14 of 20 (70%)home side · Both teams score: 12 of 20 (60%)home side · Concedes: 19 of 20 (95%)home side · Leads at half-time: 6 of 20 (30%)away side · Wins: 9 of 20 (45%)away side · Scores: 17 of 20 (85%)away side · 3+ goals: 11 of 20 (55%)away side · Both teams score: 14 of 20 (70%)away side · Concedes: 16 of 20 (80%)away side · Leads at half-time: 6 of 20 (30%)WinsScores3+ goalsBoth teamsscoreConcedesLeads athalf-time
ChelsealeagueMan United
Winswon the match30%6 of 2015–52%35%259 of 73032–39%45%9 of 2026–66%
Scoresscored at least once65%13 of 2043–82%75%544 of 73071–78%85%17 of 2064–95%
3+ goalsat least 3 goals in the match, both teams (2-1 counts, 1-1 does not)70%14 of 2048–85%55%199 of 36549–60%55%11 of 2034–74%
Both teams scoreboth teams scored (1-1 counts, 2-0 does not)60%12 of 2039–78%56%205 of 36551–61%70%14 of 2048–85%
Concedesconceded at least once95%19 of 2076–99%75%544 of 73071–78%80%16 of 2058–92%
Leads at half-timemore goals at the break (1-0 counts, 1-1 does not)30%6 of 2015–52%30%218 of 73027–33%30%6 of 2015–52%

Under each percentage: the 95% confidence interval. The rings in the chart: 25, 50, 75 and 100%.

Form before the match

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Each team's last 5 matches before this one: anywhere, and separately the home side at home / the away side away. Points, wins-draws-losses, goals.

points, last 5: 7 vs 4

Chelsea · Last 5, anywhere n = 5

DLWWL
7pts
2-1-2W-D-L
9:8goals

Man United · Last 5, anywhere n = 5

DLDDD
4pts
0-4-1W-D-L
5:6goals

Chelsea · Last 5 at home n = 5

WWDWL
10pts
3-1-1W-D-L
13:9goals

Man United · Last 5 away n = 5

WLDDD
6pts
1-3-1W-D-L
7:6goals

What changed

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Each team's direction before the match: the previous 5 matches against the last 5 (points, goals, how strong the opponents were by Elo) and how many Elo points it gained or lost. It says what happened, not why or what comes next; 5 matches are few.

Points (of 15): 9 → 7 vs 10 → 4

The previous 5 matches → the last 5, played before kick-off.

ChelseaMan United
Points (of 15)9 → 7 ▼10 → 4 ▼
Goals scored per match2.2 → 1.8 ▼2.2 → 1.0 ▼
Goals conceded per match2.0 → 1.6 ▼1.2 → 1.2 =
Average Elo of the opponents1546 → 1512 easier opponents1490 (4 of 5) → 1533 tougher opponents
Elo over the last 5 matches−5 (1554)−6 (1556)

Context

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Figures about both teams' situation before the match, in real units: days since the previous match on the calendar (league and Champions League; domestic cups are not in the free source), matches in the 7 and 14 days before, position and points distance to the important zones with matches remaining, the simulator impact when the match is near, and each team's coach on the match date with the league matches led before it (Wikidata; the current one only if football-data.org names the same person). What the free source does not give is shown as such, not hidden.

rest days: 6 vs 5
ChelseaMan United
days since last match65
matches in last 7 days11
matches in last 14 days13
position today4 (13 pts)15 (7 pts)
points off 1st814
points off top 4in top 46
points above bottom 371
matches left (incl. this one)3030
simulator impact51 pp51 pp
coach (league matches led before)Xabi Alonso
since 1 Jul 2026 · 8 matches
Michael Carrick
since 13 Jan 2026 · 24 matches
travel distance (away side)—≈ 260 km

Weather: the forecast appears 3 days before kick-off.

no data in the free source: absentees, starting XI.

Head-to-head

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The latest head-to-head matches in our database, with the score and who played at home. Few matches = little information; an old result says nothing about today's.

Chelsea 2-1-2 (n = 5)

Chelsea 2-1-2 (n = 5)

homeaway
18 Apr 2026Chelsea0–1Man United
20 Sep 2025Man United2–1Chelsea
16 May 2025Chelsea1–0Man United
3 Nov 2024Man United1–1Chelsea
4 Apr 2024Chelsea4–3Man United

All 6 meetings in our database →

Ongoing streaks

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Both teams' ongoing streaks before the match: matches in a row unbeaten, scoring, keeping a clean sheet and so on. A streak describes the past; today's match can end it.

Manchester United FC · unbeaten: 3
nowlongest in our database
Manchester United FCunbeaten311
Manchester United FCwinless58
Manchester United FCscoring323
Manchester United FCconceding710
Manchester United FCboth teams score36

Updated 25 Oct 2026 07:20