Man United vs Chelsea

6 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Scott McTominay 19’, 69’

Cole Palmer 45’

Match summary

Man United beat Chelsea 2-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Scott McTominay put Man United ahead in the 19th minute, Cole Palmer equalised in the 45th minute, set up by Mykhailo Mudryk, and McTominay won it with a header in the 69th minute, set up by Alejandro Garnacho.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 4.38 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Chelsea's 2.37 from 13. Bruno Fernandes had a penalty saved for Man United.

Match stats

28 Shots 13

9 Shots on Target 3

12 Corners 4

4 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

4.04 xG 2.35

3.26 Non-penalty xG 2.35

8 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Man United Chelsea

Kick-off

Scott McTominay

1-0

19’

45’

Cole Palmer
Assist: Mykhailo Mudryk

1-1

Half-time1-1

Scott McTominay
Assist: Alejandro Garnacho

2-1

69’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Diogo Dalot
Luke Shaw
Alejandro Garnacho
Sergio Reguilón

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 4.38 xGChelsea 2.37 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Chelsea attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
André Onana	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.13	3
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			1	0.13	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	54			1	0.03	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.12	3
Sofyan Amrabat	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Scott McTominay	MID	90	2		7	2.22	0.00	0
Antony	MID	90			4	0.28	0.44	2
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			5	0.90	0.62	5
Alejandro Garnacho	MID	90		1	8	0.71	0.70	3
Rasmus Højlund	FWD	90			1	0.05	0.21	2
Sergio Reguilón	Sub	36			0	0.00	0.15	2
Marcus Rashford	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robert Sánchez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Cucurella	DEF	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thiago Silva	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Axel Disasi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Levi Colwill	DEF	90			2	0.04	0.43	1
Enzo Fernández	MID	90			3	0.69	0.00	0
Moisés Caicedo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raheem Sterling	MID	90			0	0.00	0.44	2
Cole Palmer	MID	90	1		1	0.08	0.10	2
Mykhailo Mudryk	MID	85		1	3	0.53	0.10	2
Nicolas Jackson	FWD	90			2	0.85	0.44	2
Reece James	Sub	36			1	0.05	0.15	2
Armando Broja	Sub	5			1	0.14	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 34% Avg odds 2.79

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60

Chelsea win 39% Avg odds 2.50

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United L W W W L

Chelsea L W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 4-1 Chelsea, 25 May 23 Next meeting: Chelsea 4-3 Man United, 04 Apr 24 All Man United vs Chelsea meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.