United Resurgent And Better Than Blues Regardless

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Man Utd to win 2-1 is a 12/1 shot and that looks like a real steal when you consider how revitalised the Red Devils have looked in the past week. The 3-1 FA Cup success at Derby was good, the 3-0 league win over Stoke was one of their best performances of the season.

The doubters will point to Chelsea’s unbeaten run under Guus Hiddink but a series of quite unconvincing home draws mask a vulnerability which never really went from earlier in the season.

For all the criticism levelled at Van Gaal, United still rank 2nd in terms of goals conceded whereas Chelsea are joint 13th to reflect their league status. With no real difference between the sides as attacking forces, this defensive divergence points towards a narrow away victory on Sunday.

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