Two faltering titans of the English game meet in a midweek Old Trafford encounter on Wednesday night, as Manchester United and Chelsea renew hostilities in a mouthwatering Premier League affair.

The Red Devils' woes continued in a 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United over the weekend, while Mauricio Pochettino's men restored a sense of blue pride by seeing off Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2.

Man United's injury problems this season have been well-documented, but the Red Devils' fitness concerns pale into insignificance when compared to a ravaged Newcastle unit, who were once again forced to dip into the club's academy ranks to fill the bench at St James' Park.

Nevertheless, Eddie Howe's decimated side were a class above Erik ten Hag's tepid troops on a freezing cold North East evening and got their just rewards in the second half, when the lively Anthony Gordon met a Kieran Trippier ball into the six-yard box to tap home at the back stick.

Ten Hag's men had enjoyed a revival of sorts in the top flight heading into the festive period, prevailing in five of their previous six top-flight battles and keeping clean sheets in three on the trot before making the trip to Tyneside, but the under-fire Dutchman was under no illusions that his side were second best all evening long.

Also reeling from another Champions League capitulation versus Galatasaray, Man United have been bumped down to seventh in the Premier League table ahead of the midweek round of fixtures, five points below Aston Villa in fourth place and only boasting 16 league goals in 2023-24 - by far the worst attacking return from any top-half team.

Eight of those strikes have come at the hosts' Theatre of Dreams headquarters, where only two of their last five Premier League games have ended with Man United coming out on the correct end of the scoreline, and if gameweek 14 is anything to go by, the Red Devils could take a leaf out of Chelsea's book when it comes to showing grit and determination.

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Manu go hear am.

An explosive encounter!

Come on blues! Let's cook today!

Two fail teams facing each other

Draw

As a United Fan, l'm not emotional vested in this match! The coach and the players are RUBBISH!

Wotowoto seasoning

onana is a BASKET 🧺 🤣 😂 😑 😀

Ngozi Utd 0 Ogogoro FC 3
Mudryk
Nucholas Jackson
Enzo Fernandez.

Beating for you know who

I want a Draw.

EPIC BATTLE of the 2 dead teams

Onana vs Jackson. kpekus vs dead gboola. This two teams are unpredictable

Draw soup.

Man U are in big trouble if you ask me

Two faltering titans

2-1 FT

The battle of the finished ,,, whichever team loses is completely finished

This will be a very interesting one.

Both teams never get themselves this season.

Looks like anybody's game.

But as the number one Chelsea Fan(s) for West Africa,
We will say...

BLUES FOR LIFE.

Come on boys,
We can do it.
#WeBelieveInOurYoung Team

Once upon a time, this would have been a classic. But now, it is just one of the matches.

Man city is also having a match this evening and yet, it's not on FP.
I've noticed this almost evetime they're having match unless they're playing against a popular/big club. Seems the mods are having personal beef with the club

Lmao.... so OP don open thread since September 21?? Wtf 🤣

[quote author=Chibuzoripob post=127349754] onana is a BASKET.
[quote/] In Rihanna's voice: Onana, what's my name?

Make Chelsea destroy Man U!

One thing i like Chelsea fans is their blind optimism. Whenever they pick 3 points after a long while they begin to see themselves as a top club that can win anybody irrespective of the match venue. After drawing man city they thought they can win anybody until Newcastle happened to them. Let me be real, ur best result tonight will be a draw.

This would have been a classic game in the good old days, still it's going to be interesting... Meanwhile experience an endless journey of music with the oraimo spacepods.