Chelsea — Manchester United 2:0, 31 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 9 Saturday 31 October · 12:30 UTC

Chelsea 4th · 16 pts WLWWL

2 : 0 1st half 0:0

Manchester United 17th · 7 pts LLDDD

Stamford Bridge · referee P. Bankes

Match predictionSafe

Manchester United to stay within two goals

92% · Manchester United are winless in 7 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Manchester United to stay within two goals”, and the match finished 2:0.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Chelsea 46% draw 23% Manchester United 31%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Chelsea win, and the match finished 2:0. Fans backed Chelsea win — they got it right.

fans 77 votes

Chelsea 52% draw 13% Manchester United 35%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

M. Rogers assist: R. Lavia 1-0 50'

K. Mainoo for C. Baleba 58'

L. Martinez 59'

L. Martinez 63'

C. Palmer penalty 2-0 64'

H. Maguire 65'

A. Heaven for Andrey Santos 66'

M. Mount for M. Cunha 66'

K. Mainoo 70'

P. Chavarria for M. Palestra 74'

J. Zirkzee for A. Diallo 77'

B. Mbeumo 81'

J. Zirkzee 86'

M. Gusto for Estevao 87'

V. Barco for P. Neto 87'

D. Welbeck for M. Caicedo 87'

M. Penders 90+3'

G. Quenda for C. Palmer 90+7'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Chelsea 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Manchester United

Mike Penders  
Josh Acheampong  3 Wesley Fofana  6 Levi Colwill  2 Marco Palestra  
Roméo Lavia  25 Moisés Caicedo  
Estêvão  10 Cole Palmer  17 Morgan Rogers  
Pedro Neto  

Bryan Mbeumo  
Amad Diallo  8 Bruno Fernandes  10 Matheus Cunha  
Carlos Baleba  17 Andrey Santos  
Leny Yoro  5 Harry Maguire  6 Lisandro Martínez  2 Diogo Dalot  
Senne Lammens  

Chelsea bench

18Danny Welbeck
22Emmanuel Emegha
23Geovany Quenda
32Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli
27Malo Gusto
37Olutayo Subuloye
29Pep Chavarría
28Teddy Sharman-Lowe
4Valentín Barco

Manchester United bench

26Ayden Heaven
11Joshua Zirkzee
12Karl Darlow
37Kobbie Mainoo
7Mason Mount
4Matthijs de Ligt
3Noussair Mazraoui
31Shea Lacey
18Youri Tielemans

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

59%Possession41%

18Shots12

9Shots on target5

6Shots off target4

3Blocked shots3

13Shots inside box7

5Shots outside box5

103Attacks73

62Dangerous attacks38

8Corners7

3Offsides2

8Fouls20

1Yellow cards6

0Red cards1

3Saves7

541Passes379

478Accurate passes293

21Free kicks12

16Throw-ins14

4Goal kicks9

1Penalties0

Chelsea

Manchester UnitedThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Chelsea and Manchester United met on matchday 9 of the Premier League on 31 October at Stamford Bridge. Final score — 2:0.

Chelsea sit 4th on 16 points after 9 matches (5 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses). Manchester United sit 17th on 7 points after 9 matches (1 win, 4 draws, 4 losses), winless in 7 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Chelsea won 0, Manchester United won 2. Aggregate score — 1:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Chelsea last five Manchester United

WLWWL form LLDDD

9 Matches 9

5 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 4 — 4

19 — 15 Scored — conceded 10 — 15

1.78 Points per game 0.78

2.11 Goals scored per game 1.11

2 Clean sheets 0

2 Failed to score 4

unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 7

Chelsea at home: 5 matches, 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 13—8, 2 points per match.

Manchester United away: 5 matches, 0 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses, goals 4—8, 0.6 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Chelsea wins 0 draws 2 Manchester United wins goals 1:3 Chelsea — Manchester United

18/04/2026	Chelsea — Manchester United	0:1	Premier League
20/09/2025	Manchester United — Chelsea	2:1	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	6	1	2	24—7	19
4	Chelsea	9	5	1	3	19—15	16
5	Everton	10	4	4	2	12—10	16
…
17	Coventry City	10	3	0	7	10—19	9
18	Manchester United	9	1	4	4	10—15	7
19	Crystal Palace	9	2	1	6	9—21	7

Full Premier League table

Chelsea — Manchester United, 31 October 2026, 12:30 UTC : score 2:0