Venue: Old Trafford Sunday, January 11th 2009 Kick-Off:16:00 Subscribe to Sky Now

Manchester United welcome Chelsea to Old Trafford later today in this Premiership Fixture, which can be seen Live on Sky Sports with a 16:00pm Kick Off Time.

A huge game to look forward to later today with two of the top two Premiership Teams going head to head in what looks certain to be a game packed full of incident.

If Alex Ferguson and his Manchester United team were to somehow beat Chelsea today, they would only be a solitary one point behind Big Phil Scolari's side and have two games in hand. This would put them in perfect position to chase Liverpool home in the final few months of the Season.

However, Manchester United fans will be demanding a lot more passion and creativity from their players later today than they saw against the loss to Derby midweek in the Carling Cup and although a lot of the blame can rest with the Manager's decision to play an under strength side these would be game that the Red Devils would be winning with ease usualy.

Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov were both rested for that game midweek and both are certain to start up front today as Ferguson opts to play his strongest side possible. Edwin van der Sar will return between the posts, while Rio Ferdinand will partner Nemanja Vidic at the heart of United's defence providing he can shrug off a recent back complaint. Gary Neville will also likely start and add some vital experience in his usual right back position.

Big Phil Scolari would like nothing better than to return from Old Trafford with the scalp of Manchester United and although that is entirely possible his team will need to improve on recent displays if they are to have any chance of making that happen.

Chelsea have dropped points in three of their last four Premiership Fixtures against Fulham, Everton and West Ham although their away form has been completely different and has seen them pick up an incredible nine victories in a row.

John Terry will return to the heart of the defence after serving his three match suspension and Michael Ballack also looks set to take up his place alongside Lampard in the Midfield. What is an interesting and shocking factor is that despite Anelka currently leading the Premiership Top Goal Scoring table with sixteen goals he looks likely to be dropped by Big Phil Scolari and replaced by Drogba up front, a decision that is very odd to say the least and one that could end up costing Chelsea this game.

Freebetinfo Prediction

Man United 2-1 Chelsea @ 11.00 Sky Bet