Team news
Chelsea centre-back Antonio Rudiger withdrew from the Germany squad with a groin injury during the international break, but will be hopeful of recovering in time.
United will want to have Luke Shaw and former Blues midfielder Nemanja Matic available. Both players missed international duty due to ankle injuries but returned to training this week.
Marouane Fellaini did not feature in Belgium’s friendly against Holland on Tuesday, but Roberto Martinez insists he ‘should be fine’.
Jesse Lingard, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo are all back in training – but only Lingard is in contention to return to action on Saturday.
HEAD TO HEAD
Chelsea have won four and lost two of their last six competitive meetings with Manchester United, but at Stamford Bridge they have proven almost unbeatable against the Red Devils. They have lost just one of their last 16 home Premier League games against them, winning ten times. No other side have beaten Manchester United more times than Chelsea, and they haven't won at Stamford Bridge since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement five years ago.
CHELSEA VS MANCHESTER UNITED STATS
Games between Chelsea and Manchester United in the Premier League have produced 232 yellow cards – 17 more than any other fixture in the competition’s history.
Chelsea are looking to remain unbeaten in their first nine games to a Premier League season for the third time, also doing so in their title winning seasons of 2005-06 and 2014-15.
Manchester United have lost three of their last six Premier League away games, winning two and drawing one.
Manchester United have lost eight of their last 13 Premier League games in London (W4 D1) – as many as they’d lost in their previous 39 visits to the capital (W18 D13 L8).
Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has lost four of his last five away matches in all competitions against sides he’s formerly managed, including all three at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea as Man Utd manager.
As well as being the highest scorer in the Premier League this season with seven goals, Chelsea’s Eden Hazard is the first player to record 10 goal involvements in the competition this season (7 goals, 3 assists).
Predicted line-ups
Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Willian, Giroud, Hazard.
Man United: De Gea, Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Young, Fellaini, Matic, Pogba, Rashford, Lukaku, Sanchez