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Chelsea v Man Utd Odds: Back returning Lampard to score anytime in Premiership betting

Get the latest betting preview and odds for the rearranged Chelsea v Man Utd match taking place on Tuesday 1st March 2011.

Sunday afternoon's live Premier League kick off promises to be a key match in the title race as Chelsea host Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea had started the season like a runaway train but have since fallen away, while unbeaten United have gone about their business impressively to top the table. Paddy Power make Chelsea favourites at odds of 6/5, with a United win slightly longer at 12/5, with the draw a 9/5 bet.

Chelsea have drawn their last three league matches to leave themselves in fourth place, three points behind United having played a game more, but should be boosted by the return of Frank Lampard on Sunday. Lampard should start for Chelsea for the first time in three months and he could be a key man in helping them turn a corner, with his odds scoring anytime looking good value with PaddyPower at 11/4. Chelsea have an impressive record against United at home as they have won five and drawn four of the last nine, and the draw could be the way to go on Sunday.

Chelsea will be missing Yuri Zhirkov, Yossi Benayouon and Alex, but boast an impressive record of having scored in 28 of their last 29 home matches. Last season's top scorer Didier Drogba has shown glimpses of returning to form and is odds on 9/2 favourite to score first after notching two in two games. However, he has a poor return against United with one goal in nine appearances and Chelsea have conceded the first goal in six of their last eight Premier League matches. United on the other hand have scored first in 11 of 16 matches this term and Wayne Rooney, at odds of 6/1 to score first, looks better value if he can build on his recent improvements in form.

The double result of a half time time Man United win and full time draw looks good value as well with PaddyPower.com at 13/1 and could be worth a punt as United have traditionally been the quicker starters of the two.

Sir Alex Ferguson will be without the services of Michael Owen, Owen Hargreaves, Paul Scholes and Antonio Valencia though injury. His table-topping side could open up a six point lead over Chelsea with a win but will be cautious as they lost the corresponding fixture 1-0 last season. This term though they are unbeaten in 16 league matches and haven't lost away from home since February, and the draw on Sunday is tempting with the correct scoreline of 1-1 looking good at odds of 5/1.

The Premier League clash between these two sides rarely lives up to the billing and is unlikely to be a high scoring thriller like the 'El Clasico' recently was when Barcelona destroyed Real Madrid 5-0 in La Liga. It could be a case of both sides cancelling each other out with no side willing to risk losing, and the odds of exactly two goals in the match could be worth a punt at 12/5, or alternatively you could go for the draw at 13/5 with Chelsea at -1 in the handicap. In a side note, both Drogba and Rooney missed penalties last weekend and Paddy Power offer odds of 9/1 for a penalty to be missed by either side in the match on Sunday.

Chelsea v Man Utd Form

Check the season's statistics for both Chelsea and Man Utd, plus the odds ahead of Sunday's match.

Chelsea Stats | Man Utd Stats

Chelsea v Man Utd Tips

Tip #1: Frank Lampard to score anytime @ 11/4
Tip #2: Chelsea and Man Utd to draw 1-1 @ 5/1
Tip #3: Double result of Half Time Man Utd win and Full Time draw @ 13/1

Chelsea v Man Utd Odds

Match Betting

6/5 Chelsea
9/4 Draw
12/5 Man Utd

Correct Score Odds

11/2 Chelsea 1-0
9/1 Chelsea 2-0
15/2 Chelsea 2-1
7/1 Draw 0-0
5/1 Draw 1-1
13/1 Draw 2-2
9/1 Man Utd 1-0
14/1 Man Utd 2-0
10/1 Man Utd 2-1

First Goalscorer Odds

9/2 Didier Drogba
6/1 Jermaine Defoe
13/2 Dimitar Berbatov
13/2 No Goalscorer
7/1 Nicolas Anelka
7/1 Salomon Kalou
15/2 Frank Lampard
8/1 Javier Hernandez
8/1 Daniel Sturridge
9/1 Florent Malouda
10/1 Nani

Odds supplied by PaddyPower.com bookmakers, who provide a variety of betting markets for this match and the Premier League.

Posted: Friday, 17th December 2010
Author: Chris James
Tags: english premiership, chelsea, man united, frank lampard, paddypower,

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