3-4-3 Chelsea’s predicted line up vs Man United: Eden Hazard to once again play as the striker?

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Chelsea travel to Manchester this Sunday to take on United in this week’s most high profile encounter in the English Premier League.

The Blues came up with a gritty performance against Barcelona in midweek keeping the scoreline to 1-1 but Antonio Conte’s men have surely come out of that match with a lot of confidence. Chelsea have the change to take the second spot on the league table if they manage to beat Manchester United this Sunday with a big margin. We take a look at Chelsea’s predicted line up vs Man United.

CHELSEA TEAM NEWS:

Antonio Conte would want to reshuffle his defensive line a bit and the first thing he needs to do is give a much-deserved rest to Rudiger. David Luiz is still sidelined with an injury meaning that the Italian manager can only change one of his three central defenders who played against Barcelona. We have a feeling it is going to be Rudiger who will make way for Gary Cahill.

Both Tiemoue Bakayoko and Ross Barkley will be unavailable due to respective injuries meaning that the duo of Kante and Cesc Fabregas will be in central midfield against Manchester United. Moses and Marcos Alonso will retain their places.

Eden Hazard who played as the lone striker in against Barcelona in midweek will return back to his familiar position on the left wing as Alvaro Morata is set to return back to his striker’s role. Willian who scored the only goal for Chelsea against the Catalans and also hit the bar on two occasions is a guaranteed started against United which means Pedro will fall to the substitutes bench.

CHELSEA’S PREDICTED LINE UP VS MAN UNITED:

Goalkeeper: Courtois.

Defence: Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill.

Midfield: Alonso, Kante, Fabregas, Moses.

Attack: Hazard, Morata, Willian.

Chelsea's predicted line up vs Man United
Chelsea’s predicted line up vs Man United

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