Scholes and Neville expect chaos in Chelsea vs Man Utd with six-goal thriller predicted at Stamford Bridge

Manchester United make the trip down South this Saturday to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in an 8pm kick-off.

The fifth-placed Blues could cut their gap to third-placed United to just four points with a win.

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Both sides will enter the contest in faltering form, with United claiming only four points from their last four matches.

Michael Carrick’s perfect record as interim manager came to an end with a 2-1 away defeat to Newcastle on March 4. Then, despite bouncing back with a comfortable 3-1 win over Aston Villa in the subsequent clash, the Reds went on to drop points by drawing 2-2 with Bournemouth and losing to Leeds United on Monday .

As for Liam Rosenior’s Chelsea side, they are enduring a particularly challenging run, having lost four of their last five games.

Such dismal results saw the London outfit drop out of the Champions League places (the Premier League are confirmed to have five as things stand) and into the Europa League qualification spot, with Liverpool now on track to beat them to the UCL.

Alas, it goes without saying that the encounter is a must-win for the hosts and United – but Paul Scholes and Gary Neville reckon both will be winless come full-time.

The last four Premier League results between the clubs

Instead, the treble-winners believe that United and Chelsea will conjure up a six-goal thriller, resulting in a 3-3 draw.

When reeling off their predictions for matchweek 32 on the latest Stick to Football episode, Neville said: “I think I’m going to… What do you think, Scholsey, a draw? We think [a] draw.”

Scholes responded: “I’m not sure how they’re going to win. I think they’ll draw, though. Big scoring, 3-3 .”

“We’re going to go for a draw. We’re going to go 3-3,” the former right-back concluded.

Meanwhile, Ian Wright and Roy Keane decided on a 2-1 home win for Chelsea.

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