Man Utd vs Chelsea LIVE: Latest Premier League updates

Chelsea welcome back Reece James and Marc Cucurella from suspension this evening, but will be missing Conor Gallagher after his sending off against Brighton. Mauricio Pochettino’s side are the most booked team in the league, which the manager puts down to rules that he finds “difficult to understand”.

This fixture, and indeed all of the Premier League action tonight and tomorrow, will be available to viewers in the United Kingdom on Amazon Prime. But the English top flight’s relationship with the broadcaster will not continue beyond 2025: Sky Sports and TNT Sports have struck a £6.7bn deal, with Amazon understood not to have bid for either of the packages available.

It should, though, be noted that Manchester United have been more successful this season than their opponents. It’s been an uneven start to Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea premiership, with injuries, unavailability and inconsistency plaguing the former Tottenham boss, but the weekend win at Brighton offered plenty of encouragement.

In better news for the Old Trafford club, we are expecting confirmation to come early next week that Sir Jim Ratcliffe has completed a deal for a minority stake in Manchester United.

So what does Erik ten Hag do now? Richard Jolly thinks forging a siege mentality may not be the worst idea, but the club need to accept the reality of the situation ahead of a crucial period of fixtures against some of the Premier League’s top sides.

And here is what Erik ten Hag had to say on the matter.

It’s been another weird week in a season full of them at Manchester United, with the club taking action against a number of media outlets that reported that Erik ten Hag had lost the faith of the dressing room. Four reporters were banned from Ten Hag’s press conference yesterday.

The Independent’s Richard Jolly was there, though, and has the full story:

Jonny Evans, Christian Eriksen, Amad Diallo and Mason Mount all have injuries and are unliekly to feature though they are recovering well. Lisandro Martinez, Tyrell Malacia and Casemiro are definitely still sidelined for Manchester United.

Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher is banned after being shown a second yellow card in the 3-2 victory over Brighton. Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah and Carney Chukwuemeka are injured but Reece James and Marc Cucurella are back from their suspensions.

Malo Gusto, Romeo Lavia and Christopher Nkunku could all be available as well.

Manchester United vs Chelsea is due to kick off at 8.15pm GMT on Wednesday 6 December at Old Trafford.

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Good evening and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of tonight’s Premier League action as Manchester United host Chelsea at Old Trafford.

Erik ten Hag’s men come into the match on the back of a 1-0 loss to Newcastle and rumours of turmoil inside the changing room. They are seventh in the table and could jump above the Magpies with a win against Mauricio Pochettino’s side this evening.

Chelsea, on the other hand, managed to overcome Brighton 3-2 at the weekend despite having Conor Gallagher sent off. It was a valuable win for the Blues who will be hoping to put on a successful festive run and get themselves into contention to fight for the European places.

We’ll have all the updates, team news and match action throughout the night so stick around as we build up to kick off at 8.15pm.