Manchester United vs Chelsea simulated to get a Premier League score prediction

Chelsea face Premier League top-four hopefuls Manchester United tonight (Thursday) with the Blues able to put a massive dent in United's top-four hopes Christian Pulisic's late goal handed Chelsea a 1-0 win over West Ham United in their last Premier League outing, keeping Thomas Tuchel's side five points ahead of fourth place with a game in hand. A win against Man United on Thursday night will move the Blues one step closer to confirming a Champions League spot for next season.

United will see this clash with Chelsea as a must-win game, with defeat to the Blues potentially leaving United six points behind fourth-place having played two games more. Ahead of the game, Thomas Tuchel has been handed a boost in defence.

After missing the West Ham game last weekend, Reece James and Antonio Rudiger could return to the Chelsea squad after returning to training this week. Ben Chilwell, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ross Barkley and Mateo Kovacic are confirmed absentees, whilst Andreas Christensen may be fit, despite being ill this week.

So, what line-up will Tuchel select? And, what could the final score be? We used FIFA 22 to get a score prediction for Manchester United vs Chelsea on Thursday evening and this is what happened...

We used kick-off mode in FIFA 22, but didn't select a team to control, we then selected the teams and watched the match play out by itself, to give us a score prediction.

We predict that United could set up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with their line-up as follows:

We predict that Chelsea could set up in a 3-4-1-2 formation, with their line-up as follows:

United started on top at Old Trafford, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford causing problems down the Chelsea left. Despite their dominance in the early