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In the last 10 meetings between Chelsea and Manchester United,
only once has the team that scored first, gone on to lose the game and that
happened very recently on March 1, 2011.

So if this skirmish results to time-tested variables between
these two club sides, then expect a very cagey affair and a score-line that
will likely read 2-1, 1-0 or 0-0 at the end of the first 90 minutes at Stamford
Bridge.

At the time that United beat Chelsea in that 2008 Moscow final,
the Red Devils were coasting home with the league title and were nine points
ahead of Chelsea, who had a game in hand. This season, United are 11 points
from Chelsea with a game in hand so do the omens favour a United win?

Also while Alex Ferguson’s men could still win the treble,
Chelsea can only realistically aim for the Champions League. Chelsea though,
boasts of a fine record against United, they are undefeated in their last nine
Premier League games with six of them being victories.

United have more
experience

All these matches are always hard fought and as Nemanja Vidic
said on United’s website, maybe United’s luck at the Bridge will change today.
“I think our performances in the last two or three years away were really good.
Now I’m thinking maybe we should play badly and win the game!

Maybe that’s the name of the game now!”

“Obviously, we’ve been unlucky in a few games and I hope this
time we have that luck and come back with a good result.”

Manchester United boasts the best defence in Europe this season,
having conceded only two goals but have been low scorers too with only nine
goals scored.

Also, the Red Devils can say that out of 16 quarterfinal
matches, they have won 11 and lost five, though Chelsea boasts of a good record
on the continent in the last five years -making the semi-final on four
occasions out of five. But Carlo Ancelotti believes it may be their destiny
that 2011 could finally be the year that Chelsea triumphs in Europe considering
the failure or ill-luck of Moscow.

Ancelotti said in today’s pre-match press conference, “John
Terry is not happy about what he lost in that game and that could be a good
motivation because this could be a destiny.” Enough has been said, let the
fireworks be lit.