Chelsea da Manchester United za sabunta ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin hamayya a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi ranar Asabar, 31 Oktoba 2026, lokacin da ƙungiyoyin biyu suka hadu a Stamford Bridge a wasan Ranar 9 na Premier League — wasa mai muhimman sakamako ga kowace ɓangare.

Farkon da bai dace ba na Chelsea

Chelsea na Xabi Alonso sun yi wasa mai hauhawar sa a mawuyacin yanayi a yayin 2026/27, suna da nasara shida, nasara huɗu da ɗaya za tsayawa. Uku daga cikin waɗannan hasarori sun zo daga kishiyoyin London — Arsenal, Brentford da Tottenham Hotspur. Ta huɗu ta zo a tsakiyar mako, lokacin da Chelsea suka fita daga Carabao Cup a zagaye na huɗu da Liverpool — bayan tsayawa ta 1-1 da kuma hasara a bugun daga kai a yadi 6-5.

Wannan fita ta biyo hasara mai ɗaci ta 2-0 da Tottenham Hotspur a karshen mako, sakamako da ya fitar da Chelsea daga manyan huɗu kuma ya nuna gaggawar sauya yanayi a Stamford Bridge.

Jerin rashin nasara na United

Manchester United sun iso yamma ta London a matsayin mai damuwa, da nasara biyu kawai a wasanni 12 na wannan lokaci. Ƙungiyar Michael Carrick tana rufe a jerin wasanni takwas ba tare da nasara ba — biyar daga cikinsu sun ƙare da hasara — gami da da kashi 4-1 a gidan kawar da Como a UEFA Champions League, da kuma wulakanci 3-0 a gida da Bournemouth makon da ya wuce.

Rayan, Marcus Tavernier, da Evanilson duka sun zira ƙwallaye ga Bournemouth, suka ba United hasararsu ta shida a duk gasa a wannan lokaci, suna ajiye ƙungiyar a matsayi na 16 a Premier League. Nasara ranar Asabar za ta zama ta farko ta United a cikin kwana 51.

Tarihin ɗimbin alƙaluma na kai da kai

A wasanni 195 na da, Manchester United suna jagorantar jerin tarihi da nasara 83 a kan Chelsea na 57, da kuma tsayawa 55. Duk da haka, Chelsea sun yi nasara biyu kawai daga cikin wasanninsu na ƙarshe 17 na Premier League da United — dukkansu a Stamford Bridge, 4-3 a 2023/24 da 1-0 a lokacin da ya biyo baya.

United sun sami nasara da komawa da Chelsea a lokacin da ya gabata. Bruno Fernandes da Casemiro sun buge a rabi na farko na wasan farko don ba United nasara ta 2-1 — Trevoh Chalobah ya rage bambancin a minti na 80, ko da yake kora ta farko ta mai tsaron ƙofar Robert Sanchez ta yi tsada. Sannan bugun Matheus Cunha a minti na 43 ya tabbatar da nasara ta 1-0 a wasan dawowa a Stamford Bridge. Nasara ranar Asabar za ta ba United nasara uku a jere na Premier League a kan Chelsea na farko tun lokacin 1965/66.

Jigon 'yan wasa da za a kalla

Morgan Rogers ya zama daya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasa na Chelsea tun lokacin isowarsa da kudin rekodi na £117 miliyan daga Aston Villa. Dan wasan kasa da kasa na Ingilishi mai shekara 24 ya bada gudunmawa da ƙwallaye huɗu da taimako huɗu a wannan lokaci. Ƙwararren dan wasan tsakiya mai ƙarfi da iya karya layin tsaron da ɓarnar jiki, Rogers ya ci sau biyu a kan Manchester United a shekarar da ta gabata a lokacin da yake sanya rigar Aston Villa.

Cole Palmer shima ya dawo da matsayinsa na asali bayan lokaci mai wahala na raunuka. Ɗan wasan da aka horar a Manchester City mai shekara 24 ya ci ƙwallaye huɗu kuma ya ba da taimako uku, yana wasa a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya mai kula da tsarin wasa a ƙananan wurare.

A gefen Manchester United, Bryan Mbeumo shine fitaccen dan wasa a wannan lokaci da ƙwallaye huɗu da taimako guda ɗaya. Sauri, ɓarna da iya bugun ƙoli na dan wasa mai shekara 27 ya sa shi barazana ta yau da kullum — Chelsea za su lura musamman da Mbeumo, wanda ya ci ƙwallaye uku kuma ya ba da taimako uku a wasanninsa na ƙarshe biyar na Premier League a kansu.

Bruno Fernandes, ko da yake yana ƙasa da matsayinsa na saba, ya ba da gudunmawa da ƙwallaye huɗu da taimako guda ɗaya. Ɗan wasan Fotigal mai shekara 32 yana da tarihi mai ƙarfi a kan Chelsea — ƙwallaye biyar da taimako biyu gabaɗaya — kuma salon nasa mai ƙarfi da hangen nesa zai iya zama mai yanke hukunci.

Labarin ƙungiyoyin

Chelsea za su yi wasa ba tare da Joao Pedro ba, wanda ya samu rauni a cinya a lokacin horo kuma ba a sa ran dawowa kafin ƙarshen Nuwamba. An sa ran Danny Welbeck — tsohon ɗan wasan Manchester United — ya maye gurbinsa a cikin ƙungiyar farko. Mai tsaron ƙofar Emiliano Martínez yana ci gaba da kasancewa ba tare da kayan aiki saboda rauni na fuska ba, kyaftin Reece James ba zai dawo ba a wannan lokaci, kuma Maxence Lacroix ya fita daga fagen wasa yana tafiya a Anfield a ranar Laraba da matsalar tsoka. Palmer, wanda ya kashe dakatar sa na wasa daya a cikin hasara na Carabao Cup da Liverpool, ya dawo zuwa ƙungiyar.

United za su rasa Patrick Dorgu, Luke Shaw, Benjamin Sesko, da Manual Ugarte. An sa ran Fernandes ya dawo bayan Carrick ya tsige shi ga wasan Bournemouth saboda dalilan da ya kira «na ƙwallon ƙafa kawai». Kobbie Mainoo ya dawo horon kuma yana iya kasancewa cikin lissafin, yayin da Marcus Rashford yana iya zama dace bayan gwajin ƙarfin ƙarshe amma mai yuwuwa zai fara daga benci.

Yuwuwar layukan farawa

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Penders; Acheampong, Fofana, Colwill, Hato; Henderson, Caicedo; Neto, Palmer, Rogers; Welbeck

Man United (4-2-3-1): Lammens; Yoro, Maguire, Martínez, Dalot; Mainoo, Baleba; Diallo, Fernandes, Cunha; Mbeumo