Manchester United will look to bounce back from their disappointing derby defeat at the hands of rivals Man City when they take on Chelsea in Game Week 5. The Red Devils weren’t involved in European action in midweek, while Chelsea lost 3-1 to Bayern in Munich. Here are the pundit predictions for this clash
Chris Sutton
Sutton says it’s hard to make a case for United winning this one, and backs Chelsea to take this 2-1, especially in the light of Cole Palmer returning to form.
Here is a look at the player ratings for Bayern Munich vs Chelsea from their September 2025 Champions League clash from the likes of German papers Bild and Kicker as well as French sports paper L’Equipe.
Bayern 3 (Chalobah own goal, Kane*2)
Chelsea 1 (Cole Palmer)
Chelsea will play Manchester United in the Premier League this weekend.
Bild player ratings Bayern vs Chelsea 2025 Champions League
(German system of rating, so 1 is very good, and 6 is very bad)
Bild had plenty of praise for Harry Kane and Vincent Kompany, giving the duo the best 1 rating. For Chelsea, they thought Cole Palmer and keeper Robert Sanchez were the best CFC players at the Allianz Arena.
Here’s a look at the Premier League Team of the Week for Round 4 of the 25/26 season from the big media outlets (BBC and Alan Shearer)
BBC Team of the Week (MD4 25/26 season) from Deeney
Donnarumma (Man City)
Timber (Arsenal), Mukiele (Sunderland), Romero (Spurs), Mings (Villa)
Caicedo (Chelsea), Sarr (Spurs), Zubimendi (Arsenal)
Schade (Brentford), Foden and Haaland (both Man City)
Man City dominate the BBC’s PL TOTW for GW4, with three representatives in the form of debutant goalkeeper Donnarumma and Phil Foden and Erling Haaland. Arsenal and Spurs also have two reps each (Timber and Zubimendi for AFC & Romero and Sarr for THFC), with Sunderland, Villa, Brentford and Chelsea having one each.