PAUL SCHOLES believes Manchester United will lose their vital Premier League clash with Chelsea tomorrow.
Jose Mourinho takes his side to Stamford Bridge on Saturday desperate for a win to revive hopes of fighting it out in the top four.
Paul Scholes predicts Manchester United will lose at Chelsea this weekendPA:Press Association
United are already seven points adrift of the leaders and five outside of the Champions League qualifying places – so defeat could inflict a major blow on their hopes for the remainder of the season.
But United legend Scholes fears his old club are going to come away from West London empty-handed.
Asked for his tip on Robbie Savage’s Premier League Breakfast on Five Live, Scholes said: “One-nil Chelsea.”
Fellow guest Ben Thornley, a Class of 92 team-mate at United and still working for the club, predicted a 2-1 win for Mourinho’s side.
Scholes was sharing his predictions with former United team-mate Ben Thornley – who insists the Reds can beat Chelsea 2-1PA:Empics Sport
Jose Mourinho is desperate to get the United season up and running after a faltering startPA:Empics Sport
And Scholes responded: “Tell the truth Ben.”
Scholes, an open critic of United this season, added: “When you got to Stamford Bridge when the team is flying and full of confidence, it’s always going to be a hard game.
“Chelsea look very good at the moment, although United can take confidence from the second half against Newcastle. It may have only been against a team second from bottom of the league, but they can grasp on to something.
“There was that penalty and then a fine David De Gea save, so United really could have been 4-0 down at half-time.
“They have to take confidence from that second half which was really good and probably the best of the season.
“But Chelsea is a different story. I just hope we are defensively right and that may then give the forwards a chance to win the game.”
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