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Chelsea take on Manchester United in tonight's big game at Stamford Bridge after the original clash was postponed before Christmas.

Premier League / Matchday 18
Stamford Bridge / 01.03.2011
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19:15
Hernandez scored in his first competitive game for United against Chelsea in this season's Community Shield.
19:12
Drogba misses out again for Chelsea with Ramires likely to be asked to play on the right-hand side of midfield. Torres has a good record against United - three goals in his last four Premier League appearances against them.
19:10
Ferguson must've been impressed with the performance at Wigan but top scorer Berbatov is left kicking his heels again on the bench. Hernandez, who scored twice at the DW Stadium, will look to get in behind John Terry and David Luiz.
19:09
As expected, both Ashley Cole and Wayne Rooney start despite being in the headlines for the wrong reasons over the weekend.
19:08
Chelsea's subs: Drogba, McEachran, Mikel, Bosingwa, Zhirkov, Turnbull, Kalou.
19:05
United's substitutes are: Brown, Berbatov, Giggs, Fabio, Rafael, Kuszczak, Gibson.
19:02
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TEAMS: CHELSEA: Cech; Ivanovic, Cole, Luiz, Terry; Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Malouda; Anelka, Torres. MAN UTD: Van der Sar; O'Shea, Evra, Vidic, Smalling; Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes; Nani, Rooney, Hernandez. Subs to follow.
19:00
So United will line up with van der Sar; O'Shea, Evra, Vidic, Smalling; Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes; Nani, Rooney, Hernandez. Chelsea's full team to follow with all the subs.
18:58
It's the first time in 165 matches that Sir Alex Ferguson has named an unchanged XI.
18:57
Nicolas Anelka and Fernando Torres start in attack for the hosts.
18:56
United look set to announce an unchanged line-up with Javier Hernandez getting the nod ahead of Dimitar Berbatov and John O'Shea continuing at right-back.
18:55
Referee Martin Atkinson, who officiated this fixture last term, has awarded the most penalties (10) and brandished the most red cards (9) in the Premier League this season.
18:53
United have the best attack in the Premier League, having scored 61 goals while Chelsea have the best defence, shipping just 22.
18:50
United have not won on their last eight trips to Stamford Bridge and Chelsea did the double over them last season.
18:49
We'll have the two line-ups as soon as they're confirmed. There's rumours circulating about United's XI doing the rounds but nothing official as of yet.
18:47
It's a huge game for both clubs but the Blues really need to win if they are to have any sort of hope of retaining the Premier League trophy.