Manchester United v Chelsea: Best bets for all Sunday's Premier League and Championship games

Back proven star quality to shine through the fog at Old Trafford.

are yet again in transition as they welcome (4.30pm) after dumping Erik ten Hag.

Just spare a thought for the ante-post punters who had Gary O’Neil for the Sack Race at 20/1. Hard to know what more your lad could have done.

United interim gaffer Ruud van Nistelrooy would have loved a run at this Chelsea defence, whose whimsical nature not surprisingly extends to the B team, exposed in the 2-0 midweek defeat at United.

Playing out from the back looks like genius, right up until it doesn’t.

It’s not certain today’s hosts have an aggressive press in their locker – but Chelsea definitely have a fresh-as-a-daisy Cole Palmer in theirs. Boss Enzo Maresca made 11 changes from the last Prem action for the Carabao outing at Toon.

Precious gem Palmer’s only been asked to make 11 starts for club and country since the Euros.

United’s golden oldie has made 17, but is fresh enough at 6/5 (Paddy) ‘score or assist’ against this potentially iffy backline.

And 12/1 (BetVic) that ‘Palmer scores assisted by Nicolas Jackson’ could be jolly – that combo has paid out in three games this season already.

With the nights drawing in, a bit of sunny optimism couldn’t hurt when host Aston Villa (2pm).

The stats say Spurs’ Pedro Porro takes a very glass-half-full view on long shots. The 16/1 (Hills) ‘Porro scores from outside the box’ is too short really, but a fun worldie.

Villa’s Ollie Watkins ‘anytime scorer’ is more serious stuff at a solid 15/8 and ‘scores a header’ is glorious at 11/1 (both Unibet).

After a bright start, 10 out of the past 11 games have been ‘UNDER 2.5 goals’ – and the Clarets travel to Millwall (3pm) off the back of three ‘no goalscorer’ results in the most recent six.

When a pot-shotting midfielder is your top scorer, all the evidence is in – but five-goal Josh Brownhill still looks a fair enough ‘anytime’ shout at 8/1 (Paddy) and ‘scores from outside box’ at 18/1 (Bet365).

Over in Italy, trust big Marcus Thuram at 5/4 (Unibet) ‘anytime scorer’ when Inter MIlan host leaky Venezia in Serie A (7.45pm).

Last time: Winners at 5/1, 13/10 and 11/4