Chelsea vs. Manchester United: Combined XI | Premier League 2020-21

Forwards: Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Edinson Cavani (Manchester United), Timo Werner (Chelsea)

Marcus Rashford should now be seen as Manchester United's most dangerous attacker.

Choosing a front three for this side was tricky, largely because Chelsea have a simply ludicrous amount of options to pick from.

However, the first two choices here come from Manchester United.

Marcus Rashford – given his preferred slot on the left side of the attack – is a definite for this team. Thus far, he’s enjoyed a fantastic season, delivering nine goals and six assists in his 25 Premier League appearances thus far.

Still only 23 years old, it’s probably fair to say that the England international is now Manchester United’s most dangerous attacker, period.

And while his finishing still isn’t the best at times, he’s capable of the spectacular, as we saw in his recent goal against Newcastle United.

In terms of central strikers, the choice was between United’s Edinson Cavani, Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham and his more experienced teammate Olivier Giroud.

Giroud actually has the best goals to games ratio of the trio, scoring four in 13 appearances compared to six in 17 for Cavani and six in 20 for Abraham.

However, the French veteran doesn’t really offer the same kind of threat as Cavani does.

More of a target-man, Giroud is good at getting onto the end of crosses, but Cavani is capable of scoring from anywhere. The Uruguayan adds more to a team’s attack overall – as is visible by his two assists.

In time, Abraham – who is far younger than his competitors here – may outstrip both men, but right now, Cavani is the best bet to spearhead this side’s attack.

Finally, in a somewhat controversial call, we’ve gone for Chelsea’s Timo Werner.

Sure, it’s fair to suggest that the German has not really hit the ground running at Stamford Bridge. In fact, he recently broke a long goalless streak by scoring against Sheffield United.

But Werner still has five goals and five assists this season, a better record than United’s Mason Greenwood and Anthony Martial, as well as his Blues teammates like Hakim Ziyech, Christian Pulisic, and Callum Hudson-Odoi.

And with his ability to play on either side, it’s easy to imagine him being able to switch sides with Rashford at the drop of a hat to give an opposing defense even more problems.

Given more time to settle in, it’s likely that Werner will live up to his potential – but already, he’s done enough to warrant a spot in this side’s attack.

Our combined Chelsea/Manchester United XI looks like this.