Head to Head Duel Between Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Frank Lampard

DBasia.news –  The big game immediately created in the first week of the 2019-20 Premier League. Manchester United will host Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday (11/8) at 22:30 Western Indonesian Time. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Frank Lampard will fight tactics in the match.

Solskjaer, a former United striker in mid-1996-2007, had coached United from December 2018 to replace Jose Mourinho. While Lampard, a former Blues midfielder from 2001-2014, has only coached Chelsea this season to replace Maurizio Sarri.

Comparing the two in terms of head to head or duel statistics is certainly not relevant. Solskjaer is the striker with the task of scoring goals, while Lampard plays as a midfielder, although he is also productive at scoring goals.

However, for six years the two of them have met and faced each other with their respective teams. Judging from United’s official website, United with Solskjaer and Chelsea with Lampard have met each other 11 times.

Solskjaer is five wins and three defeats, while the remaining three draw. Solskjaer scored four goals and Lampard one goal. The total minutes of both of them during the match reached 367 minutes.

The two will meet each other again. This time their role is not to perform an all-out on the field, but a genius contest to find the best tactics to achieve victory.

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Manchester United 4-1 West Ham United – January 10, 1999

Lampard is a product of West Ham United’s academy and played in the first team from 1995 to 2001. In Man United’s historic treble season, The Hammers were United’s monthly at Old Trafford.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s United deadly striker duo, Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole, scored the first three goals before Solskjaer perfected it 4-0. Lampard only scored entertainment goals in the match.

Chelsea 0-3 Manchester United – 20 April 2002

Stamford Bridge became a friendly place for Man United in the 2001-02 Premier League season. Lampard only underwent his first season at Chelsea after being bought for £ 11 million from West Ham United. 

Five-star performance displayed Man United through a 3-0 victory via goals scored by Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Solskjaer. Man United are chasing the Premier League title, while Chelsea want to secure a place in the Champions League zone.

Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea – January 18, 2003

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Frank Lampard got off as a starter at Old Trafford. Chelsea had originally been superior through Eidur Gudjohnsen’s goal in the first half-hour. But, that advantage only lasted for eight minutes.

Carlo Cudicini, the Chelsea goalkeeper, made a mistake until David Beckham could provide an assist to Paul Scholes to score an equalizer. United won a dramatic victory through a late goal scored by Diego Forlan.