WEST HAM vs MANCHESTER UNITED – PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE!
- West Ham have won two of their last four home league games against Manchester United
- Manchester United have scored more Premier League goals against West Ham than any other side (94)
- Sebastien Haller has scored three of the Hammers’ six Premier League goals this term
- United have not kept an away league clean sheet since a 3-0 win at relegated Fulham in early February
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Cresswell, Diop, Ogbonna, Fredericks, Rice, Fornals, Noble, Yarmolenko, Anderson, Haller
Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Young, Matic, Pereira, McTominay, Mata, Rashford
Team news – Manchester United
13:15: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes nine changes from that dreadful Europa League match against Astana. I can’t put into words how bad that was for the neutral.
Anyway, Nemanja Matic and Marcus Rashford are the only survivors. No sign of Mason Greenwood, who is presumably injured.
Daniel James starts after recovering from a back problem.
Team news – West Ham
13:10: Manuel Pellegrini makes two changes to the West Ham side that drew 0-0 at Aston Villa.
Aaron Cresswell replaces the suspended Arthur Masuaku, while summer arrival Pablo Fornals comes in for the injured Manuel Lanzini.
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Bigger news
13:05: Well this has to be the signing of the summer – Roy Keane has joined Sky Sports’ punditry team for this season.
Keane has made clear his desire to return to management, but the Corkman couldn’t resist joining Graeme Souness to create the angriest punditry team ever assembled.
“I’ve worked with Sky Sports quite a few times over the years and it’s always been an experience I’ve enjoyed, so this makes absolute sense,” Keane said.
“It’s a game of opinions, I’ve never shied away from giving mine and that’s only going to continue this season. Sky Sports has always been famous for the heated debates – I look forward to starting a few more.”
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The sides
13:00: The starting XI’s arrive. Pablo Fornals starts for West Ham, while there’s no sign of Mason Greenwood in the Manchester United squad.
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Cresswell, Diop, Ogbonna, Fredericks, Rice, Fornals, Noble, Yarmolenko, Anderson, Haller.
Subs: Jiminez, Balbuena, Zabaleta, Snodgrass, Sanchez, Wilshere, Ajeti.
Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Young, Matic, Pereira, McTominay, Mata, Rashford.
Subs: Romero, Lingard, Rojo, Fred, Gomes, Tuanzebe, Chong.
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What’s on?
12:55: Plenty. Four Premier League fixtures this afternoon and four of the eight sides in action will be using Euston train station. Can’t see that going horribly wrong.
Sunday fixtures: West Ham vs Manchester United, Crystal Palace vs Wolves, Chelsea vs Liverpool and Arsenal vs Aston Villa.
I think we call that a veritable buffet of football. *Ticks off Word of the Day calendar*
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Afternoon
12:50: You here for the West Ham vs Manchester United match? Good, you’re in the right place. Congratulations.
How’s everyone feeling today? Few sore heads around I’m sure.
I had my first (and last) ever trip to the dog track last night. 12 races and not a single winner. That has to be a record of some kind?
Anyway, back to more important matters.
Fresh from their Europa League exploits – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side travel down to London for a clash against West Ham who, for my money, are flying under the radar in the battle for a top-six finish.
Manuel Pellegrini’s side haven’t tasted defeat since the opening day against Manchester City.
All the ingredients for a cracking Sunday fixture. Standby for team news.
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WEST HAM vs MANCHESTER UNITED – EARLY TEAM NEWS
West Ham’s long-term absentee Winston Reid could return for the under-23s next week or the week after.
The 31-year-old has been sidelined since his knee injury against Swansea almost a year and a half ago, but could be nearing a return.
Manuel Lanzini has a small problem, which will be assessed on Saturday. Arthur Masuaku will be unavailable after his sending-off at Aston Villa on Monday and is expected to be replaced by Aaron Cresswell.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes to have Daniel James back against the Hammers, but the Manchester United manager again expects to be without Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial and Luke Shaw.
James missed Thursday’s Europa League win against Astana due to a knock sustained against Leicester and will be assessed ahead of the trip to the capital.
Solskjaer is not expecting Pogba (ankle) or Martial (thigh) to return on Sunday, while left-back Shaw (hamstring) remains sidelined.