West Ham United vs Man United: Match preview, head-to-head, team news, and prediction

Manchester United are back in Premier League action on Tuesday evening at West Ham United.

United defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at Old Trafford on Saturday, extending their winning run under interim manager Michael Carrick to four matches.

Similarly, West Ham claimed a victory at Burnley by the same scoreline, boosting their survival hopes.

Match preview

United are aiming to continue their perfect start under Carrick here and maintain their grip on the top four race.

The Red Devils are the most in-form team in the division, collecting 14 points from their last six matches.

United and Chelsea are the only teams to win their last four league matches. Also, only Carrick’s side and Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last five.

Despite winning at Arsenal in their previous away game, Man United rank seventh on the away table, underlining their inconsistency on the road.

The Hammers are three points behind safety, but have been impressive of late, winning two of their last three.

Crysencio Summerville is leading their survival charge, scoring in his last four outings. He has been nominated with Patrick Dorgu for January’s Premier League Player of the Month.

West Ham are 19th on the home standings, but won the recent fixture at the London Stadium — a 3-1 win over Sunderland.

David Moyes’ side deployed a low block in the reverse fixture and are likely to adopt the same here, despite being the hosts.

Head-to-head

United are winless in their last three meetings with the Hammers. They lost 2-1 on their last visit to West Ham, and in the reverse fixtures at home, they lost 2-0 and drew 1-1.

United hold the overall head-to-head advantage, winning 34, losing 11 and drawing 14 of their 59 Premier League meetings.

Team news

Patrick Dorgu will sit this one out, as he is expected to be out with injury for a ‘considerable period of time‘, as is Matthijs de Ligt.

It remains to be seen whether Mason Mount will return to the matchday squad.

The hosts are without the suspended Jean Clair-Todibo and goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

Prediction

We predict a 3-2 win for Man United.

Stats from whoscored.com & transfermarkt.com

Article written by Henry Thornton .