West Ham vs Manchester United – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Sreya

West Ham United hosts Manchester United for their penultimate English Premier League match of the season at the Upton Park on 10th May, Monday which is coincidentally the last match in their home stadium for the London-based club before they move on to a bigger stadium next season.

West Ham United are on the seventh position in league standings with fifty nine points while Manchester United are on the fifth position with sixty three points. The hosts suffered a shocking 4-1 defeat to Swansea in their last game. Manchester United’s 1-0 win at Carrow Road over Norwich City kept their slim chances of finishing in the top four alive.

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Team News

Adrian has been ruled out for the rest of the season with an injury. Manchester United will be without the suspended Marouanne Fellaini and the injured Will Keane, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Matteo Darmian, Anthony Martial, Phil Jones and Luke Shaw.

West Ham United Possible Starting Lineup: Darren Randolph, James Tomkins, Winston Reid, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell, Cheykhou Kouyate, Michail Antonio, Manuel Lanzini, Dimitri Payet, Andy Carroll.

Manchester United Possible Starting Lineup: David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind, Michael Carrick, Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney, Ander Herrera, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford.

Thoughts From Both Camps

“It’s a big game for a couple of reasons and one of them is that this is the last game ever at Upton Park. Then, if you add to that it’s a very important game for us and for Manchester United, as both teams need to win the game, it makes it mega-big! It’s a special one and a once-in-a-lifetime kind of game. It’s going to be emotional but we have to channel those emotions to be our motivator in order to win.”

– Slaven Bilic, West Ham United.

We have to win our matches because otherwise we cannot be in the first four – that’s the pressure that we have. We have to fight until the end.”

– Louis van Gaal, Manchester United.

Contributor’s Picks

According to Head-2-Head statistics, the previous six games between these two clubs have resulted in three draws and three wins for Manchester United. In fact, Manchester United are undefeated in their last twelve matches against West Ham United in all competitions.

Manchester United have scored at least two goals in five of their last six away matches against West Ham in all competitions and kept a clean sheet in five of their previous seven Premier League matches.

A 2-1 win for Manchester United is the most likely outcome of this particular match.