📏 Form Guide
Manchester United WWDDLW
Manchester United will be looking for another win after a 1-2 Premier League success vs Crystal Palace.
In that game, Manchester United had 56% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Manchester United, the goalscorers were Joshua Zirkzee (54') and Mason Mount (63'). At the other end, Crystal Palace got 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Jean-Philippe Mateta (36') was the scorer for Crystal Palace.
Matches with Manchester United have often been engaging ones recently with high scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, the sum total of 21 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 12 of those coming from Manchester United. While that may be of interest, it remains to be seen if such a trend will be replicated in this next game or not.
Going into this contest, Manchester United have left without a victory over West Ham United in their last 2 league matches.
West Ham United LLWWDL
After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Liverpool in Premier League action, West Ham United and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that match, West Ham United had 44% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. Liverpool had 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Alexander Isak (60') and Cody Gakpo (90') scored for Liverpool.
Looking at their form, and West Ham United have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals overall. Defensively, West Ham United have not been doing too well.
Heading into this contest, West Ham United are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking over their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 01/03/2023 shows us that Manchester United have won 2 of them and West Ham United 4, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.
A combined total of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for The Red Devils and 8 belonging to The Hammers. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The previous league match between the two was Premier League match day 36 on 11/05/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Manchester United 0-2 West Ham United.
In that game, Manchester United managed 52% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.
At the other end, West Ham United had 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Tomáš Souček (26') and Jarrod Bowen (57') scored.
The match was refereed by Jarred Gillett.
📋 Team News: Manchester United
We are thinking that The Red Devils may well line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation for the game featuring Senne Lammens, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Luke Shaw, Amad Diallo, Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Dalot, Mason Mount, Bryan Mbeumo and Joshua Zirkzee.
🗞️ Team News: West Ham United
We are inclined to think that The Hammers seem likely to make use of a 3-4-2-1 lineup, starting Alphonse Areola, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jean-Clair Todibo, K. Mavropanos, E. Hadji Malick, Mateus Fernandes, Freddie Potts, C. Summerville, Soungoutou Magassa, Callum Wilson and Jarrod Bowen.
🧠 Prediction
We feel that West Ham United would be disappointed if they were not to break down this Manchester United side, although that is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.
We’re expecting a close game with a 2-1 win for Manchester United at the end of the match. Hopefully this is a good one.