West Ham United v Manchester United
Barclays Premier League
Saturday 22nd March 2014
5:30 KO (BST)
Upton Park, London
United (7th)
David Moyes – on drawing Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter finals; “I’ve got us to the quarter-final and now the aim is to get to the semi-final. It’s a tough one but we’re looking forward to it.”
– on Robin Van Persie’s injury; “He won’t be available tomorrow, we’re getting him rescanned today. We’re not quite conclusive on everything we’ve seen yet. So we want to check that out and be sure.”
– on United’s chances against West Ham; “There’s no guarantee that one result leads to another but you’d rather have a good result than a bad one and we got a really good one in midweek so hopefully we can build on it.”
“We can’t drag our heels [in the league] and think about the next round [in the Champions League]. We have to prepare right for the next game, against West Ham, and go and get a result. It was a terrific night against Olympiakos and nice to be on the winning side. We were long overdue a performance like that and we pulled it out of the bag when it was needed, but we also have to prove ourselves and show what we’re capable of in the league as well.” Phil Jones
Starting XI from: David de Gea, Anders Lindegaard; Rafael da Silva, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Alex Buttner, Patrice Evra; Adnan Januzaj, Ashley Young, Ryan Giggs, Darren Fletcher, Marouane Fellaini, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Shinji Kagawa; Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney.
Doubts: Nani (hamstring), Javier Hernandez (knee), Antonio Valencia (eye)
Unavailable: Chris Smalling (hamstring), Jonny Evans (calf), Nemanja Vidic (suspension), Robin Van Persie (knee)
Top scorers: Robin Van Persie (11), Wayne Rooney (11)
Most assists: Wayne Rooney (3)
PL form: L D D W W L
Away record vs West Ham: P59 W14 D19 L26 F84 A99
West Ham United (12th)
“We’re in exactly the same place with the squad as we were last week. There’s only Joey O’Brien and Marco Borriello who aren’t available for selection so I’ve got a big strong squad to choose from for Saturday’s game. We have to make sure that when we come off the field on Saturday that we’ve got a point, if not more.” – Sam Allardyce speaking to whufc.com
Starting XI from: Jussi Jääskeläinen, Adrian; James Collins, Pablo Armero, James Tomkins, George McCartney, Roger Johnson, Razvan Rat, Guy Demel; Mark Noble, Alou Diarra, Mohamed Diame, Joe Cole, Antonio Nocerino, Matthew Taylor, Matthew Jarvis; Carlton Cole
Doubts: n/a
Unavailable: Joey O’Brien (shoulder), Marco Borriello (calf)
Top scorer: Kevin Nolan (7), Carlton Cole (6)
Most assists: Kevin Nolan (5)
PL form: W W W W L L
Previous meetings
United 3-1 West Ham (21-12-13)
West Ham 2-2 United (17-04-13)
United 1-0 West Ham (16-01-13)
West Ham 2-2 United (05-01-13)
United 1-0 West Ham (28-11-12)
West Ham 2-4 United (02-04-11)
Officials
Referee: Lee Mason
Assistants: S Bennett, J Collin
Fourth Official: M Jones
Notes
United are unbeaten against West Ham in the last six meetings between the two (W4 D2), with the last defeat a 4-0 thrashing in the Carling Cup 5th round in November, 2010.
West Ham haven’t gotten the better of United in the Premier League since 29th December 2007, when Anton Ferdinand and Matthew Upson cancelled out Cristiano Ronaldo’s first half opener.
United haven’t conceded a goal in their last three away games.
West Ham come into the game on the back of successive defeats to Everton and Stoke after recording four straight victories in February.
United 10/11 Draw 13/5 West Ham 7/2
Red Mancunian predictions
Craig (@CraigNorwood): West Ham 1-3 United
Iwan (@IwanLehnert): West Ham 0-2 United
Jack (@jackkholt): West Ham 2-1 United
Jay (@RFFH): West Ham 1-2 United
Mark (@mdhzk3): West Ham 1-3 United
Nick (@ManUnitedYouth): West Ham 1-2 United
Thomo (@andy_thomo): West Ham 3-1 United
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