Saturday, at 12:30, the 7th Premier League opposes West Ham United and Manchester United in London in a duel that meets two bands that have a historic rivalry. The statistics of this duel is on the side of Jose Mourinho’s team.
West Ham seems to have returned after a catastrophic season start. The Londoners have managed an impressive 8-0 in the League Cup against Macclesfield, a match in which Manuel Pellegrini’s students played perfectly and were very effective in the adversary. Not so did the last round of the championship, with Chelsea (0-0), when “hammers” missed a monumental opportunity through Yarmolenko, on the final of the match. However, West Ham comes after a positive turn and can mess Manchester United, which is not at all.
Andy Carroll, Winston Reid, Jack Wilshere, Marko Arnautovic and Chicharito will not be able to play from the hosts, so we’ll only see Yarmolenko again, backed by Anderson. Perhaps West Ham will once again choose to play a defensive game and hopes to block as high as the attacks launched by “devils”.
United is without Rashford and Rojo and comes after a terrible disappointment in the English League Cup: 7-8 after penalties with second division Derby County, after 2-2 during regular time. Jose Mourinho’s band, who played on the field like Mata, Lukaku or Lingard, led 1-0, but remained numerically inferior to 1-1 and was lucky to have fines: Fellaini managed to score 2, in extra time after Derby took over. Lack of confidence is evident in Manchester’s team.
Statistics are crushing in favor of Man. United.
There are many weaknesses in Mourinho gear, and the atmosphere on Old Trafford does not seem to be a positive one. The game has the capital importance for “devils”, which is ranked 7th in the standings (balance 3-1-5 and goal 9-9). West Ham is 17th and lives dangerously with only one win this season (2-0 at Everton).
United has won 3 of the last 4 matches with West Ham, but he has only one success in the last three visits to London! Overall, Man U boasts a good balance in front of the “hammers”, in front of which they lost one match in the last 21! Moreover, in the last three games the “devils” have not received a goal from West Ham. It will be a duel in which the defensive of the hosts will be the key factor.
THE PROBABLE TEAMS
West Ham: Fabianski – Zabaleta, Balbuena, Diop, Masuaku – Noble, Rice, Obiang – Yarmolenko, Arnautovic / L. Perez, F. Anderson
Manchester United: De Gea – Valencia, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw – Matic, Fellaini, Pogba – Lingard, Lukaku, Sanchez
PREDICTION: Manchester United to win @ 1.88
