Manchester United and West Ham United are going to face on Saturday the 22nd of January at 3:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Manchester at the Old Trafford.
Manchester United sits in the 7th place in the table with 32 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 9 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 times.
West Ham United occupies the 4th position in the standings with 37 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Leeds United in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 11 times, draw 4 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 55.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 4-2-2-2 (5 times), 4-3-3 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Ralf Rangnick is expected to play against West Ham United with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, L. Shaw, R. Varane, H. Maguire, J. Dalot Teixeira, S. McTominay, N. Matić, B. Borges Fernandes, M. Greenwood and E. Cavani.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Manchester United would be 28.40.
There are doubts about the presence of C. Ronaldo.
Ralf Rangnick will probably not be able to employ A. Wan-Bissaka, J. Lingard and M. Rashford because of injury.
E. Bailly, P. Pogba and A. Martial will definitely miss the match.
West Ham United
West Ham United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 90.91%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (20 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
David Moyes is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: Ł. Fabiański, A. Cresswell, C. Dawson, I. Diop, V. Coufal, D. Rice, P. Fornals Malla, M. Lanzini, J. Bowen and M. Antonio.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of West Ham United would be 29.30.
There are doubts about the presence of T. Souček.
David Moyes will probably not be able to employ K. Zouma and M. Noble because of injury.
A. Obinze Ogbonna and M. Benrahma will definitely miss the match.