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A rare home 3pm kick off for Man Utd this week surprised this game wasn't picked for TV.
Utd won the game at the London Stadium earlier in the season for me one of our best performances under Ole this season even if we were a little lucky at the end with De Gea pulling off a great penalty save to keep it at 2-1. West Ham got their revenge a few days later when Utd made a load of changes and were knocked out of the league cup 1-0, West Ham were the better team that night no doubt about it.
Big weekend in terms of the top 4 race Utd can go ahead of West Ham with a win and Spurs face Chelsea and Arsenal have Burnley at home in a fixture we might as well call "el covido" since neither team seems to want to field a team these days.
It's the last league game for a few weeks Utd don't currently have a league game after this one until the 12th Feb due to winter breaks and FA Cup. I kind of assumed they'd try to catch up on some of the matches in the backlog but as nothing has been announced it's unlikely they will be at short notice.
Team news wise we might see Cavani, Lingard, Shaw and AWB return to the squad as far as I'm aware their issues aren't long term and Sancho should be back after missing last nights game due to a family funeral. West Ham seem to be pretty much full strength they're missing Zouma and Diop who were the first choice CB pairing but they've got decent cover. McTominay might be a doubt after going off injured last night but didn't seem like anyone else picked up any problems.
Going to be a very tough game West Ham are a very good side this season they haven't had the midweek game to deal with so they'll be fresh and they've got some forward players in decent form so they'll really fancy their chances. I'm sure Antonio will be licking his lips at the thought of going one vs one against Lindelof so Lindelof will need to make sure he isn't left one vs one to often against the big man. Rice will no doubt boss the midfield it would have been good to see McTominay go up against him.
Selection wise apart from fitness reasons hard to see any real reason to change it from the team that played at Brentford.
DDG
Dalot Lindelof Varane Telles
Bruno McT Fred
Greenwood Ronaldo Elanga.
If McT is injured I guess Matic has to come back in which would be a worry as physically I'm not sure he could handle 90 minutes of Rice and Soucek we saw how he tailed off towards the end vs Villa but we don't have much else to choose from.
Utd won the game at the London Stadium earlier in the season for me one of our best performances under Ole this season even if we were a little lucky at the end with De Gea pulling off a great penalty save to keep it at 2-1. West Ham got their revenge a few days later when Utd made a load of changes and were knocked out of the league cup 1-0, West Ham were the better team that night no doubt about it.
Big weekend in terms of the top 4 race Utd can go ahead of West Ham with a win and Spurs face Chelsea and Arsenal have Burnley at home in a fixture we might as well call "el covido" since neither team seems to want to field a team these days.
It's the last league game for a few weeks Utd don't currently have a league game after this one until the 12th Feb due to winter breaks and FA Cup. I kind of assumed they'd try to catch up on some of the matches in the backlog but as nothing has been announced it's unlikely they will be at short notice.
Team news wise we might see Cavani, Lingard, Shaw and AWB return to the squad as far as I'm aware their issues aren't long term and Sancho should be back after missing last nights game due to a family funeral. West Ham seem to be pretty much full strength they're missing Zouma and Diop who were the first choice CB pairing but they've got decent cover. McTominay might be a doubt after going off injured last night but didn't seem like anyone else picked up any problems.
Going to be a very tough game West Ham are a very good side this season they haven't had the midweek game to deal with so they'll be fresh and they've got some forward players in decent form so they'll really fancy their chances. I'm sure Antonio will be licking his lips at the thought of going one vs one against Lindelof so Lindelof will need to make sure he isn't left one vs one to often against the big man. Rice will no doubt boss the midfield it would have been good to see McTominay go up against him.
Selection wise apart from fitness reasons hard to see any real reason to change it from the team that played at Brentford.
DDG
Dalot Lindelof Varane Telles
Bruno McT Fred
Greenwood Ronaldo Elanga.
If McT is injured I guess Matic has to come back in which would be a worry as physically I'm not sure he could handle 90 minutes of Rice and Soucek we saw how he tailed off towards the end vs Villa but we don't have much else to choose from.