Delightful dogfight as daring Manchester United duels with determined West Ham United

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 14.March
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

The Manchester United & West Ham United managers O. Solskjær and D. Moyes are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.

Insights:
  • Manchester United have the most points from losing position (22) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Milan, was also a home game here at Old Trafford. The away team is better rested.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United have collected 21 points from their Premier League home games so far after 6-3-4.

Manchester are confident in defense, having played 324 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Manchester City.

The hometeam coach O. Solskjær made a successful contribution in the game against Milan, bringing on Amad Diallo who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Manchester handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and two defeats.

The manager O. Solskjær will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Milan in only four days.

Goals decide football matches and Manchester are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 15 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Manchester United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Ham United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed West Ham's previous game versus Leeds United (placed 11th), a Premier League 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Manchester City's place.

West Ham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far West Ham have scored 19 goals in 13 league games away. 16 goals have been conceded by West Ham in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: West Ham United - Manchester 1-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Manchester United, two draws and two wins for West Ham United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
16 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
9 goals
West Ham UnitedT. Souček
T. Souček
8 goals

Manchester United missing players

West Ham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester United West Ham United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
15 6 0 Won W 2 6 14
9 3 3 Drew D 0 3 6
4 4 0 Lost L 2 4 7
55 28 3 Scored S 5 19 42
32 19 3 Conceded C 5 16 31
79% 85% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 93%
64% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 78%
57% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 69% 63%
46% 46% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 26%
29% 31% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 7%
57% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 56%
39% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 37%
25% 23% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.3 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.7 15.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.1 11.6
5.8 6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 4.1
34% 36% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 38%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United have the most points from losing position (22) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 29 21 5 3 61 21 16 12 2 2 36 13 13 9 3 1 25 8 40 68
2 Manchester United 28 15 9 4 55 32 13 6 3 4 28 19 15 9 6 0 27 13 23 54
3 Leicester City 28 16 5 7 48 32 13 6 1 6 20 19 15 10 4 1 28 13 16 53
4 Chelsea 28 14 8 6 44 25 14 7 5 2 25 11 14 7 3 4 19 14 19 50
5 West Ham United 27 14 6 7 42 31 14 8 3 3 23 15 13 6 3 4 19 16 11 48
6 Everton 27 14 4 9 39 35 13 5 2 6 18 20 14 9 2 3 21 15 4 46
7 Tottenham Hotspur 27 13 6 8 46 28 14 7 3 4 25 14 13 6 3 4 21 14 18 45
8 Liverpool 28 12 7 9 47 36 15 7 2 6 22 18 13 5 5 3 25 18 11 43
9 Aston Villa 26 12 4 10 38 27 12 5 2 5 20 16 14 7 2 5 18 11 11 40
10 Arsenal 27 11 5 11 35 28 13 5 3 5 16 14 14 6 2 6 19 14 7 38
11 Leeds United 27 11 2 14 43 46 13 5 2 6 19 17 14 6 0 8 24 29 -3 35
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 9 8 11 28 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 15 4 4 7 13 23 -9 35
13 Crystal Palace 28 9 7 12 30 47 14 4 5 5 14 21 14 5 2 7 16 26 -17 34
14 Southampton 28 9 6 13 35 49 13 5 2 6 17 16 15 4 4 7 18 33 -14 33
15 Burnley 28 7 9 12 20 36 15 4 6 5 12 16 13 3 3 7 8 20 -16 30
16 Newcastle United 27 7 6 14 27 44 13 4 3 6 16 22 14 3 3 8 11 22 -17 27
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 5 11 11 27 35 14 1 7 6 13 19 13 4 4 5 14 16 -8 26
18 Fulham 28 5 11 12 22 33 14 2 4 8 8 18 14 3 7 4 14 15 -11 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 28 3 9 16 20 56 15 2 5 8 9 33 13 1 4 8 11 23 -36 18
20 Sheffield United 28 4 2 22 16 45 15 3 1 11 10 22 13 1 1 11 6 23 -29 14

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 29 21 5 3 61 21 16 12 2 2 36 13 13 9 3 1 25 8 40 68
2 Manchester United 28 15 9 4 55 32 13 6 3 4 28 19 15 9 6 0 27 13 23 54
3 Leicester City 28 16 5 7 48 32 13 6 1 6 20 19 15 10 4 1 28 13 16 53
4 Chelsea 28 14 8 6 44 25 14 7 5 2 25 11 14 7 3 4 19 14 19 50
5 West Ham United 27 14 6 7 42 31 14 8 3 3 23 15 13 6 3 4 19 16 11 48
6 Everton 27 14 4 9 39 35 13 5 2 6 18 20 14 9 2 3 21 15 4 46
7 Tottenham Hotspur 27 13 6 8 46 28 14 7 3 4 25 14 13 6 3 4 21 14 18 45
8 Liverpool 28 12 7 9 47 36 15 7 2 6 22 18 13 5 5 3 25 18 11 43
9 Aston Villa 26 12 4 10 38 27 12 5 2 5 20 16 14 7 2 5 18 11 11 40
10 Arsenal 27 11 5 11 35 28 13 5 3 5 16 14 14 6 2 6 19 14 7 38
11 Leeds United 27 11 2 14 43 46 13 5 2 6 19 17 14 6 0 8 24 29 -3 35
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 9 8 11 28 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 15 4 4 7 13 23 -9 35
13 Crystal Palace 28 9 7 12 30 47 14 4 5 5 14 21 14 5 2 7 16 26 -17 34
14 Southampton 28 9 6 13 35 49 13 5 2 6 17 16 15 4 4 7 18 33 -14 33
15 Burnley 28 7 9 12 20 36 15 4 6 5 12 16 13 3 3 7 8 20 -16 30
16 Newcastle United 27 7 6 14 27 44 13 4 3 6 16 22 14 3 3 8 11 22 -17 27
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 5 11 11 27 35 14 1 7 6 13 19 13 4 4 5 14 16 -8 26
18 Fulham 28 5 11 12 22 33 14 2 4 8 8 18 14 3 7 4 14 15 -11 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 28 3 9 16 20 56 15 2 5 8 9 33 13 1 4 8 11 23 -36 18
20 Sheffield United 28 4 2 22 16 45 15 3 1 11 10 22 13 1 1 11 6 23 -29 14

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.