West Ham United expected to fight losing battle when facing Manchester United

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 22.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Manchester United leading West Ham United by 25 points. Match preview to follow:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

For Ham most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Old Trafford. 10 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 18 games. Manchester haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Burnley, 181 days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Manchester United, who won 2-0 against Crystal Palace (placed 14th). Before that, Manchester drew at home versus Southampton.

The Manchester manager O. Solskjær has got the team scoring with 39 from 18 home games in the league. Manchester have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Ham United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for West Ham United so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-10 (win-draw-lose).

West Ham United are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Premier League against Watford (placed 17th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Norwich City at their stadium, the result 4-0.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Ham we find two games. Results are one West Ham United win, zero draws and one defeat.

A quick return to home after this game, as West Ham United are hosting Aston Villa in the Premier League only four days away.

The visiting Ham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 18 games. As for defending, Ham rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Manchester United and West Ham United have met before this season: West Ham United - Manchester United 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Manchester wins - draws - West Ham United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ManchesterA. Martial
A. Martial
17 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
17 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Greenwood
M. Greenwood
9 goals

Manchester United missing players

West Ham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester United West Ham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
17 10 4 Won W 1 4 10
11 6 1 Drew D 0 4 7
8 2 1 Lost L 4 10 19
63 39 18 Scored S 4 18 47
35 16 7 Conceded C 11 28 60
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 83%
44% 61% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 53%
25% 39% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 42%
8% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 11% 19%
47% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 39% 50%
33% 39% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 22% 19%
22% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 33%
 
5.5 5.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.1 5.2
5 4.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8.6 7.2 5.8
1.8 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
516 285 112 Total Shots T S 26 177 395
197 106 41 Shots on Target S O 11 64 151
32% 37% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as West Ham United have scored away.
  • Manchester United is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • West Ham United has the most dropped points from leading position (24)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 36 30 3 3 77 29 18 17 1 0 47 13 18 13 2 3 30 16 48 93
2 Manchester City 36 24 3 9 93 35 18 14 2 2 52 13 18 10 1 7 41 22 58 75
3 Chelsea 36 19 6 11 64 49 18 10 3 5 28 16 18 9 3 6 36 33 15 63
4 Leicester City 36 18 8 10 67 36 18 11 4 3 35 15 18 7 4 7 32 21 31 62
5 Manchester United 36 17 11 8 63 35 18 10 6 2 39 16 18 7 5 6 24 19 28 62
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 14 14 8 49 38 18 7 7 4 25 19 18 7 7 4 24 19 11 56
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 15 10 11 57 46 18 11 3 4 33 17 18 4 7 7 24 29 11 55
8 Sheffield United 36 14 12 10 38 35 18 10 3 5 24 14 18 4 9 5 14 21 3 54
9 Arsenal 36 13 14 9 53 45 18 9 6 3 33 22 18 4 8 6 20 23 8 53
10 Burnley 36 14 9 13 40 48 18 8 4 6 23 21 18 6 5 7 17 27 -8 51
11 Everton 36 12 10 14 42 53 18 8 7 3 23 18 18 4 3 11 19 35 -11 46
12 Southampton 36 13 7 16 46 59 18 5 3 10 18 34 18 8 4 6 28 25 -13 46
13 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 37 55 18 6 8 4 19 18 18 5 2 11 18 37 -18 43
14 Crystal Palace 36 11 9 16 30 47 18 6 4 8 14 19 18 5 5 8 16 28 -17 42
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 47 60 18 6 3 9 29 32 18 4 4 10 18 28 -13 37
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 13 15 37 53 18 5 6 7 20 27 18 3 7 8 17 26 -16 37
17 Watford 36 8 10 18 34 57 18 6 6 6 22 23 18 2 4 12 12 34 -23 34
18 AFC Bournemouth 36 8 7 21 37 62 18 5 6 7 22 28 18 3 1 14 15 34 -25 31
19 Aston Villa 36 8 7 21 39 66 18 6 3 9 21 30 18 2 4 12 18 36 -27 31
20 Norwich City 36 5 6 25 26 68 18 4 3 11 19 35 18 1 3 14 7 33 -42 21

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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 Liverpool 36 30 3 3 77 29 18 17 1 0 47 13 18 13 2 3 30 16 48 93
2 Manchester City 36 24 3 9 93 35 18 14 2 2 52 13 18 10 1 7 41 22 58 75
3 Chelsea 36 19 6 11 64 49 18 10 3 5 28 16 18 9 3 6 36 33 15 63
4 Leicester City 36 18 8 10 67 36 18 11 4 3 35 15 18 7 4 7 32 21 31 62
5 Manchester United 36 17 11 8 63 35 18 10 6 2 39 16 18 7 5 6 24 19 28 62
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 14 14 8 49 38 18 7 7 4 25 19 18 7 7 4 24 19 11 56
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 15 10 11 57 46 18 11 3 4 33 17 18 4 7 7 24 29 11 55
8 Sheffield United 36 14 12 10 38 35 18 10 3 5 24 14 18 4 9 5 14 21 3 54
9 Arsenal 36 13 14 9 53 45 18 9 6 3 33 22 18 4 8 6 20 23 8 53
10 Burnley 36 14 9 13 40 48 18 8 4 6 23 21 18 6 5 7 17 27 -8 51
11 Everton 36 12 10 14 42 53 18 8 7 3 23 18 18 4 3 11 19 35 -11 46
12 Southampton 36 13 7 16 46 59 18 5 3 10 18 34 18 8 4 6 28 25 -13 46
13 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 37 55 18 6 8 4 19 18 18 5 2 11 18 37 -18 43
14 Crystal Palace 36 11 9 16 30 47 18 6 4 8 14 19 18 5 5 8 16 28 -17 42
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 47 60 18 6 3 9 29 32 18 4 4 10 18 28 -13 37
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 13 15 37 53 18 5 6 7 20 27 18 3 7 8 17 26 -16 37
17 Watford 36 8 10 18 34 57 18 6 6 6 22 23 18 2 4 12 12 34 -23 34
18 AFC Bournemouth 36 8 7 21 37 62 18 5 6 7 22 28 18 3 1 14 15 34 -25 31
19 Aston Villa 36 8 7 21 39 66 18 6 3 9 21 30 18 2 4 12 18 36 -27 31
20 Norwich City 36 5 6 25 26 68 18 4 3 11 19 35 18 1 3 14 7 33 -42 21

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