West Ham United have certainly been blessed with having a healthy squad most of this season. As they head into their weekend showdown with Man United, the very first match on the Premier League docket for the weekend, there are no team news items to report on.
Everything is the same as it has been for the past couple weeks- just Michail Antonio out with a knee injury that’s it.
Manchester United at West Ham United FYIs
Kick: Sat. Dec. 23, 12:30pm, London Stadium
Starting XI Predictions: Man United West Ham
Team News: Man United West Ham
Transatlantic Passage: How the Premier League Redefined Soccer in America: LINK
Google Result Probability: West Ham win 38% Draw 26% Man United 36%
That could obviously change in a couple hours, when the Hammers take on Liverpool in a League Cup clash, and possibly in training on Thursday or Friday, but we’ll see. If something does happen on the injury front, just check back here and we’ll get you updated.
In the mean time, let’s just move on to the lineup prediction for now.
West Ham United Starting XI Prediction at Man United
Lukasz Fabianski; Emerson Palmieri, Kurt Zouma, Vladimir Coufal, Nayef Aguerd; Tomas Soucek, James Ward-Prowse, Mohamed Kudus; Lucas Paqueta, Said Benrahma; Jarrod Bowen
Prediction: Man United 1, West Ham 0
The Red Devils seem to play much better away from home this season, for whatever reason. ,
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