Last two losses have surely dampened the spirit of Manchester United. Apart from leaving the team shattered, it has made the dressing room uneasy. With the rampant increase of argument going on within the team, sooner or later this had to happen. What holds the stake of United’s manager is the game against West Ham on Saturday. He’ll have to win to keep his tenure running .
Worst of all, the match against Derby was a morale degrader for Red Devils. Now, it’s all about three points for United, be it scoring from long balls towards Lukaku or attractive on field play by Pogba and Rashford.
West Ham come back into the Premier league with a demolition in Carabao Cup, winning 8-0 over Macclesfield Town. Unambiguous in their approach, the home team will be confident coming after two successful matches, a draw against Chelsea and a disastrous performance against the minnows.
When and Where?
Date: September 29, Saturday
Time: 5:00 pm IST
Venue: London Stadium
Head to Head
Manchester United will look to make the Saturday game their 66th win against West Ham while the home team will want to make 44 wins out of 140 head to head games.
Team News
Manchester United made a whopping number of change in mid-week game. The players like Jones, Bailly, Herrera will have to cede their way to Shaw, Smalling and Lindelof who didn’t feature in the clash against Derby.
Dalot who was influential again, anyway will have to make way for Antonio Valencia.
With Rashford available for the game, Martial seems a doubt on the left wing.
While Alexis may sit on the bench and we would likely see the trio of Rashford-Lukaku-Lingard to start with.
Paul Pogba may get his place back if Mourinho keeps grudges aside.
Marko Arnautović, if recovers from injury will feature on Saturday afternoon. With three goals in 4 games, the Austrian will be a threat if he plays.
Probable Line-ups
West Ham XI: Fabianski(Gk) ; Zabaleta, Balbuena, Diop, Masuaku; Rice; Yarmalenko, Noble, Obiang, Anderson; Arnautovic.
Man XI United: De Gea(Gk) ; Valencia, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw; Fellaini, Fred, Pogba; Lingard, Lukaku, Rashford
