Manchester United will welcome West Ham to Old Trafford in the Premier League matchday 23 on Saturday. The kick-off is at 17:00 CEST.

Preview

Arguably no one could've expected a situation like this before the start of the 2021/22 season but it's indeed West Ham who are coming into this encounter sitting in fourth in the table with 37 points while Man United are seventh, two points adrift of but with a game in hand over the Hammers.

On the other hand, Ralf Rangnick's men will play hosts to David Moyes's side following a 3-1 victory at Brentford on Wednesday while West Ham are going to travel to Manchester after a bitter 3-2 defeat at the hands of Leeds United last weekend which saw their four-game winning run in all competitions coming to an end.

Team news

While Eric Bailly is away at the Africa Cup of Nations, Luke Shaw, Paul Pogba and Edinson Cavani will not help the hosts this time around through respective injury woes. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, in turn, is unavailable through illness. Said Benrahma, meanwhile, won't feature for the visitors on the weekend due to his AFCON duties while Angelo Ogbonna, Kurt Zouma and Mark Noble will miss out on selection once again through injury.

Prediction

As a reminder, the Red Devils and the Hammers have faced each other twice this season so far. First, it were then-Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's crop who celebrated a 2-1 win in the league in mid-September but Moyes's side managed to get even with United by eliminating them from the EFL Cup just three days after (1-0). We wouldn't be surprised to see another victory for West Ham this time around, given United's overal form in recent weeks. But the prospect of replacing the Hammers in the top-four is very likely to give Rangnick's men the motivation to give their all for all three points in this clash.

Tip

Both teams to score at total over 2.5 at 1.8 with 1XBET.