The final match to be played in the English Premier League on Sunday the 14th of March is between Manchester United and West Ham United at Old Trafford.
The hosts begin the weekend in second place on 54 points while the visitors are in fifth place on 48 points, so this is an important game in terms of finishing in the top four.
Big goal and a big clearance 😲What a performance from this man on Monday night 💪 pic.twitter.com/eIxaFtiHtL— West Ham United (@WestHam) March 10, 2021
Big goal and a big clearance 😲What a performance from this man on Monday night 💪 pic.twitter.com/eIxaFtiHtL
Manchester United come into the match having been held to a 1-1 draw at home by AC Milan in the Europa League on Thursday night. It was a disappointing performance by the Red Devils and they will be unhappy to have conceded a goal direct from a corner in the final minutes of the match.
However, that result extended the current unbeaten run for Manchester United and they are undefeated in their last 12 games in all competitions. In fact, Manchester United have lost only one of their 18 most recent games.
Home form in the Premier League shows Manchester United are undefeated in 8 of their last 9 fixtures at Old Trafford. They have defeated Leeds United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa, Southampton, and Newcastle United during that run of games.
Trends show there have been over 2.5 goals in Manchester United's last 5 home Premier League games and Manchester United have scored 2 or more goals in 4 of those 5 matches. However, they have kept just a single clean sheet.
West Ham come into the match having defeated Leeds United 2-0 at home last weekend in the Premier League. It was an important victory for The Hammers following defeat at Manchester City and got them back to winning ways immediately. West Ham have proven difficult to beat recently in the Premier League and have lost only 2 of their last 13 matches.
They are undefeated in 5 of their last 6 league games on the road but have failed to win their last 2 having been held by Fulham in addition to the loss at Manchester City.
Trends show in the last 15 consecutive matches in all competitions, there have been no losses at half time for West Ham. In addition, both teams have scored in 3 of their last 4 away Premier League games.
Team news and Manchester United are expected to be without Marcus Rashford, Donny van de Beek, David De Gea, Juan Mata, and Paul Pogba who are injured. There are also doubts over the fitness of Édinson Cavani.
West Ham travel without the injured trio of Angelo Ogbonna, Andriy Yarmolenko, and Arthur Masuaku. There are doubts over the fitness of Darren Randolph and Ryan Fredericks plus Jesse Lingard is unavailable to face his parent club.
This should be a game with plenty of goals and we expect to see over 2.5 goals, with both teams scoring. Manchester United do not always find it easy to defeat teams when playing at home and this game could end level.