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At the beginning of the Premier League’s 7th round we have clash between 17th-placed West Ham and seventh-positioned Manchester United, which at the moment has six points more but is in weaker shape than the Hammers. Besides, their last match at West Ham’s stadium had ended as goalless draw, while before that the team from Manchester won three times in a row; two in the league and once in the League Cup.

West Ham

In the third round of the League Cup West Ham won at home three days ago lower-division Macclesfield by even 8-0, while one round before in the same competition it eliminated Wimbledon. On the other hand, the Hammers had a dreadful start of the new season as they lost in first four rounds but after that they won Everton away 3-1, which was followed by draw with Chelsea 0-0 at home.

In that way West Ham finally escaped the drop zone that has definitely improved atmosphere in the changing room, which only got better after reaching the fourth round of the League Cup, so now against Manchester United they will give their best to try to stay undefeated. Regarding the team, it is very important for manager Pellegrini that recovered forward Arnautovic is back in the starting 11, while due to injuries still out of action are stopper Ried, midfielders Wilshare and Lanzini , and forward Carroll.

Probable lineups West Ham: Fabianski – Zabaleta, Diop, Balbuena, Masuaku – Rice – Yarmolenko, Noble, Obiang, Anderson–Arnautovic

Manchester United

Match with West Ham comes for the guests from Manchester after shocking elimination from the League Cup by second-division Derby. The United managed to pull draw 2-2 in the regular time as it scored the equaliser in 95 minute but stopper Jones didn’t have luck during penalty shootout. Before that the Red Devils had a mishap in the league when they merely drew at home with Wolverhampton 1-1, which put an end to their three-game winning streak.

Team led by manager Mourinho won in that period Burnley and Watford in the Premiership and Swiss Young Boys in the Champions League and received zero goals in those three matches. However, they spoiled all that in last two matches, while spat between Mourinho and Pogba continues, which is why the French midfielder is questionable for game with the Hammers. Injured stopper Rojo will definitely skip match with West Ham.

Probable lineups Manchester United: de Gea – Valencia, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw– Fred, Matic, Pogba (Fellaini) – Lingard, Lukaku, Sanchez

Verdict:

After two not so good matches the Red Devils will definitely try to make it up to their fans with away match with West Ham, which in turn feels heat from the drop zone. Due to these reasons we believe their match will be hard and not overly efficient.

Pick: under 2.5 goals 2.11 - 111/100 @1XBet