Manchester United vs West Ham United. Premier League.
Old Trafford.
David de Gea return "touch and go"; Jesse Lingard to miss out against parent club Man Utd; follow Man Utd vs West Ham live on Sky Sports PL and Main Event from 7pm; kick-off 7.15pm; watch free highlights shortly after full time on Sky Sports website and app
Sunday 14 March 2021 18:12, UK
Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Manchester United vs West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday (kick-off 7.15pm).
David de Gea may return to action when Manchester United take on West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the goalkeeper is "touch and go" due to coronavirus travel regulations after returning to England following the birth of his child.
Anthony Martial needs a hip issue assessing and Marcus Rashford could return from an ankle complaint, but Edinson Cavani is expected to miss out again. Paul Pogba, Donny van de Beek, Juan Mata and Phil Jones remain out.
West Ham will be without Jesse Lingard due to the terms of his loan deal from Old Trafford.
Jarrod Bowen or Ben Johnson will come back into the side to replace the winger. Arthur Masuaku, Angelo Ogbonna, Andriy Yarmolenko and Darren Randolph are still out injured.
Man Utd vs West Ham will be shown live on Sky Sports Premier League and Main Event from 7pm; kick-off 7.15pm. Sky Sports customers can watch in-game clips in the live match blog on the Sky Sports website and app. Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.
The home win looks a big price here. I was surprised to see Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team trading around 4/5 with Sky Bet.
West Ham have only lost four of their last 20 Premier League games but those did come against the elite with defeats to Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United. There seems to be an air of fear when they come up against one of the big boys with their deep defensive line likely to be opened up by a quality piece of play from a top player. United have an array of those.
The unavailability of Jesse Lingard will also be a big miss. He has knitted West Ham's clever counter attacks together in recent weeks - the only game he has missed was the 1-0 FA Cup defeat at Old Trafford where West Ham had just three shots at goal and posted an expected goal figure of 0.11.
It's very difficult to see West Ham scoring against a United defence that is on the improve, managing to keep out Chelsea and Manchester City over the last two weeks.
JONES KNOWS PREDICTS: 2-0
BETTING ANGLE: Manchester United to win to nil (9/4 with Sky Bet)
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We also hear the latest from Sky Sports News reporter Alan Myers on Everton's push for the Champions League spots, ahead of their tricky test against Burnley, while Ron returns to assess Amad Diallo's fine first goal for Manchester United and the challenge they face on Sunday against an in-form West Ham, who also have ambitions for the top four.
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