[Lucky McLuckerson]

....................VS.......................

Date: Sunday, May 11 2025
Kickoff Time: 1415 Hrs BST
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

League Form Guide

15. Manchester United: DLLDL
17. West Ham: DLDLD


Previous League Meetings

West Ham 2—1 Manchester United

Manchester United 3—0 West Ham

West Ham 2—0 Manchester United

West Ham 1—0 Manchester United

Manchester United 1—0 West Ham


All-Time League Record

Manchester United wins: 65
West Ham wins: 43
Draws: 29


Pre-Match Pressers

Rubén Amorim




Graham Potter





Team News

Manchester United

Ayden Heaven, Lisandro Martínez, Matthijs de Ligt, Toby Collyer, Joshua Zirkzee and Diogo Dalot ruled out.

West Ham

Michail Antonio and Crysencio Summerville ruled out. Edson Álvarez doubtful.


Know The Opposition

West Ham United Football Club (nicknamed The Irons, The Hammers, and The Academy of Football) are a professional football club based in Upton Park, East London. They were founded in 1895 by foreman and local league referee Dave Taylor and owner Arnold Hills as Thames Ironworks F.C. - a strictly amateur football club with a team featuring a number of works employees. During the summer of 1898, Thames Ironworks F.C. became a professional outfit for the first time, to match their new status as members of the Southern League Second Division, and were promoted to the First Division at the first attempt following a decision to enlarge the top division of the Southern League to 19 teams. After growing disputes over the running and financing of the club in June 1900, Thames Ironworks F.C. resigned from the Southern League and were officially wound up. On 5 July 1900 they reformed under the new name of West Ham United and accepted an offer of the Southern League place left vacant by Thames Ironworks.

West Ham's most successful period started with the appointment of Ron Greenwood in 1961 - leading to FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup titles - with youth team graduates Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters at the forefront. Their nickname The Academy of Football pays homage to the club's proud tradition in English football for playing entertaining, attacking football - and the success of the club in coaching future greats - which includes that aforementioned trio of World Cup winners, Trevor Brooking, Paul Ince, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Jermaine Defoe and Michael Carrick. West Ham's most prominent rivals are local clubs Millwall (Dockers derby - one of the longest-standing and most bitter in English football), Chelsea (East versus West London rivalry), and Tottenham Hotspur (East versus North London derby). They played their home games at the now demolished Boleyn Ground (often referred to as Upton Park) from 1904 to 2016, and moved to the London Olympic Stadium at the start of the 2016/ 2017 League season.


Referee

Jarred Gillett.


Familiar Faces

N/A.​

 

[thisisnottaken1]

meh. Probably will be a 1-0 win.

 

[bosnian_red]

Now about getting match sharpness and getting some confidence before the final. Would still rest a few of those who are fine confidence wise like Mazraoui, Case and Bruno especially.

Onana
Yoro Maguire Shaw
Dorgu Ugarte Mainoo Amass
Amad Mount
Hojlund​

 

[Florida Man]

No way. Keep our boys safe from harm.

 

[DSG]

Now about getting match sharpness and getting some confidence before the final. Would still rest a few of those who are fine confidence wise like Mazraoui, Case and Bruno especially.

Onana
Yoro Maguire Shaw
Dorgu Ugarte Mainoo Amass
Amad Mount
Hojlund​

Do we have to play Hojlund?? In the final I mean? He’s so wank

 

[Ollie Derbyshire]

Now about getting match sharpness and getting some confidence before the final. Would still rest a few of those who are fine confidence wise like Mazraoui, Case and Bruno especially.

Onana
Yoro Maguire Shaw
Dorgu Ugarte Mainoo Amass
Amad Mount
Hojlund​

I’d keep Shaw, Mount and Amad on the bench and give them 20/30mins again. They are all too important this close to the final.

 

[bosnian_red]

I’d keep Shaw, Mount and Amad on the bench and give them 20/30mins again. They are all too important this close to the final.

They also need game time, so this would be the only chance to do it with the final mid week after the following game. They need the rhythm and load in their legs

 

[Ollie Derbyshire]

They also need game time, so this would be the only chance to do it with the final mid week after the following game. They need the rhythm and load in their legs

They do but damn, they better break.

 

[Red Royal]

Rotate a lot

 

[Dan_F]

Now about getting match sharpness and getting some confidence before the final. Would still rest a few of those who are fine confidence wise like Mazraoui, Case and Bruno especially.

Onana
Yoro Maguire Shaw
Dorgu Ugarte Mainoo Amass
Amad Mount
Hojlund​

Hojlund has to be rested after 90 minutes tonight. I hope you’re right about Amad, Mount, Shaw and Mainoo. They should all be looking at 60 minutes or more.

If we’re going to start them in the final, Amad and Shaw especially, we need to know they can play for at least an hour.

It’ll probably depend on what Amorim plans to do tactically in the final. He probably already has a rough 11 in mind and will rotate according to that.

 

[BorisManUtd]

Start Shaw, Amad, Mainoo, Mount. Possibly Obi as well. We're so poor in league and don't think we'll beat Chelsea or Villa so a win here would feel good for a change.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Hojlund probably starts for confidence reasons, ideally want him to get a goal before the Spurs game.

 

[SuperiorXI]

This again?

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

Who cares.

Would like to see more Chido minutes, maybe a debut for Mantato or Moorehouse at some point.

 

[2 man midfield]

Another not televised sunday kick off yay

 

[Rozay]

We should probably only field about 7 or 8 players in this one.

 

[JJ12]

Onana

Dorgu
Lindelof
Maguire
Fredricson
Amass

Mainoo
Ugarte

Garnacho
Mount

Obi

 

[Bwuk]

Honestly couldn’t care less. The next two games are about getting players fit and sharp for the final.

Shaw/Amad/Mount/Mainoo could all do with starts and manage everyone else’s minutes. I’d like to see Shaw at LWB.

Onana
Mazraoui - Maguire - Yoro
Dorgu - Mainoo - Ugarte - Shaw
Amad - Chido - Mount​

 

[GlazersHater]

Full rotation squad, no need to risk anyone for the EL final.

 

[Bastian]

I'd keep playing Onana for the remaining four matches.

Again, hope Kamason gets a chance.

 

[always_hoping]

Probably the last chance to win a Premier League game this season? Villa and Chelsea to play after this both pushing for a Champions league spot so their need will be greater.

 

[Irwin99]

Eriksen, Obi, Amass, Lindelof, Mainoo to all start. The final is less than two weeks away. No injuries please!

 

[Ayoba]

I’d keep Shaw, Mount and Amad on the bench and give them 20/30mins again. They are all too important this close to the final.

Agreed. Wrap them up in cotton wool.

 

[Fortitude]

I’d keep Shaw, Mount and Amad on the bench and give them 20/30mins again. They are all too important this close to the final.

They need match fitness and sharpness. The Spurs game will be fast, high octane stuff and if a player isn’t prepped for that, they will be off the pace, primed for injury or both.

 

[Ollie Derbyshire]

They need match fitness and sharpness. The Spurs game will be fast, high octane stuff and if a player isn’t prepped for that, they will be off the pace, primed for injury or both.

Assuming they even make it there if we give them too many minutes too soon as we’ve done countless times in the past. It’s a tough call. Either way I wouldn’t give them the full 90.

 

[Chaky_Best]

Just rest the XI who will play until the final.

Give some of them 20-30 minutes against Chelsea to get match fit, but I would like complete rotation on Sunday and against Chelsea.

This is the team I would play for the next two PL games and would rest all the other players and give the likes of Hojlund, Garnacho some minutes to keep the pace but nothing more.

-------------------------------------------------Bayindir---------------------------------------------------
------------------------Fredricson--------Lindelof------------Shaw------------------------------
Kamason---------------------Mainoo-------------Eriksen------------------------------Amass
----------------------------------------Amad-----------Mount-------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------Obi--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Mike Smalling]

Call me crazy, but we should try to win this game. Keep the good vibes going and move up the table a bit. More important to do the heavy rotation against Chelsea next week.

I'd rather line up relatively strong and then take key players off after 60 minutes, than going full balls to the wall with the youth players from the start.

 

[Longlivekeano]

—————-tom heaton—————

—Fredrickson—Lindelof—heaven—

————mainoo—Kone—————-

——amad—————————-amass—

—————Eriksen—-fletcher————

———————Chido————————

 

[LordSpud]

Every time Mount comes on I worry about him. Especially after his performance last night now.

 

[Trex]

Onana
Fredricson Maguire Lindelof
Amad Ugarte Mainoo Shaw
Mount Hojlund Garnacho

Take Amad off after 60 Mins
No Bruno, Maz and Yoro please.
Obi on as a sub
Dorgu have been playing a lot, give him a rest, introduce Mantanto probably.

 

[Havak]

Onana
Mazraoui Maguire Yoro
Dorgu Casemiro Bruno Shaw
Amad Mount
Hojlund​

I think it's more important for us to beat West Ham than Chelsea or Villa. I know there isn't a huge difference between 13-17 but I'd rather us block the possibility of us being 17th by beating West Ham if we can. The Europa League final isn't for nearly two weeks (and even after this game it's way more than a week to recover). I want to see this line-up as I think it could potentially be the starting XI against Spurs - but we need to get minutes in for Shaw, Amad, and Mount if that's the case. Would be great if they could all get 60-70 here and then potentially come off the bench against Chelsea for a bit more game time if needed.

We can sub on Ugarte, Mainoo, Garnacho, and Lindelof as the other players who obviously have a chance of starting the final. Then they can probably start the Chelsea game too with the youth players and Eriksen.

Vs. Chelsea it could be something like:

Bayindir
Lindelof Evans Fredricson
Ogunneye Ugarte Eriksen Amass
Mainoo Garnacho
Obi​

Probably very much wishful thinking with the latter, as I don't think Ruben wants to risk getting beat 7-0, but I think that's the way to rest the most for the final considering injuries to Heaven, De Ligt, Martinez, Dalot, Collyer, and Zirkzee.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

We might actually win this!

 

[Smores]

Are we going to do that thing again where everyone says it doesn't matter play the kids, then meltdown and blame the formation when we lose? Good chance I reckon

Play the kids, rest Amad and Mount and give them sub minutes again.

 

[JBG]

Are we going to do that thing again where everyone says it doesn't matter play the kids, then meltdown and blame the formation when we lose? Good chance I reckon

Play the kids, rest Amad and Mount and give them sub minutes again.

What we aren't allowed to complain about matches that don't count anymore and are basically friendlies??? These matches are showing us what we can expect in the future, specially when we are resting our players and playing players together that rarely play together in a formation thats new to most of them. So yes we(they) are probably going to do that kind of complaining yes..

 

[fergiewherearethou]

Call me crazy, but we should try to win this game. Keep the good vibes going and move up the table a bit. More important to do the heavy rotation against Chelsea next week.

I'd rather line up relatively strong and then take key players off after 60 minutes, than going full balls to the wall with the youth players from the start.

I agree, who needs rest should be rested, but no need to rest every starter, the EL final is in 2 weeks and a lot can happen on the training pitch as well in the mean time.

 

[NotoriousISSY]

The last genuinely winnable game of the domestic campaign, but the need to wrap up Mazraoui, Maguire, Yoro, Casemiro, Bruno and Amad can’t be downplayed…but they also need to retain some form and game fitness going into the final.

It’s a tough job being a manager and balancing the need to keep them fit along with their ability to play as well as possible in the big game.

 

[userman]

Onana
Lindelof - Maguire - Shaw
Kamason/Dorgu - Bruno - Mainoo - Amass
Amad - Mount
Hojlund

Sub off: Shaw, Amad, Mount, Bruno and Hojlund
Sub on: Yoro, Garnacho, Casemiro, Ugarte and Obi

 

[Todd]

It's absolutely vital that Amad, Shaw, and Mount don't pick up any knocks between now and the final.

I'd be hesitant giving any of them more than one half in this, if even.

 

[Sassy Colin]

West Ham are shit

 

[Bondi77]

Great to see that Mason is now valued as a contributing cog in our team.
Hope it stays that way