Confirmed line-ups in Premier League
Manchester United are targeting successive wins when Ruben Amorim’s side host West Ham in the Premier League on Thursday.
Mason Mount’s second-half winner gave the 20-time champions a 2-1 comeback win at Crystal Palace on Sunday and the chance to go fifth with victory against the third-bottom Hammers.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s team had taken seven points from their previous nine before losing 2-0 at home to Liverpool on Sunday.
As well as full team news below, you can also follow live text updates and stats from Man United vs West Ham in the Premier League here.
Man United starting lineup vs West Ham
Defender Harry Maguire and striker Benjamin Sesko are unavailable with injuries sustained against Spurs on November 8.
Manchester United starting XI: Lammens, Mazraoui, Heaven, Shaw, Amad Diallo, Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes, Dalot, Mbeumo, Cunha, Zirkzee
Man United substitutes: To follow
West Ham starting lineup vs Manchester United
Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, midfielder Oliver Scarles and winger Crysencio Summerville are injured.
West Ham starting XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Mavropanos, Diouf, Potts, Magassa, Bowen, Fernandes, Soucek, Wilson
West Ham substitutes: To follow
How to watch Man United v West Ham: Live online stream, TV channel
Kick-off on Thursday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Streaming is available on a vast variety of devices via the Sky GO app.
Manchester United v West Ham stats
- United are unbeaten in their last 17 top-flight outings played on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, winning the last eight in a row
- They have lost nine of their last league games in the month of December, including the last three without scoring
- Only Chelsea and Manchester City (both 5.07) have bettered United’s shots on target per game average of 5 in this season’s Premier League
- Tottenham’s Mohammed Kudus is the only player in the 2025/26 division who can match Bruno Fernandes’s total of five assists
- Bruno Fernandes’s tally of 21 unsuccessful attempts to tackle a dribbling player is second only to Wolves’ Joao Gomes (23)
- West Ham have lost two of their 13 Premier League fixtures staged on a Thursday
- The Hammers won this fixture 2-0 last season, ending a 16-game winless run away to United in the Premier League
- They have beaten United in four of their past five Premier League meetings between the teams
- Captain Jarrod Bowen has been on the scoresheet in three of those five games, including in both encounters last season. The last player to score in three in a row against United for West Ham was Jermain Defoe between 2001 and 2002
- Tomas Soucek has the highest shooting accuracy (70%) of any player to have attempted at least 10 shots in this season’s division
Premier League fixtures this weekend
All matches start at 15:00 GMT / 12:00 ET / 09:00 PT unless stated otherwise.
Saturday, December 6
Aston Villa vs Arsenal (12:30)
Bournemouth vs Chelsea
Everton vs Nottingham Forest
Manchester City vs Sunderland
Newcastle vs Burnley
Tottenham vs Brentford
Leeds vs Liverpool (17:30)
Sunday, December 7
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham (14:00)
Fulham vs Crystal Palace (16:30)
Monday, December 8
Wolves vs Manchester United (20:00)
