West Ham vs Manchester United Matchday Stats Preview

West Ham vs Manchester United Matchday Stats Preview 

West Ham have won their last two Premier League home games against Manchester United, last winning more consecutively at home against the Red Devils in the league between 1974 and 1977 (4).

Manchester United have lost four of their eight Premier League meetings with West Ham at the London Stadium (W3 D1), more than they had in 20 visits to the Boleyn Ground in the competition (W8 D9 L3).

West Ham have won their last two Premier League home games against Man Utd without conceding – they’ve never kept three consecutive home clean sheets against the Red Devils in their league history.

Manchester United have only won two of their last 17 Premier League matches in London (D5 L10), with both of those games coming against Fulham (2-1 in November 2022 and 1-0 in November 2023).

West Ham won their last league home game, beating Ipswich 4-1 at the start of the month. The last time they won back-to-back home matches in the Premier League was in December 2023, with the second of those victories coming against Manchester United (2-0).

Manchester United have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three away games in the Premier League, although the last two have both finished 0-0. The Red Devils last recorded four consecutive shutouts on the road in the league in July 2020.

Since the start of 2024 (excluding promoted/relegated sides), no team have kept fewer clean sheets than West Ham in the Premier League (2 – level with Wolves). Indeed, their only league clean sheet at the London Stadium this year came in their very first one of 2024 (0-0 v Brighton on January 2nd).

Bruno Fernandes has faced West Ham on 12 occasions across all competitions as a Manchester United player but has never scored against them. Indeed, they’re the team he’s faced most often without scoring for the Red Devils, despite attempting 25 shots across those 12 games.

West Ham will be without the suspended Mohammed Kudus for this match, who has netted in each of his last two league games. Since joining the club ahead of the 2023-24 season, however, the Hammers haven’t lost any of the five Premier League matches in which the Ghanaian hasn’t featured (W2 D3).

Alejandro Garnacho has scored 12 goals for Manchester United in the Premier League. Only eight non-British players have ever scored more in the competition before turning 21, with the only such player to do so for the Red Devils being Cristiano Ronaldo (14).