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Updated: 13:48, 23 Dec 2023
West Ham host Manchester United this afternoon in hope of leapfrogging their opponents in the Premier League table.
The Hammers can move above Erik ten Hag’s side with three points, potentially jumping into the top six of the league before Christmas.
David Moyes faces his former club who come into this game off the back of a hard-fought 0-0 draw with Liverpool last Sunday.
United are slipping further away from the Champions League places as their torrid campaign continues and they are in desperate need of three points.
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West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Zouma, Emerson, Alvarez, Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Kudus, Paqueta, Bowen
Subs: Fabianski, Johnson, Cresswell, Fornals, Ings, Ogbonna, Benrahma, Mubama, Kehrer
Man United: Onana, Wan-Bissaka, Kambwala, Evans, Shaw, Mainoo, McTominay, Antony, Garnacho, Fernandes, Hojlund
Subs: Bayindir, Bennett, Reguilon, Amrabat, Eriksen, Van de Beek, Mejbri, Pellistri, Rashford
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West Ham 0-0 Man United
58′ – Nearly a total shambles at the back from Man United!
Evans plays a horrible pass back to Onana.
The goalkeeper does well to control and get rid of it.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
57′ – Another game without a goal for Hojlund.
Rashford is on for the striker.
Pearce: “You could put the case that Antony has been less of a threat, but from West Ham’s point of view they wont want to see Rashford enter the pitch, because whatever form he is in now, he is a threat and can stretch you and be a big problem.”
West Ham 0-0 Man United – Chance
55′ – Top stop from Onana!
Ward-Prowse’s ball is met by a thumping Bowen header that the goalkeeper tips over the bar.
The resulting corner comes to nothing.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
54′ – Emerson does well on the left to win a corner.
Ward-Prowse set to deliver this into the box…
Sums up how relaxed this is
West Ham 0-0 Man United
53′ – Ward-Prowse swings a lovely ball into the box, but the referee penalises Zouma for a foul.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
52′ – Rashford is out to warm-up.
You would think it won’t be long until we see him come on as Paqueta wins a free-kick off Wan-Bissaka.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
50′ – Mainoo pings a pass to Shaw.
He tries to cushion it down for Garnacho, but Coufal clears.
Kudus is away, Fernandes brings him down and gets booked.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
48′ – Mainoo does well to win possession and find Antony.
Garnacho slips a pass into Shaw, and he dinks a cross to the back post that Fernandes loops over the bar.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
47′ – Kudus finds Bowen.
The latter crosses for Paqueta.
He dances into the box and sees a shot blocked from inside the box.
West Ham 0-0 Man United – Kick-off
Right, we are back underway for the second half.
Let us all hope for an improvement!
Man United on course to break shocking record
If Man United don’t score in the second 45 minutes, it will be the first time they’ve gone four league games without a goal since 1992.
To be fair to them, they’ve looked more likely to break the deadlock than the Hammers.
West Ham have been slow and sluggish in possession, with Lucas Paqueta and Jarrod Bowen seeing very little of the ball.
Poor Hojlund
Yet another 45 minutes where Rasmus Hojlund has barely touched the ball.
He’s making the runs but no one finds him or even tries to.
West Ham 0-0 Man United – HALF TIME
That’s the end of a very tame 45 minutes.
The hosts started well but haven’t really created a clear-cut chance.
Meanwhile, the visitors grew into the game and should have the lead through Garnacho.
But Areola stopped him.
This game is there for either side if they are braver.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
45+’- It’s a good ball in from Ward-Prowse.
Soucek gets up and heads wide of the near post, and that should be that.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
45+’ – From the free-kick, West Ham break.
Kudus beats Mainoo.
He slows Evans down and brings the winger down.
He gets booked as Ward-Prowse prepares to deliver…
West Ham 0-0 Man United
45′ – Paqueta stands on Mainoo to give away a stupid free-kick.
And we will have three minutes of added time.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
42′ – Kudus is booked for hauling Shaw to the ground.
The visitors work the ball to Antony.
He fires in a right-footed cross [yes, you read that right].
Hojlund can’t get there and Garnacho can only skew an effort into the near post side-netting.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
40′ – The Hammers clear the corner, but Wan-Bissaka stops Paqueta.
Fernandes goes down and stays down as the visitors try to work an attack.
Eventually, the referee stops the play and Fernandes gets up.
If he was fine, why didn’t he contribute to the attack?
West Ham 0-0 Man United
38′ – From the corner, the ball come to to Mainoo.
He hits a very weak shot that Areola shovels around the post when it looked easy to gather.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
37′ – Paqueta and Mavropanos loses possession, allowing Garnacho to charge into the box.
He tries to find Fernandes and Zouma blocks the cross for a corner.
West Ham 0-0 Man United
35′ – Down other end, Kudus finds Bowen.
He drives down the left past Kambwala.
He fizzes a cross into the box that Evans blocks to stop Kudus tapping it in.
West Ham 0-0 Man United – Chance
34′ – Huge save from Areola!
Kudus gives it away to Antony.
He finds Garnacho in the box.
He can’t sort his feet out and fires in a shot at the near post that Areola blocks.
Pearce: “He’s tried to open his body up.”
Has to offer more
West Ham 0-0 Man United
32′ – Fernandes finds Antony 25 yards from goal.
He cuts in and curls a weak shot straight at Areola.
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