Slaven Bilic’s men entertain the Red Devils at the London Stadium on Monday evening.
Manchester United seek a sixth Premier League win on the bounce, as Jose Mourinho’s men travel to Stratford to face West Ham United on Monday evening, at the London Stadium.
The Red Devils arrive in the capital fresh from a victory against Middlesbrough on New Years’ Eve, with two goals from Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba seeing United come from behind late on at Old Trafford.
Manchester United’s Paul Pogba scores their second goal
Following much criticism of Pogba and his label as world’s most expensive player, the Frenchman has in recent weeks begun to show his Juventus form that earned the player’s reputation.
The 23 year-old midfielder scored the winner against Aitor Karanka’s men, taking his tally to four for the campaign, adding two more assists over the last four.
Pogba will be looking to continue a impressive run of form, albeit versus a Hammers side who have lost just twice in the last seven outings.
Slaven Bilic’s men lost narrowly at Leicester City on Saturday, courtesy of an Islam Slimani goal. West Ham however have been much improved of late and had previously won their last three.
Leicester City’s Islam Slimani scores their first goal as West Ham United’s Darren Randolph looks on
Of concern to Bilic will be the memory of their 5-1 thrashing at home by Arsenal last month, when Alexis Sanchez netted a masterful hat-trick for the visitors.
Manchester United will be looking to improve on when last the two sides met in the league, when Diafra Sakho’s goal cancelled out a Zlatan Ibrahimovic effort, as the Irons took a point away from Manchester.
The duo have met in the top-flight 38 times before, with Monday’s hosts unbeaten by United since 2014, in their last four Premier League meetings.
West Ham are sweating on the fitness of Mark Noble, who picked a knee injury against Leicester. Sam Byram and Simone Zaza could both return but are unlikely to feature, with midfielder Reece Oxford ruled out with an ankle problem.
Defenders James Collins, Arthur Masuaku and Arbeloa are all absent, whilst Gokhan Tore and Diafra Sakho are long-term absentees.
Here is how West Ham could lineup:
Manchester United could have the trio of Luke Shaw, Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick available having missed the visit of Middlesbrough.
Defender Eric Bailly is away on international duty for the Ivory Coast at the African Cup of Nations.
Here is how Manchester United could lineup:
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