David Moyes goes defensive with 10 West Ham changes for Man United as key duo return to the fold after injury.
After sealing last 16 European football for the second season running, attentions now turn to Manchester United for West Ham.
A trip to face the fast-improving Red Devils in the Premier League will be a massive step up from the opposition the Hammers have faced this week, which saw wins over Bournemouth on Monday and then Silkeborg three days later.
West Ham sit within striking distance of Man United and the European spots.
The Hammers will be aiming to maintain their challenge for a top six spot again this season while competing to try and win the Europa Conference League.
Expectations are obviously much greater at Old Trafford, though. Ahead of the clash David Moyes has said the fact West Ham finished just one point off his former club last season shows the Hammers have closed the gap on the likes of Man United.
Erik ten Hag has warned his Man United players about ‘much better’ West Ham ahead of the clash.
There has been a big focus on Moyes’s abysmal record away at the so-called top six. The Scot has failed to win a single Premier League game on the road to one of those clubs in 69 attempts.
Many West Ham fans have become bored of Moyes’s perceived negative tactics this season.
Predicted: David Moyes goes defensive with 10 West Ham changes for Man United as key duo return
But we think the Hammers boss won’t change his spots for the clash against his former side.
Moyes goes defensive with 10 West Ham changes for Man United as key duo return in our predicted team.
Lukasz Fabianski will come back in for Alphonse Areola in change number one.
Moyes said Lucas Paqueta will miss the match but the talk among club insiders is that both Craig Dawson and Jarrod Bowen will be fit to face Man United.
West Ham will play with four at the back as Thilo Kehrer comes back in at right-back in place of Vladimir Coufal.
Dawson replaces Ben Johnson in change three while Kurt Zouma will start in place of Angelo Ogbonna.
Nayef Aguerd will not be risked in the Premier League according to the manager, so he drops out in change number five to allow an extra attacker – with Bowen replacing him on the teamsheet.
Aaron Cresswell will come in for Emerson as left-back in change number six.
Conor Coventry, Manuel Lanzini and Pablo Fornals will all be replaced in changes seven, eight and nine with Tomas Soucek, Flynn Downes and Declan Rice coming back in.
And the final change will see Michail Antonio replaced by Gianluca Scamacca up front after the Jamaican fluffed his big chance to impress against Silkeborg.
Predicted West Ham starting XI to face Man United:
Fabianski, Kehrer, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Downes, Rice, Soucek, Benrahma, Bowen, Scamacca.
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