With a peculiar 8.15 pm kick off tonight, West Ham take on Manchester United in the meeting of two in-form sides with the Red Devils unbeaten in ten games. West Ham come off the back of four wins in the last five; so neither team will be short on confidence.
With Nottingham Forest taking on bottom side Wolves tomorrow night, West Ham will be desperate to pick up some points rather than see the ‘gap’ start to open again between themselves and the ‘safety’ of Forest in 17th position. Nuno has expressed concern over injuries that he feels will leave some players sidelined this evening, and his starting eleven will reveal all: Kidology or genuine injuries?
19.00 hrs and the West Ham side has been published. The surprise news – after Nuno’s kidology of multiple ‘injuries’ is that the Hammers have just one change from the side that started at Turf Moor on Saturday: (As we predicted earlier!)
West Ham United
Hermansen | Wan Bissaka, Mavropanos, Disasi, Diouf | Soucek, Potts, Fernandes | Summerville, Castellanos, Bowen(c)
We’ll be back at full time with Gonzo’s player ratings and Nuno-rated or slated articles so check back and see how your own thoughts compare with ours.
Looks like a double bluff as Mbeumo (injured?) starts for Man Utd.