Manchester United vs West Ham United Preview

March 12, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

The weekend’s FA Cup action concludes at Old Trafford where Manchester United face West Ham United.

The Red Devils have had a relatively straightforward path to the last eight, easing past League Two duo Sheffield United and Shrewsbury Town either side of a victory over Championship side Derby County.

Should they go all the way this season, they will move on to twelve victories in this competition – the amount achieved by Arsenal, who following their recent back-to-back triumphs have overtaken their rivals as winning the most outright.

Juan Mata is suspended after picking up two yellow cards in quick succession in last weekend’s league defeat to West Bromwich Albion but Jesse Lingard returns after a ban.

Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young and Luke Shaw are among those out with long-term injuries.

Anthony Martial is favourite to open the scoring at 6.25 (21/4) with Stan James, with Marcus Rashford a 7.5 (13/2) chance with a variety of firms.

The home win is 2.0 (1/1) with most firms, with the visitors as highly priced as the 4.2 (16/5) on offer from Bet Victor. The draw can be backed at 3.6 (13/5) with a variety of bookmakers.

Slaven Bilic’s side beat Championship pair Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers in the third and fifth rounds respectively, while they needed a replay and extra-time to get past Liverpool in round four.

Enner Valencia, Victor Moses, Joey O’Brien and Winston Reid call all return for the Hammers though James Collins and James Tomlkins are out injured and Sam Byram is cup-tied.

Andy Carroll is 9.0 (8/1) to get the first goal of the game with Stan James while Michail Antonio, who has scored in five of his last eight outings, is widely available at 13.0 (12/1).

The sides last met in December, with the league game at Old Trafford ending goalless while both teams have scored in four of the five meetings before that encounter.

You can back both to score here at 1.96 (22/23) with 888 Sport while Befair offer 2.25 (5/4) for there to be three or more goals in the game.

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