Manchester United have lost four of their five Premier League matches against West Ham (1 win), more than in their previous 28 against the Hammers (19 wins, 6 draws, 3 defeats).
West Ham won this exact match 2-0 last season, ending a 16-match winless run against Man Utd in the Premier League (D3 L13). They have not won consecutive league visits to Old Trafford since March 1934.
West Ham completed the Premier League double against Manchester United last season, winning three in a row against the Red Devils between December 2006 and December 2007.
Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 17 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) Premier League home games (W14, D3), winning the last eight matches in a row. Their last defeat was against Liverpool in May 2021 (2-4).
West Ham have lost just two of their 13 Premier League matches played on a Thursday (W6 D5), although only two of those matches were outside London (wins against Southampton in 2018 and 2024).
Man Utd have lost nine of their last 14 Premier League matches in December (W4 D1), including the last three in a row without scoring. They were undefeated in 15 matches during the previous holiday month (12 wins, 3 draws).
Since a 3-0 win over Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest side in August, West Ham are winless in four Premier League away games (D2 L2), all under Santo since his arrival. The last Hammers manager to fail to win any of his first five away matches in the Premier League was Avram Grant in 2010 (first 9 matches).
Rúben Amorim lost nine of his 19 Premier League matches at Old Trafford as Manchester United manager (W8 D2). If they lose this match, it will be the fastest ever match by a Red Devils manager in 10 top-flight home games – the current fastest is 23 matches by AH Albut between 1892 and 1894.
Jarrod Bowen scored in both of West Ham’s meetings against Man Utd in the Premier League last season – the last player to score three times in a row against them for the Hammers was Jermain Defoe (2001-2002).
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has gone more Premier League matches against West Ham United without scoring than any other club (11) – he failed to score any of his 27 shots against the Hammers.
