West Ham United – Manchester Utd

The visitors will be closer to winning the match in London

Manchester United 2023 is one of the most interesting clubs in England. However, Eric ten Hague's team has a certain instability. For example, they can beat Barcelona and Newcastle in three days and then burn out at Liverpool 0-7 a week later. Or beat one of the Premier League clubs of recent months, Aston Villa, and then lose in the final seconds of a game to Brighton, a direct rival for a place in the Champions League zone. After 33 league games, Manchester United sit in fourth place, four points ahead of Liverpool with one match to spare and eight points ahead of Brighton, who have played one more game than the Seagulls. Eric ten Hag's side look relatively safe in the top four, but they will indeed not be forgiven for such missteps as they made in the last round. Moreover, the Red Devils' upcoming opponents will be in no mood to compromise at all. West Ham United, who continue to battle on two football fronts, are even more motivated from a tournament perspective. With four games to go, the Hammers are just four points ahead of relegation-zone outfit Nottingham Forest. The bookmakers ahead of the game in London see the visitors as favourites, offering odds of 2.07 to win. West Ham have stopped pleasing their fans in recent weeks. In March and April, the Hammers suffered only one defeat in ten meetings, making their way to the Conference League semi-finals and slightly moving further away from the relegation zone. In the last three games, the Moscow side have lost three times. Liverpool, Crystal Palace and Manchester City have been their opponents. If you exclude the Gunners, the list of opponents looks solid. To a greater or lesser extent, Manchester United belong to roughly the same class of clubs. The Mancunian club's recent results can be described as mediocre. On the one hand, it has beaten a strong Aston Villa in the past five meetings and made it to the FA Cup final. On the other hand, they dropped out of the Europa League and have only scored one point in the meetings with Brighton and Tottenham. The visitors have a lot to prove in the upcoming meeting.