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West Ham Utd. pack their bags to visit Manchester United at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 37 out of 56 times.
The previous match played between the two at Old Trafford was more than three years back, in January 2003, with Man Utd. annihilating their visitors 6 - 0 in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 27 Nov | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 2 | Man Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 26 Jan | Man Utd. | 6 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Dec | Man Utd. | 3 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 17 Nov | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 1 | Man Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | West Ham Utd. | 3 - 5 | Man Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Dec | Man Utd. | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 28 Jan | Man Utd. | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester United could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Red Devils have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 3.
West Ham Utd.'s away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The Hammers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 9 against.
Man Utd. sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 66 points from their 30 games. West Ham Utd.'s 45 points from 30 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man Utd. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 15 |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
West Ham Utd. are performing with pride on their travels, but the FootyMad panel believes it may not be enough to prevent the Red Devils coming away with a hard-fought home win. Home win.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man Utd. | Won 10 successive home games. 11 games since last home draw. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 14 . |
| West Ham Utd. | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |