The Red Devils will be brimming with confidence after winning the EFL Cup final on Sunday against Newcastle United.
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Manchester United will be keen to maintain the positive feeling around the club when they host West Ham United in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Wednesday. The Red Devils will be brimming with confidence after winning the EFL Cup final on Sunday against Newcastle United. The 2-0 triumph as resulted in Erik ten Hag winning his first trophy at Old Trafford. It also ends Man United’s six-year long wait for silverware after last winning a trophy in 2017 – the Europa League under then manager Jose Mourinho.
The poor start to the season has now become a distant memory for Manchester United supporters. The mood has been positive around the Old Trafford for sometime now and it reached new heights this past week. After overcoming Spanish giants Barcelona in a two-legged knockout tie in the Europa League, Man United ended their long wait for a silverware at the weekend. With the club not far away from leaders Arsenal in the Premier League table, ten Hag would very much love to keep their unlikely quadruple hopes alive.
However, West Ham United will not be an easy opponent for the Red Devils. This fixture will see a return for David Moyes to Old Trafford. They are fresh from thumping Nottingham Forest 4-0 at the weekend. However, West Ham are still not clear of the relegation zone, hence their priority would be the league over the FA Cup. Thereby, Moyes could give rest to some of his key players for this game in order to keep them fresh for the weekend game. Overall, West Ham are placed 16th in the table and have 23 points from 24 games, while Manchester United are sitting third with 49 points from 24 matches.
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Manchester United could freshen up their line-up to give some rest to the players who were part of the EFL Cup final at the weekend. Jack Butland could also be in line to start in between the sticks for them, while the likes of David De Gea, Casemiro and Marcus Rashford could be rested. They will, however, be without Christian Eriksen and Donny van de Beek, while Anthony Martial could also miss out on this game. Meanwhile, West Ham United have question marks over the availability of Lukasz Fabianski and Vladimir Coufal. It is also unclear when Maxwel Cornet and Kurt Zouma could return for them.
Manchester United possible line-up: Butland, Dalot, Lindelof, Maguire, Malacia, McTominay, Sabitzer, Fernandes, Sancho, Garnacho, Weghorst
West Ham United possible line-up: Areola, Johnson, Kehrer, Aguerd, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Paqueta, Benrahma, Bowen, Scamacca
Manchester United
| Opponents | Score |
| Newcastle United | 2-0 (W) |
| Barcelona | 2-1 (W) |
| Leicester City | 3-0 (W) |
| Barcelona | 2-2 |
| Leeds | 0-2 (W) |
West Ham United
| Opponents | Score |
| Nottingham | 4-0 (W) |
| Tottenham | 2-0 (L) |
| Chelsea | 1-1 |
| Newcastle | 1-1 |
| Derby | 0-2 (W) |
| Last 5 matches (all competitions) | Results |
| Manchester United beat West Ham United | 1-0 |
| Manchester United beat West Ham United | 1-0 |
| Manchester United lose to West Ham United | 0-1 |
| West Ham United lose to Manchester United | 1-2 |
| Manchester United beat West Ham United | 1-0 |
The FA Cup match between Manchester United and West Ham United will take place at Old Trafford on Thursday at 1:15 am IST.
The live telecast of the FA Cup match between Manchester United and West Ham United can be seen on STV Player, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, ITV 1 UK, STV Scotland, ITVX in the United Kingdom.
