West Ham United welcome Manchester United to Upton Park on Saturday afternoon.

After last weekend's 5 - 3 victory over Burnley, West Ham seem all set to give Manchester United a good fight.
Striker Carlton Cole is out with a knee injury and will miss this game. Dean Ashton is injured as well, and will not play. Alessandro Diamanti has been out injured for a while now, but is expected to be fit to play tomorrow.
If manager Gianfranco Zola has got to go without the above strikers, the two most likely to lead the charge are Guillermo Luis Farcuason Franco and Zavon Hines. Zavon Hines will only play if Diamanti cannot make it.
In midfield, injuries are also present. Luis Boa Morte and Valon Behrami are injured and will miss this match.
Players available include Jack Collison, Luiz Jimenez, Mark Noble, Junior Stanislas, and Scott Parker.
Defenders Calum Davenport and Matthew Upson are also on the injury list, but Upson is likely to play a part before the end of 90 minutes.
With quite a number of injuries, Gianfranco Zola will need a water-tight strategy to keep United at bay.  .  .and perhaps get a win.

Manchester United are in pretty good form and presently second on the table, 5 points behind Chelsea. This match is an opportunity for the Red Devils to add 3 more points in the bag and keep the chase on.
Striker Dimitar Berbatov is back to full fitness and should start, alongside striker Wayne Rooney. Michael Owen is also very much available.
All of Sir Alex's midfielders are fit and available for this match(with the exception of Owen Hargreaves). Thus the usual selection issue presents itself.
Most likely starters are Antonio Valencia, Darren Fletcher, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick. Anderson, Nani and Paul Scholes are likely to feature as well, Nani especially, as he hasn't seen any EPL action in a while.
In defense, United are still ravaged with injuries. Fabio, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Johnny Evans and Edwin Van Der Saar are all injured.
Van der Saar's knee injury is not serious though, and he is expected to be fit enough to play. If not, either Tomasz Kuszczak or Ben Foster will step in.
Central defenders Wes Brown and Nemanja Vidic will start, as well as LB Patrice Evra.
If United can capitalize on West Ham's many injuries, they should get all 3 points.

Guillermo Luis Farcuason Franco - is a danger!

hmm dont know wots gonna UTD are playing away.

i think a draw will be fair

Another bonus for the devils, cool!

Emperoh:

Sharrap dia. . . .una never handle Stoke finish!!!
Mancs
We can nick this one. . . .3 points should be bagged here
No excuses even if we field our third team!!!

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Line - UP anyone?

Carlton Cole is OUT.

West Ham has always threatened United.
Probably a draw or Hammers might just clinch it.

BlueDiva:

West Ham has always threatened United.
Probably a draw or Hammers might just clinch it.

i dnt like dat

Dreamt the scummites won this by 5 goals. . .
When will i stop having useless dreams?

A Massacre will occur at Upton park. United to spell west ham. A hat trick for wazza.

Another 3 points for man united, another hat trick for wanye wonder rooney! United all the way!

Man U defence is looking weird today. I guess Fletcher will be playing right back and Neville will be playing central defence. Looks crazy

this defense no make sense oh, but God dey, UP GIBSON!

Cheese n Rice. . . . .How did it get to this?

Neville, Vidic, Rio, Evans ALL out. . . . .

Fergie should please bring in De Laet. . . . .Carrick playing as a Centre Back doesn't look good.

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL


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Half-Time.

. . .sauron. .my boy carrick is holding his own @ center back. .
. .he's doin good there. .and really we need to look beyond ferdinand and vidic, dose guys are just not themselves. . .vidics mind is in barca and ferdinand. . . well i guess he was kissed by owen hargreaves

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

GIBSONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN, YOU BEAUTY!!!!

What a SCORCHER!!!!

Goal! 0-2  

teemoe:

.    .   .sauron.   .my boy carrick is holding his own @ center back.  .
.    .he's doin good there.  .and really we need to look beyond ferdinand and vidic, dose guys are just not themselves.  .  .vidics mind is in barca and ferdinand.  .  . well i guess he was kissed by owen hargreaves

Seriously, Carrick is coping well at the back. . . . . .His distribution has been top class.
He is starting our attack from the back with crisp passes and i guess he might finish his career as a CB a la Lothar Matthaus.
I am impressed. . . . .

Meanwhile, how does SAF get away with his spastic formation?
7 midfielders in one game?
Here comes Dimitar Berbatov. . . . .Gibson off.

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

VALENCIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

3-0

Berbatov is pulling strings already.

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

ROONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

4-0.

na wa o. .

two in quick succession

In 4 goals Rooney can only manage 1

Does he not know I depend on him for FPL points?

dayokanu:

In 4 goals Rooney can only manage 1

Does he not know I depend on him for FPL points?

He's scored 11 league goals this season.
Let the ROON alone.

Game don finish . . . make everybody dey go house

that was close. .

Wes Brown injured again?

Jesus. . . . . .United are down to their bones now.

We can't even sub so we will finish this game with 10 men.


Full Time!!!!
What a performance. . . .

Emperoh:

Down to the Bones!!!
Who is doing this to us? Good thing, the Chavs lost!!!
Good game though, we showed attacking clout and great spirit to nick it!!
Gibson is gradually coming of age. . . . i hope we can have some back for the game against Wolfsburg!!!

Apart from his goal, he was lethargic.
He couldn't even get his passes right. . . .gave possession away like he was handing the Hammers Christmas gifts.
The best players on the pitch today were PIG, Valencia, Anderson and Scholes.

Sauron,
Any further comments on Valencia?I remember you slating him seriously.

Berbatov is slowly take his position on the bench. Nice win yesterday and the run continues.

As for valencia,that guy rockssss.