Manchester United have lost four of their five Premier League games against West Ham (W1), which is more than their previous 28 games against the Hammers (W19 D6 L3).
West Ham won this exact match 2-0 last season, ending a 16-game winless run to Man Utd in the Premier League (D3 L13). They have not won consecutive league visits to Old Trafford since March 1934.
West Ham did the double to Manchester United in the Premier League last season, having last won three consecutive matches against the Red Devils between December 2006 and December 2007.
Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League home games (W14 D3) in midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and have won their last eight matches in a row. Their last defeat was against Liverpool in May 2021 (2-4).
West Ham have lost only two of their 13 Premier League games played on Thursday (W6 D5), although only two of those games have come outside London (wins against Southampton in 2018 and 2024).
Man Utd have lost nine of their last 14 Premier League matches in the month of December (W4 D1), including three in a row without scoring. They had previously been unbeaten in 15 games in the festive month (W12 D3).
Since a 3–0 win over Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest team in August, West Ham have been winless in four Premier League away games (D2 L2), all since Santo’s arrival. The last Hammers manager to fail to win any of his first five Premier League games was Avram Grant in 2010 (first 9 games).
Ruben Amorim has lost nine of his 19 Premier League matches at Old Trafford as Manchester United boss (W8 D2). If they lose this game, it will be the fastest ever by a Red Devils manager to lose 10 home top-flight matches – the current fastest is 23 games by AH Albut between 1892 and 1894.
Jarrod Bowen scored in both of West Ham’s meetings with Man Utd in the Premier League last season – the last player to score in three in a row against them for the Hammers was Jermain Defoe (2001–2002).
Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has played more Premier League games against West Ham United than any other club (11) – he has failed to score in any of his 27 shots against the Hammers.