Man Utd Team News: Injuries, suspensions and line-up vs West Ham
Everything you need to know ahead of the Premier League clash at Old Trafford on Saturday
Manchester United head into this weekend’s game against West Ham United needing a return to winning ways to boost their hopes of finishing in the top four having lost four of their last five matches in all competitions.
Wednesday’s loss to Barcelona at Old Trafford has thrown into focus United’s bid to pip at least two of Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur to Champions League qualification next season, and nothing less than three points will be needed against the Hammers if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are to regain the momentum they will need in the final month of the campaign.
Alexis Sanchez has returned to training after a knee injury but Solskjaer revealed on Friday that the Chilean will not be ready to be a part of the squad on Saturday.
Antonio Valencia is still injured, while Eric Bailly also misses out due to a knock picked up on international duty recently.
Nemanja Matic could be given an 11th-hour call-up depending on the latest on his illness, but Ander Herrera remains unavailable with a thigh muscle issue.
Elsewhere there should be no injury worries, with Matteo Darmian in the reckoning at the perfect time due to the suspensions of Ashley Young and Luke Shaw.
Luke Shaw misses out as he serves the first half of a two-match domestic suspension after picking up a 10th yellow card of the season against Wolves last time out, and coincidentally he is also banned for the trip to Barcelona in midweek due to a trio of bookings in Champions League matches. Ashley Young is also ruled out having been sent off in the defeat at Molineux, but he will be available to return against Everton next weekend.
With Young and Shaw missing out, Diogo Dalot should slot in at right-back and Marcos Rojo is favourite to start on the left after playing 45 minutes there for the Under-23s against West Brom last week.
In midfield there could be further starts for Fred and Scott McTominay after they both impressed against Barcelona, while higher up Solskjaer could rotate his front men after resting Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard in midweek.
Samir Nasri pulled a calf in the warm-up against Chelsea last week and will miss the trip to Manchester, while Carlos Sanchez, Jack Wilshere and Andriy Yarmolenko are among the long-term absentees in Manuel Pellegrini’s squad.
Kick-off is 5:30pm BST (12:30pm ET) on Saturday, and will be shown live in the United Kingdom on BT Sport 1. It will be shown on NBCSN in the United States, and on various channels around the world.
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