West Ham have only beaten us once in the league at Old Trafford in their last nine visits (1 1-0 back in 2007) – they’ve lost on every other occasion and have only managed to score one goal in all those games (when they were beaten 4-1 in 2008).
It really should have “home banker” written all over it but it has been precisely this type of game that has wrecked our league campaign so far this season.
However, I did detect a few shoots of recovery in our midweek match against Stoke in the League Cup and, for the first time this season, I actually felt like I was watching Manchester United again.
We should win here this afternoon and we should win comfortably.
However, I remain a little concerned about our goal output and I think the bookies may have it wrong when they say that this could be a high scoring game.
