Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 18

Dec 23, 2023 at 12.30pm UK

London Stadium

West Ham
2 - 0
Man Utd

Bowen (72'), Kudus (78')
Kudus (43'), Paqueta (74')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Evans (45+2'), Fernandes (51'), Shaw (90+6')

Manchester United make worst start to season since 1930

Manchester United lose 13 matches at this stage of a campaign for just the second time in their history, with the Red Devils suffering a 2-0 defeat to West Ham United on Saturday.

Dec 23, 14:58

West Ham United's Vladimir Coufal in action with Manchester United's Alejandro Garnacho on December 23, 2023

Erik ten Hag: 'We were made to pay for missed opportunities'

Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag opens up on his side's 2-0 defeat to West Ham United at the London Stadium.

Dec 23, 15:43

West Ham United's Mohammed Kudus in action with Manchester United's Luke Shaw on December 23, 2023

Luke Shaw says Manchester United's form is "not good enough"

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw says that his side were again "not good enough" in Saturday's Premier League defeat to West Ham United.

Dec 23, 15:56

The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

West Ham United

All competitions

Premier League

Last Game: Liverpool 5-1 West Ham
Wednesday, December 20 at 8pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Manchester United

All competitions

Premier League

Last Game: Liverpool 0-0 Man Utd
Sunday, December 17 at 4.30pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a West Ham United win with a probability of 51.97%. A win for Manchester United had a probability of 25.15% and a draw had a probability of 22.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a West Ham United win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.74%) and 2-0 (8.01%). The likeliest Manchester United win was 1-2 (6.4%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.57%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that West Ham United would win this match.

Result
West Ham United	Draw	Manchester United
51.97% ( -0.05)	22.88% ( 0.04)	25.15% ( 0.01)

Both teams to score 58.95% (

-0.11)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

58.63% (

-0.15)

41.37% (

0.15)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

36.23% (

-0.15)

63.76% (

0.15)

West Ham United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84% (

-0.07)

16% (

0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.69% (

-0.13)

45.31% (

0.13)

Manchester United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.17% (

-0.07)

29.82% (

0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.09% (

-0.09)

65.91% (

0.09)

Score Analysis

West Ham United 51.97%

Manchester United 25.15%

Draw 22.87%

West Ham United	Draw	Manchester United
2-1 @ 9.7% ( 0) 1-0 @ 8.74% ( 0.04) 2-0 @ 8.01% ( 0.02) 3-1 @ 5.92% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 4.9% ( -0) 3-2 @ 3.58% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 2.71% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 2.24% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.64% ( -0.01) 5-1 @ 1% ( -0.01) Other @ 3.52% Total : 51.97%	1-1 @ 10.57% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 5.87% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 4.77% ( 0.03) 3-3 @ 1.45% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.22% Total : 22.87%	1-2 @ 6.4% ( 0) 0-1 @ 5.77% ( 0.03) 0-2 @ 3.49% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 2.58% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.37% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 1.41% ( 0) Other @ 3.14% Total : 25.15%