How Manchester United should line up vs West Ham in Premier League fixture

Manchester United must bounce back against West Ham in the Premier League away in the capital on Sunday afternoon.

United were defeated 1-0 against Brighton in the dying moments of the match on Thursday night. Luke Shaw conceded a penalty after handling the ball and Alexis Mac Allister made no mistake from the spot to win the game for the hosts.

Rather concerningly, it was another defeat away from home. United have only defeated Fulham and Wolves outside the bottom five clubs in the league this season and they're now set to play West Ham at the London Stadium.

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Regarding the early team news, Alejandro Garnacho was not available against Brighton but he could return to the squad this weekend. Raphael Varane and Scott McTominay remain sidelined with their respective injuries.

Our writers have had their say on how United should line up against West Ham...

Samuel Luckhurst

Brighton are such a good side adjustments were required but United need to be more bullish at West Ham and go with a more balanced back four with Tyrell Malacia back in.

Christian Eriksen was curiously unused at Brighton, where Ten Hag admitted United were overrun in midfield. Anthony Martial moved slowly just getting back to the bench on Thursday night and he is never going to change. The only Martial-related change should be for him to be dropped.

Tyrone Marshall

Shaw is doing an excellent job at centre-back at the moment. He's been so good you wonder whether he might be even better there than at left-back, but his performances are creating a problem, in the lack of a suitable left-back to fill in. I'd go for an unchanged defence at West Ham given the defending was pretty reasonable at