Date: Wednesday, September 22 2021
Kickoff Time: 1945 Hrs BST
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
League Cup Form Guide
Manchester United: N/A
West Ham: N/A
Previous League Cup Meetings
Manchester United 4—1 West Ham
West Ham 4—0 Manchester United
Manchester United 1—0 West Ham
All-Time League Cup Record
Manchester United wins: 2
West Ham wins: 1
Draws: 0
Pre-Match Pressers
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
David Moyes
Team News
Manchester United
Marcus Rashford and Amad Diallo ruled out. Dean Henderson, Edinson Cavani, Phil Jones and Alex Telles doubtful.
West Ham
Winston Reid ruled out.
Know the opposition
West Ham United Football Club (nicknamed The Irons, The Hammers, and The Academy of Football) are a professional football club based in Upton Park, East London. They were founded in 1895 by foreman and local league referee Dave Taylor and owner Arnold Hills as Thames Ironworks F.C. - a strictly amateur football club with a team featuring a number of works employees. During the summer of 1898, Thames Ironworks F.C. became a professional outfit for the first time, to match their new status as members of the Southern League Second Division, and were promoted to the First Division at the first attempt following a decision to enlarge the top division of the Southern League to 19 teams. After growing disputes over the running and financing of the club in June 1900, Thames Ironworks F.C. resigned from the Southern League and were officially wound up. On 5 July 1900 they reformed under the new name of West Ham United and accepted an offer of the Southern League place left vacant by Thames Ironworks.
West Ham's most successful period started with the appointment of Ron Greenwood in 1961 - leading to FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup titles - with youth team graduates Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters at the forefront. Their nickname The Academy of Football pays homage to the club's proud tradition in English football for playing entertaining, attacking football - and the success of the club in coaching future greats - which includes that aforementioned trio of World Cup winners, Trevor Brooking, Paul Ince, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Jermaine Defoe and Michael Carrick. West Ham's most prominent rivals are local clubs Millwall (Dockers derby - one of the longest-standing and most bitter in English football), Chelsea (East versus West London rivalry), and Tottenham Hotspur (East versus North London derby). They played their home games at the now demolished Boleyn Ground (often referred to as Upton Park) from 1904 to 2016, and moved to the London Olympic Stadium at the start of the 2016/ 2017 League season.
Referee
Jonathan Moss.
Familiar Faces
David Moyes (2013—14)
