MATCH PREVIEW: West Ham v Manchester United, Saturday, December 29 (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

MATCH PREVIEW: West Ham v Manchester United, Saturday, December 29

8:34am Saturday 29th December 2007 in West Ham By Guardian-series

MATCH PREVIEW

West Ham v Manchester United, Saturday, December 29, 3pm
(Premier League) LAST MEETING: Man U 0 West Ham 1 (13-05-07, Premier League) Carlos Tevez (now at United) scored the only goal of the game as the Hammers escaped relegation on the final day of the season. LAST TIME AT UPTON PARK: West Ham 1 Man U 0 (17-12-2006, Premier League) A solitary strike from former skipper Nigel Reo-Coker earned Alan Curbishley a win in his first game in charge of the east Londoners. HEAD TO HEAD: West Ham 40 wins Man U 49 wins, 24 draws. FORM: Unbeaten in six games, United are shaping up as title challengers and have a five point advantage over third place Chelsea. DANGER MAN: Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured) is offically the third best player on the planet and is the premier league's top scorer on 11 goals. Along with Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez, the dangerous Portugal international forms part of arguably the strongest attacking quartet around. FUN FACT: Ronaldo became Britain's most expensive teenage player when United signed him for £12,240,000 in 2003 and he repaid them by going on to score the club's 1,000th Premier League goal. PREDICTION: West Ham 2 Man U 2