Manchester United 4-1 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2008

Result

Manchester United 4-1 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2008, 11:45 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Manchester United 4-1 West Ham United: match report

Manchester United won against West Ham United 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 May 2008. The half-time score was 3-1.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (3'), Cristiano Ronaldo (24'), Carlos Tévez (25') and Michael Carrick (59'). West Ham United scored through Dean Ashton (28').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; West Ham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 81 points from 36 and West Ham United 10th on 48 points from 36. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and West Ham United 10th with 49.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 4 for West Ham United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 2-0
  • 25'Goal · Carlos TévezManchester United · 3-0
  • 28'Goal · Dean AshtonWest Ham United · 3-1
  • 37'Red card · NaniManchester United
  • 38'Yellow card · Lucas NeillWest Ham United
  • 39'Yellow card · George McCartneyWest Ham United
  • 59'Goal · Michael CarrickManchester United · 4-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 66'Yellow card · Bobby ZamoraWest Ham United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 1, West Ham United 4.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha

West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, George McCartney, Lucas Neill, Jonathan Spector, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Ashton, Bobby Zamora, Scott Parker, Mark Noble, Fredrik Ljungberg