Manchester United 3-1 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2013

Result

Manchester United 3-1 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 3-1 West Ham United: match report

Manchester United won against West Ham United 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 December 2013. The half-time score was 2-0.

Danny Welbeck opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Danny Welbeck (26'), Adnan Januzaj (36') and A. Young (72'). West Ham United scored through Carlton Cole (81').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; West Ham United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 7th on 25 points from 16 and West Ham United 17th on 14 points from 16. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and West Ham United 17th with 36.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for West Ham United.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-L-D-D and West Ham United's D-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Ravel MorrisonWest Ham United
  • 26'Goal · Danny WelbeckManchester United · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · Adnan JanuzajManchester United · 2-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Adnan JanuzajManchester United
  • 65'Yellow card · Matt JarvisWest Ham United
  • 67'Yellow card · James TomkinsWest Ham United
  • 72'Goal · A. YoungManchester United · 3-0
  • 76'Yellow card · George McCartneyWest Ham United
  • 81'Goal · Carlton ColeWest Ham United · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 1, West Ham United 1.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

David de Gea, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Chris Smalling, Rafael, Wayne Mark Rooney, S. Kagawa, Ryan Giggs

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Guy Demel, James Tomkins, George McCartney, James Collins, Mark Noble, Mohamed Diamé, Matt Jarvis, Stewart Downing, Ravel Morrison, Kevin Nolan