Manchester United v West Ham: Premier League preview

SIDELINED: Manchester United's Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes will miss Manchester United's Barclays Premier League encounter with West Ham.

The veteran midfielder is suspended after picking up his fifth booking of the season at the weekend and his place goes to Anderson, who impressed as a second-half substitute against QPR.

Antonio Valencia (hip) has an outside chance of being fit for the leaders.

Midfielder Mark Noble is suspended for West Ham after accumulating five yellow cards.

Left-back George McCartney is a doubt after suffering an ankle injury against Tottenham and midfielder Yossi Benayoun is still not available as he looks to overcome a thigh problem.
Midfielder Jack Collison (knee) and forward Ricardo Vaz Te (shoulder) are also ruled out.

Manchester United (from): De Gea, Lindegaard, Rafael, Jones, Evans, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evra, Buttner, Valencia, Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, Powell, Cleverley, Young, Giggs, Van Persie, Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez.

West Ham United (from): Jaaskelainen, Spiegel, O'Brien, Reid, Collins, Tomkins, McCartney, Demel, Taylor, Diame, Nolan, Jarvis, Diarra, O'Neil, Maiga, Cole, Carroll, Spence.

United league form: WWWLW

West Ham league form: LDWDL

Key opponent: Kevin Nolan- five goal former Bolton midfielder will take the game to United given half a chance

Prediction: United 3 West Ham 1 - If Anderson can pick up where he left off against QPR it should be an entertaining game

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