West Ham, with two defeats and six goals conceded, could be obliging opponents for Wayne Rooney to end his 18-hour goal drought. Rooney has recovered from the bug that ruled him out against Fulham last Sunday, adding to the potential reasons why the West Ham captain, Scott Parker, admitted to 'dreading' this fixture. It won't get any easier for Avram Grant's team – next up is Chelsea. The defender Mathew Upson is likely to play after the facial injury that ruled him out of the Carling Cup tie on Tuesday. Daniel Taylor

Venue Old Trafford, Saturday 5.30pm

Tickets Sold out

Last season Manchester United 3 West Ham 0

Referee M Clattenburg

This season's matches 1 Y1, R0, 1.00 cards per game

Odds Manchester United 1-6 West Ham 22-1 Draw 7-1

Manchester United

Subs from Kuszczak, Brown, Rafael, Gibson, Giggs, Obertan, Park, Neville, Hernández, Smalling, Ferdinand, Fábio, Carrick, Owen, C Evans, Anderson

Doubtful Anderson (knee), Ferdinand (knee)

Injured Hargreaves (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form guide DW

Disciplinary record Y4 R0

Leading scorers Berbatov, Fletcher, Giggs, Scholes 1

West Ham

Subs from Stech, Ben Haim, Gabbidon, Boa Morte, Barrera, McCarthy, Spector, Sears, Da Costa, Stanislas, Daprelà, Piquionne, Obinna, Nouble

Doubtful McCarthy (match fitness), Upson (nose)

Injured Behrami (thigh, Sep 18), Hitzlsperger (thigh, 18 Sep), Hines (knee, Oct), Collison (knee, Nov), Kurucz (knee, May)

Suspended None

Form guide LL

Disciplinary record Y4 R0

Leading scorer Noble 1

Match pointers

• United have won 11 of their last 12 Premier League games at home, scoring an average of 3.25 goals per game

• West Ham have not won away from home in the league since beating Wolves 2-0 in their first match of last season

• Wayne Rooney has touched the ball 37 times in the opposition half this season, but not once in his own half

• West Ham have conceded 14 goals in their last five visits to Old Trafford, scoring only once

• Paul Scholes has made the most passes in the division (200) so far this season