{"id":322272,"date":"2025-12-03T07:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/322272\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T07:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:58:13","slug":"man-utd-vs-west-ham-has-only-one-outcome-for-paul-merson-after-premier-league-prediction-is-made-major-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/322272\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd vs West Ham has only one outcome for Paul Merson after Premier League prediction is made, &#8216;major problems\u2026&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson has now dropped his eye-opening Premier League prediction for Manchester United\u2019s upcoming encounter with West Ham at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim<\/a> and his men kick off their December run of Premier League fixtures on Thursday ahead of signing off 2025 in the current campaign.<\/p>\n<p> Are Ruben Amorim\u2019s comments from the last West Ham defeat still relevant now? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not scared of losing a game as Manchester United. We don\u2019t have that fear anymore and that is the most dangerous thing that a big club can have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amorim after losing 2-0 to West Ham<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2214848670-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim headshot\" class=\"wp-image-270975\" \/>Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>West Ham will arrive at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Old Trafford<\/a> on Thursday evening and Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s men are currently hovering above the Premier League relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a>, on the other hand, are 10 points clear of 17th-place West Ham and the seventh-place Red Devils are only three points adrift of the top four.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils received a major boost ahead of signing off the month of November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-win-2-1-against-crystal-palace\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with United defeating Crystal Palace 2-1<\/a> in a comeback win at Selhurst Park.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/horrible-thing-what-ben-foster-spotted-about-dean-hendersons-crystal-palace-performance-vs-man-utd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Horrible thing\u2019\u2026 What Ben Foster spotted about Dean Henderson\u2019s Crystal Palace performance vs Man Utd<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2248623236-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United at Selhurst Park in 2025 in London, United Kingdom.\" class=\"wp-image-313456\" \/>Photo by Sebastian Frej\/Getty ImagesPaul Merson reacts to Man Utd\u2019s Premier League performances against Crystal Palace and Everton<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/jean-philippe-mateta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jean-Philippe Mateta<\/a> broke the deadlock for the Eagles in the first half on Sunday before the Red Devils rallied back in the second half at Selhurst Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-ratings-vs-crystal-palace-zirkzee-and-mounts-redemption-but-2-10-star-has-no-hiding-place\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United pulled level against Crystal Palace<\/a> after striker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/joshua-zirkzee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Zirkzee<\/a> cancelled out Jean-Philippe Mateta\u2019s first-half opener in the Premier League clash.<\/p>\n<p>Following Joshua Zirkzee\u2019s equaliser in the 54th minute, the Red Devils pulled ahead of the Eagles only nine minutes later after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/mason-mount\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Mount\u2019s<\/a> stunning strike.<\/p>\n<p> Are you confident Manchester United will beat West Ham? <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/football\/news-paul-merson-predicts-arsenal-vs-brentford-leeds-united-vs-chelsea-premier-league-gw14-fixtures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sportskeeda<\/a> column, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/paul-merson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Merson<\/a> said: \u201cIt was a great result for Manchester United against Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey never really troubled Palace in the first half and conceded the opening goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut credit to United, they changed it up in the second half and got the result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils received a much-needed bounce-back after Sunday\u2019s 2-1 result, following on from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-lose-1-0-to-everton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United\u2019s disappointing 1-0 defeat to Everton<\/a> at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said before, I thought they were quite poor in that loss to Everton,\u201d Merson continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis performance was much better in comparison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/forget-mason-mount-alan-shearer-names-man-utds-key-ace-vs-crystal-palace-in-premier-league-team-of-the-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forget Mason Mount, Alan Shearer names Man Utd\u2019s \u2018key\u2019 ace vs Crystal Palace in Premier League Team of the Week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Merson\u2019s Premier League scoreline prediction for Man Utd vs West Ham at Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p>United have won twice and lost only once in their last five league matches, while West Ham have picked up two victories and suffered two defeats in the same period.<\/p>\n<p>Merson suggested that the Red Devils have lacked \u201cconsistency\u201d this season, but he believes that the Palace result could act as a major springboard for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p> Manchester United have a terrible recent record vs West Ham \ud83d\ude21 <\/p>\n<p>    Man Utd vs West HamResult11\/5\/25 (H)\u274c West Ham win 2-027\/4\/24 (A)\u274c West Ham win 2-13\/2\/24 (H)\u2705 Man Utd win 3-023\/12\/23 (A)\u274c West Ham win 2-07\/5\/23 (A)\u274c West Ham win 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Why do you think it has gone so badly in recent games against West Ham? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m expecting goals, goals and more goals in this game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t expect West Ham to cause them major problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManchester United need some consistency and they will hope this result can spring them in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Merson has backed United to walk away with all three Premier League points at Old Trafford and tipped a 3-1 scoreline in favour of Ruben Amorim\u2019s men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson has now dropped his eye-opening Premier League prediction for Manchester United\u2019s upcoming encounter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,109670,574,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-322272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-paul-merson","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-soccer","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}