Manchester United vs West Ham United Prediction, 3/14/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 3/8/2021

Game: Manchester United vs West Ham United

Date: Sunday, March 14, 2021

Location: Old Trafford in Manchester, England

TV: NBCSN

Odds/Point Spread: Manchester United (-206) West Ham United (+509)

Marcus Rashford and Manchester United (15-9-4, 2nd in the EPL) host West Ham United (13-6-7, 7th in the EPL) at Old Trafford on Sunday. The goalies expected to start will be Dean Henderson for Manchester United and Lukasz Fabianski for West Ham United. The line on this matchup has Manchester United coming in at -206 and the Hammers are at +509. The total has been set at 3.

Manchester United faced Manchester City in their most recent game and earned the victory with a final of 2-0. Manchester United tried 21 dribbles in this outing and were able to convert 11 of the dribbles for a rate of 52.4%. When talking about passing the ball, they ended with a 81.5% passes received percentage by converting 295 out of their 362 passing attempts in their last outing. In terms of shooting accuracy, Manchester United wrapped this game up at a 71.4% rate by putting 5 SoT out of 7 shots. Manchester United has an average of 1.89 g/90 (53 total goals) and have accounted for 37 assists In all contests this year.

Marcus Rashford is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Manchester United. Rashford has been in the starting lineup in 127 outings in his career and he accounts for 0.41 goals per 90 minutes. The forward representing England has tallied 53 goals in 11,641 professional minutes. He has accounted for 28 assists while tallying 15 yellow cards during his pro soccer career. Someone else who should impact this match is Bruno Fernandes, the midfielder representing Portugal. Fernandes has accumulated 19,124 mins during 217 starts and has been given a total of 48 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 59 times in his career while he has scored 82 goals. He is currently averaging 0.39 goals per 90 mins for his career.

The man defending the goal for Manchester United is Dean Henderson. Henderson (67-34-30 record during his career) has recorded 54 clean sheets, which gives him a 41.2% clean sheet rate. The keeper born in England has had 493 shots attempted against him in 131 career starting assignments. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 0.9 (115 goals surrendered) and he holds a save percentage of 77.7. Henderson has seen the field for a total of 11,835 minutes and has earned 379 saves during his pro soccer career.

For their last outing, West Ham United took a defeat with a final score of 2-1 against Manchester City. They finished the match by converting 331 of the 404 attempted passes earning a rate of 81.9%. West Ham United finished with a 50.0% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 4 out of the 8 dribbles they pursued. West Ham United converted 3 shots attempted out of 9 shots attempted which gave them a 33.3% clip in their last match. Having accumulated 38 goals and 28 assists in all their matches, West Ham United has an average of 1.46 goals and 1.08 assists per 90 minutes.

Tomas Soucek should provide a lift for West Ham United. He is averaging 0.26 G/90 and has been a starter in 159 games during his career. The midfielder from Czech Republic has 14,286 minutes while earning 42 goals. He has earned 25 yellow card cautions during his soccer career and has assisted on a goal 4 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Jarrod Bowen, the forward representing England. He has accounted for 59 goals so far in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 19 times. Bowen has been handed 10 yellow card cautions in 13,386 minutes (154 starting assignments). His goals per 90 average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.40.

Lukasz Fabianski is expected to look after the goal for West Ham United. Thus far in his career, Fabianski has given up 420 goals and has racked up 1,002 stops in 319 starts. He has allowed 1.32 goals per 90 mins while holding a record of 130-67-121. He has a save percentage of 71.4 and his clean sheet rate is 29.5%. Fabianski has accumulated 94 shutouts while defending 1,407 shots against him in 28,546 mins throughout his career.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take West Ham United (+509)

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