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Sorry, Gallows humour. Hammers fans sitting down to see their team's starting line up will have been alarmed to notice the omission of star player Manuel Lanzini, not only from the starting line up , but from the entire squad! Word is that the diminutive Argentine picked up an injury yesterday in training that seemed inconsequential at the time, but flared up this morning. It seems another black cat has been run over by someone in claret and blue! - Ed

Manchester United: De Gea, Darmian, McNair, Smalling, Blind, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Mata, Fellaini, Lingard, Martial
Subs: Romero, Borthwick-Jackson, Varela, Carrick, Pereira, Young, Memphis
West Ham United: Adrian, Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Song, Noble, Kouyate, Moses, Zarate, Carroll
Subs: Randolph, Jenkinson, Collins, Obiang, Oxford, Antonio, Jelavic
No Lanzini? What the...

Having watched their players drop like flies of late, West Ham fans will breathe a small sigh of relief in the knowledge that Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney will not be fit enough to play in this Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash at Old Trafford. Think of him what you will, but Rooney has an unfortunate knack of playing well and scoring against West Ham, Marcos Rojo and Ander Herrera are also injured ahead of the game.