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12 min: Alejandro Garnacho cuts inside from the left and lets fly with a shot on goal. Alphonse Areola dives to his left to parry the low drive clear.
10 min: Ben Johnson takes a throw=in and picks out Michail Antonio near the byline. He does well to turn Tyrell Malacia and blasts the ball through the Manchester United penalty area. There’s nobody in a shirt boasting a graphic sparks front with eyelet back body to help ventilate, interlock sleeves for close fit, stylized V neckline with rib collar, dropped back hem with twin needle finish, club back neck sign off, raglan sleeve, woven licensed label at side seam, diamond embroidery and woven applique club crest to get near it.
8 min: West Ham win a free-kick wide on the left, not too far inside the Manchester United half. Emerson Palmieri’s ball towards Tomas Soucek on the edge of the penalty area is headed clear.
7 min: Alphonse Areola gets down to his right to save a Marcel Sabitzer daisy-cutter from distance that went through the legs of Nayef Aguerd. Good goalkeeping.
6 min: Wout Weghorst plays the ball out wide to Alejandro Garnacho on the left flank but there’s nobody on hand to meet the Spaniard’s cross into the West Ham penalty area.
4 min: Manchester United advance into the West Ham half but lose possession again. Michail Antonio takes on Harry Maguire down the inside left but is unable to get past the United skipper.
3 min: Manchester United dominate possession in these very early stages, their players passing the ball hither and yon inside their own half. Antony gives it away to Said Benrahma, who runs the ball out of play for a goal-kick.
1 min: Ben Johnson takes an early throw-in for West Ham, halfway inside the Manchester United half. Manchester United clear their lines with Marcel Sabitzer on the ball.
Manchester United v West Ham is go ...
1 min: Following a minute’s applause for the late commentator John Motson, West Ham get the ball rolling with Lucas Paqueta doing the honours.
West Ham’s kit: They’re in their third kit tonight, which is – minute-by-minute reporter checks notes – “inspired by the industrial ironworks and its heritage”.
Yes, that’s all well and good but what does it feature? Well, according to the official Umbro blurb, it boasts “a graphic sparks front with eyelet back body to help ventilate, interlock sleeves for close fit, stylized V neckline with rib collar, dropped back hem with twin needle finish, club back neck sign off, raglan sleeve, woven licensed label at side seam, diamond embroidery and woven applique club crest.”
In summary, it’s orange and white.
Not long now. It’s tipping down with rain at Old Trafford, as the players of both sides make their way out on to the pitch and line up either side of Michael Salisbury and his team of match officials before the last of the pre-match formalities. Harry Maguire leads out Manchester United, while Declan Rice wears the captain’s armband for West Ham.
Jarrod Bowen: David Moyes has told ITV that Bowen is on the bench because he has “a bit of an injury”. It’s good news for West Ham fans because it’s not an entire injury, just a bit of one.
Those teams: Erik ten Hag makes six changes to the Manchester United side that started in the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle on Sunday. Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof come into the heart of the defence, while Casemiro, Raphael Varane, Marcus Rashford and Lisandro Martinez are all on the bench.
West Ham make four changes, three of them enforced. Michail Antonio starts in place of Danny Ings, who is cup-tied, while Emerson Palmieiri replaces the injured right-back Vladimir Coufal. Alphonse Areola comes in for Lucasz Fabianski, who is also sidelined. Jarrod Bowen is rested, with Pablo Fornals deputising.
Manchester United v West Ham line-ups
Manchester United: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelof, Maguire, Malacia, McTominay, Sabitzer, Fernandes, Antony, Garnacho, Weghorst
Subs: Heaton, Martinez, Varane, Wan-Bissaka, Casemiro, Fred, Pellistri, Elanga, Rashford
West Ham: Areola, Palmieri, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Johnson, Paqueta, Rice, Soucek, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio
Subs: Cresswell, Scamacca, Downes, Bowen, Kehrer, Anang, Swyer, Mubama
When is the quarter-final draw?
The draw will take place live on BBC One after the conclusion of their live coverage of Sheffield United’s match against Tottenham Hotspur, which kjicks off at 19.55pm (GMT). In the event of a draw after 90 minutes, tonight’s fifth round ties will go to extra-time, followed by penalties, if required. All tonight’s ties must be settled on the night.
Erik Ten Hag: ““Of course, yesterday [Monday], the players were still enthusiastic and they had to celebrate this momentum,” said Ten Hag of his team’s Carabao Cup win. “But, yesterday, after we settled down, we get back to work. What we had to do was recovery and the ones who played less did a good training session.”
David Moyes: “I would love to win a cup final if we could get there,” the West Ham manager told the club website in the build-up to tonight’s game. “We had a great run at Everton and got to the final one year and beat in the semi-final one year. I would love to be able to take West Ham into a similar position.
“Old Trafford is a really difficult game. I think we have drawn them in three of the last four years away from home in the cup competitions but that is what it is. You have to play the top teams as part of the journey. We have been away to Brentford and Derby County [in the FA Cup already], so our draws in this competition have been really difficult because they have all been away from home.”
Tonight's match officials
Referee: Michael Salisbury
Assistant referees: Gary Beswick and Simon Long
Fourth Official: David Webb
VAR: Simon Hooper
Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis
Early team news
Donny van de Beek, Anthony Martial and Christian Eriksen all remain sidelined and in the United treatment room, while Fred and Luke Shaw are in doubt following the Carabao Cup final and are due to undergo late fitness tests. They may not be risked tonight ahead of United’s visit to Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.
Maxwel Cornet is still out with a calf injury, while in-form January signing Danny Ings can’t play tonight as he’s Cup-tied after representing Aston Villa in the competition earlier this season. Kurt Zouma is back in training after a spell on the sidelines but is not fit enough to play. Full-back Vladimir Coufal has been ruled out with a heel injury, while goalkeeper Lucasz Fabianski won’t feature after suffering a fractured cheekbone and eyesocket during West Ham’s win over Forest.
FA Cup fifth round: Manchester United v West Ham
With the Carabao Cup in the bag following their win over Newcastle at Wembley on Sunday, Manchester United host West Ham with a quarter-final spot in the FA Cup up for grabs.
The odds are stacked against the visitors, who are battling against the drop from the Premier League and have won on just one of their 20 most recent visits to Old Trafford. Following their 4-0 demolition of Nottingham Forest at the weekend, however, they will arrive in Manchester full of confidence.
Kick-off at Old Trafford is at 7.45pm (GMT) but stay tuned in the meantime for team news and build-up.
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