Manchester United v West Ham United
Premier League Summer Series, MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, United States, Saturday 26 July 2025, 7pm EDT (12midnight BST)
West Ham United are in the United States, and their opening fixture of the 2025 Premier League Summer Series serves up a mouth-watering clash against Manchester United at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Saturday evening.
Following three strong weeks of pre-season, that included a productive week-long training camp in the Black Forest of south-western Germany, and a 3-1 win over Swiss outfit Grasshopper Club Zürich, Graham Potter's Hammers are now ready to step up their preparations for the 2025/26 Premier League campaign.
Indeed, they have joined the Red Devils, Everton and AFC Bournemouth for a four-team pre-season tournament across the Atlantic, with double-header fixtures to be played in New Jersey, Chicago and Atlanta.
Besides building up their match sharpness in training and match action during their time in the US, the Irons will also spend time meeting supporters and immersing themselves in the local community and culture while in each of the three locations.
From pre-match parties and Q&A evenings to a matchday ‘Sailgate’ cruise, there’s something for every Hammer following the team over in the USA. To see how you can get involved in New Jersey and Chicago, click HERE.
Having touched down in America on Wednesday night, the work has already begun on the training pitch as the Irons look to get off to a winning start against familiar opposition, who they did the double over and finished one place and one point above in 2024/25.
As the build-up to matchday continues, scroll down below to find all the information you need ahead of kick-off...
Tickets…
Tickets for all of West Ham United's three Premier League Summer Series matches remain on General Sale HERE, with supporters now able to save 20% on select seats by using the code PLSS20.
A designated section for West Ham United supporters can be found on the MetLife Stadium map as you go through the purchase process - Section 104.
A maximum of eight tickets can be bought in a single transaction. You can also buy tickets at multiple venues and for multiple matches.
Click HERE for information about accessible tickets.
Travel…
First off, if you’re not based in the Tri-State area - New Jersey, New York and Connecticut - you will obviously need to fly, drive or take public transport from wherever you live!
Situated eight miles west of midtown Manhattan, and within 30 miles of New York/New Jersey’s three international airports - Newark Liberty, LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy - MetLife Stadium is easily accessible by road via the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate-95) and State Road 3.
You can book parking online for $40/vehicle HERE.
Coach USA 351 (Meadowlands Express) departs from Gates 411-415 at Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan from 1pm-4pm. Return buses from MetLife Stadium will run up to one hour after the event ends. Buy your return ticket for $18 online HERE or at the Port Authority South Wing, main floor (windows 11-15).
NJ TRANSIT Rail services from across the region converge on Frank R. Lautenberg Station at Secaucus Junction, from which shuttle services ferry supporters on the ten-minute ride to Meadowlands Sports Complex Station. Click HERE to visit the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) website for full details of how to reach MetLife Stadium on public transit.
How To Follow…
NBC Sports, the Premier League’s US broadcast partner, is the Premier League Summer Series' host broadcaster across NBCUniversal’s networks and Peacock, while fans in the UK will be able to watch the Manchester United game live on Sky Sports.
Supporters can follow the build-up on our official digital and social channels, and via Premier League and PLinUSA channels on social media. Use #PLSummerSeries to get involved.
You can follow all the action via our live blog on whufc.com and our app, and across our social media channels. We will also have a match report, highlights and exclusive reaction for you after the final whistle on our website and social media.
How The Premier League Summer Series Works...
The format of the competition follows the usual domestic points structure, with three on offer for a win and one for a draw.
Each club - West Ham United, Manchester United, Everton and AFC Bournemouth - will play each other once. The club with the highest number of points after three games will win the Premier League Summer Series and, if teams are level, then goal difference will be the first metric to decide the victor.
If that is the same, it comes down to the most goals scored.
If the sides still cannot be separated, the head-to-head performance will come into play.
There will be no extra-time or penalty shootouts in these fixtures.
Team News…
Kyle Walker-Peters could make his first appearance in a West Ham United shirt on Saturday, following the confirmation of his arrival last Sunday, while fellow summer signing El Hadji Malick Diouf will be looking to build on an impressive second-half showing in the 3-1 victory over Grasshopper Club Zürich last time out.
Callum Marshall is among the crop of young talent that has travelled to the USA with West Ham, and the Northern Ireland international will be hoping to find the net again after notching against Grasshopper. Andy Irving and Lucas Paquetá were also on the scoresheet at GC/Campus, and will be itching to impress once more.
Edson Álvarez will be missing from the Hammers' squad, with the Mexico international due to join up with his teammates later on during the tour, having helped his country to CONCACAF Gold Cup success earlier this summer. Crysencio Summerville, George Earthy and Krisztián Hegyi have not travelled, with the trio continuing their recovery from their respective injuries at Rush Green.
Manchester United named a 32-man squad for their Premier League Summer Series endeavours earlier this week, with new signings Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo included. Notable omissions include the likes of Jadon Sancho, Antony and Alejandro Garnacho, all of whom look set to leave Old Trafford.
Opposition…
For football supporters aged 30 and upwards, memories of the first two decades of the Premier League are dominated by Manchester United.
Whether it was Eric Cantona’s upturned collar, the Lee Sharpe Shuffle, Roy Keane’s intimidating presence, David Beckham’s right-foot deliveries, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wayne Rooney’s relentless goalscoring, Cristiano Ronaldo’s quick feet, or a smiling Sir Alex Ferguson raising yet another trophy, fans of other clubs soon became sick of the sight of the team from the self-appointed ‘Theatre of Dreams’.
Between the Premier League’s inception in 1992/93 and Ferguson’s retirement exactly 20 years later, Manchester United won 13 titles, finished as runners-up five times and third twice.
It was a level of superiority seldom seen before in English football. What was more, Ferguson’s Manchester United replaced their greatest rivals, Liverpool, who had themselves won ten First Division titles between 1972/73 and 1989/90, as the best team in the country.
While the Reds faded, the Red Devils rose to prominence, playing a thrilling brand of football that swept almost all before them. Manchester United were brilliant to watch, even if they beat your own team with unerring regularity.
And then, just as happened to Liverpool and all those clubs who had dominated periods of the English top-flight before them, something changed.
That something was, clearly, Ferguson’s departure from the dugout having called time on his 27-year reign at the age of 71.
Since then, Manchester United have employed six full-time, two caretaker and two interim managers, with varying levels of what most other clubs would call success - but what Manchester United themselves would call, at best, mediocre.
The latest of the ten men to take charge is 40-year-old Portuguese Ruben Amorim, who was poached from Sporting Lisbon in November 2024 to replace Erik ten Hag, who had failed to quite hit the heights expected despite inspiring triumphs in the EFL Cup and FA Cup during his little-over two years in charge.
Amorim arrived at Old Trafford touted as one of the hottest coaching prospects in Europe, having inspired Sporting to two Primeira Liga and two Taça da Liga titles, after also winning the latter - Portugal's equivalent of the EFL Cup - while the boss of Braga.
But with United finishing 15th in the Premier League last term - their lowest league position since 1989/90 - with their lowest points tally in a top-flight season since their relegation campaign of 1973/74, it's safe to say it hasn't been a smooth ride for the former Benfica midfielder so far.
Their commendable run to the UEFA Europa League final offered the possibility of some light at the end of the tunnel, but a 1-0 defeat to Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur ensured they finished 2024/25 wthout a trophy, and subsequently failed to qualify for European competition for the first time since 2013/14.
A new season promises a fresh start, though, and Amorim has been hard at work in his first pre-season in the job, trying to lay the foundations for a positive campaign that will steer his club back towards their former glories.
There has been something of a squad clearout, with Marcus Rashford, Christian Eriksen, Jonny Evans and Victor Lindelof having departed, and the likes of Jadon Sancho, Antony and Alejandro Garnacho likely to move on.
In terms of arrivals, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo have made the move from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brentford respectively, along with youngsters Diego Leon and Enzo Kana-Biyik, the latter of whom has since gone back out on loan.
Manchester United are competing in the Premier League Summer Series amidst a busy pre-season schedule, that has already seen them lose 1-0 to the ASEAN All-Stars and beat Hong Kong 3-1 in Asia, as well as draw 0-0 with Leeds United in Sweden.
After taking on West Ham, AFC Bournemouth and Everton in the Summer Series, they are set to contest a final friendly against Italian outfit Fiorentina at Old Trafford on Saturday 9 August, ahead of their Premier League kick-off at home to Arsenal on Sunday 17 August.
Previous Meetings…
West Ham United and Manchester United have been regular adversaries in recent seasons, facing each other 17 times over the previous seven campaigns in all competitions.
History overall is on the Red Devils' side, with the 20-time English champions boasting a record of 74 wins to 50 in 156 match-ups, however the Hammers have enjoyed a favourable run of late.
Indeed, the east Londoners did the double over the Old Trafford outfit last term, with Jarrod Bowen's late penalty helping seal a dramatic 2-1 win at London Stadium in October 2024, after Crysencio Summerville's first goal for the Club, before Bowen again got on the scoresheet, alongside Tomáš Souček, in a 2-0 victory at Old Trafford in May 2025.
While Manchester United triumphed 3-0 on home turf in February 2024, the Irons won the two previous comings-together as well, 1-0 and 2-0 at London Stadium in May 2023 and December 2023 respectively.
West Ham’s most emphatic Premier League result against Manchester United was the 3-1 victory we scored over them at London Stadium in September 2018. Prior to that, the Hammers registered a 5-1 old First Division win, with Viv Gibbins scoring a hat-trick at the Boleyn Ground in October 1930.
