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West Ham United

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West Ham United, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-0 EFL Cup triumph vs Bournemouth.

In that match, West Ham United managed 48% possession and 15 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for West Ham United was Jarrod Bowen (88'). For their opponents, Bournemouth got 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where West Ham United have been involved. Opposing sides scored 13 times in these games whereas West Ham United managed to get a total of 9. Such a trend won’t necessarily follow through here, of course.

Coming into this clash, West Ham United have not beaten Manchester City in their last 17 league games. A shocking run, it really is.

Manchester City

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Manchester City will go into this match after a 4-1 Premier League win to beat Ipswich Town in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Manchester City had 76% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Manchester City, the scorers were Erling Haaland (12', 16', 88') and Kevin De Bruyne (14'). Ipswich Town got 1 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Sammie Szmodics (7') scored for Ipswich Town.

In their last half-dozen outings, Manchester City have helped themselves to the sum of 13 goals. Manchester City have also managed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, they’ve seen 5 goals go against them.

Analysis of their past results shows that Manchester City:

• haven't been defeated by West Ham United when they have played them away from home in the previous 9 league matches. An amazing record against them.
• are unbeaten in their previous 12 away league matches. Impressive, to say the least.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head results stretching back to 28/11/2021 tells us that these encounters have been disappointments for West Ham United. They have not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever whereas Manchester City have been too good for them, winning in 83% of those games played.

In all, 20 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 5 from The Hammers and 15 belonging to The Citizens. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 38 on 19/05/2024 when it ended Manchester City 3-1 West Ham United.

In that match, Manchester City managed 73% possession and 28 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. Goals were scored by Phil Foden (2', 18') and Rodri (59').

West Ham United got 3 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Mohammed Kudus (42') scored.

The match was refereed by John Brooks.

ℹ️ Team News: West Ham United

In all likelihood, The Hammers will probably opt for a 4-3-3 formation and select Alphonse Areola, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, K. Mavropanos, Max Kilman, Emerson, Tomas Soucek, Guido Rodriguez, Lucas Paqueta, Jarrod Bowen, Michail Antonio and Mohammed Kudus.

ℹ️ Team News: Manchester City

In an otherwise available group, there is only the sole fitness worry for the Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola to contend with. Oscar Bobb (Broken leg) misses out for this game.

There’s a good chance that The Citizens seem most likely to make use of a 3-2-4-1 formation with a starting lineup of Ederson Moraes, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, John Stones, Rico Lewis, Savinho, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that in this game, West Ham United are capable enough to score a goal against this Manchester City outfit, but one goal probably shouldn’t be good enough.

We’re therefore expecting a narrow 1-2 win for Manchester City at the end of the match. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 16:05 31/08/2024