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West Ham v Man City

Premier League champions Manchester City continue their title defence in the capital on Saturday evening when they travel to the London Stadium to navigate a potentially tricky test at West Ham.

This weekend’s clash pits compatriots Julen Lopetegui and Pep Guardiola against each other in what could be a fascinating battle of wits between the Spanish tacticians.

The Hammers haven’t beaten City in the league since 2015 however and their price of 7.00 in the match result markets suggests they will struggle to snap that lengthy run without a victory in this fixture.

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West Ham v Man City Best Bets

➡️ Man City to win and both teams to score @ 2.50 with Betfair
➡️ Man City -(3) corner handicap @ 2.10 with Betfair

Manchester City are favourites to maintain the perfect start to their title defence with another win on Saturday, though backing as a standalone bet in the match result market offers little value at 1.36.

Instead, combining a Man City win with both teams to score is the favoured approach at 2.50. Despite winning three times and drawing once, City have kept only one clean sheet in four previous visits to the London Stadium in the Premier League and the Irons could be worth another consolation here.

West Ham registered 2.30 and 1.40 in xGF in their opening two Premier League matches and the running power of Michail Antonio, Mohamed Kudus and Jarrad Bowen on the counter could be a nuisance for City.

The champions’ class should ultimately tell, however, and a fifth straight Premier League win over the Irons should be in the offing.

Elsewhere, siding with City in the corner market, albeit with a -3.0 handicap, is an option with excellent credentials at 2.10. City won 22 corners to West Ham’s six in last season’s meetings between the clubs and comfortably covered a -3.0 handicap on each occasion. They are likely to be just as dominant across most metrics on Saturday evening, so expect a similar outcome.

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📂 West Ham v Man City Cheat Sheet

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📊 West Ham Form and Stats

The Julen Lopetegui (and post-Moyes) era has started promisingly at West Ham and though early results have been mixed, the Irons managed to win the xGF battle in both their loss to Aston Villa and their subsequent victory at Crystal Palace.

Stylistically speaking, there hasn’t been a noticeable switch in aesthetics just yet with West Ham averaging 180.4 short passes per 90 under Lopetegui compared to the 172.0 they attempted under Moyes last year, though these things take time to develop.

There does seem to be more aggression in West Ham’s work out of possession however and the Irons committed more total fouls (35) than any other team across matchdays one and two of the new campaign.

The Hammers also sit third for average shots attempted per 90 (15.50) so far, though they rank second last for accuracy (16.1%) and only three clubs landed fewer attempts on target in the opening two weeks of the season than West Ham (5).

Tomas Soucek has been in the thick of things in several departments and the midfielder has racked up more attempts (8) and committed more fouls (5) than any of his teammates so far. 

In contrast, Jarrad Bowen has been unusually quiet in comparison. The usually prolific winger has had just one shot at goal in two appearances since the season’s start, though he did score with that solitary strike at Crystal Palace.

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📊 Man City Form and Stats

Despite Pep Guardiola’s suggestions that City might be slow starters this season, the defending champions have hit the ground running in 2024/25 and have already positioned themselves at the summit of the Premier League after just two games.

City followed up their professional 2-0 triumph at Chelsea on the opening weekend with a more explosive showing at home to newly-promoted Ipswich in their last assignment (4-1) and they will take ominously fine early form to London on Saturday.

Only Liverpool (5.10) reached a higher xGF figure than City (4.10) over matchdays one and two, while the Cityzens have also showcased their ruthlessness, scoring six goals from just nine shots on target so far.

Erling Haaland, who accounted for five of those six attempts on target himself, has started the new season in razor-sharp form and his early four-goal haul is a considerable overperformance on his xGF (2.10).

Veteran midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has also been an impactful presence and has been averaging 3.02 shots per 90 minutes so far. His strikes at goal have had an average distance of 26.7 yards, so look out for his long-range strikes at the London Stadium.

Illness kept Phil Foden on the sidelines against Ipswich last weekend, though the attacking midfielder, who scored twice against West Ham in May, should return to the fold on Saturday. Ilkay Gundogan will also be pushing to start for the first time since his return to the club.

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⚔️ West Ham v Man City Head-to-Head

Manchester City eased to 3-1 victories in both of their Premier League encounters with West Ham with the second of their wins confirming a fourth-straight domestic crown for the Cityzens on the final day of the 2023/24 campaign.

Indeed, City’s dominance in this fixture over the past decade has been almost absolute. They are chasing their fifth straight win over the Irons on Saturday and in the last 18 Premier League meetings between the clubs overall, City recorded 14 wins and three draws, with their last defeat in the division against West Ham coming back in September 2015.

The champions managed to plunder three goals in each of their last three skirmishes with West Ham, while excitement has been a feature of fixtures between City and West Ham in general. Over 2.5 goals were registered in six of their last seven meetings in the top tier with BTTS landing in six of their last eight tussles in the competition.

City really put the squeeze on West Ham in both of the clubs’ Premier League rendezvous last term and peppered 28 and 29 shots at the Hammers’ goal in games at the Etihad and London Stadiums respectively, while clocking 22 corners combined across the same matches.

Erling Haaland was on the scoresheet in last season’s corresponding fixture between the clubs (Sep ’23) and the Norwegian also bagged a brace on his previous visit to the London Stadium in the year before that. Haaland has four goals in four appearances against the Irons overall.

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