Comments, predictions Man City vs West Ham: Home team out of form
The match between Man City vs West Ham in the Premier League takes place at 10:00 p.m. on January 4. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
After finishing 2024 impressively, Manchester City will continue their efforts to restore their Premier League form when they host West Ham United at the Etihad on Saturday afternoon.
The reigning champions ended a tumultuous year with a 2-0 win over Leicester City, just hours before their rivals Leicester were thrashed 5-0 at home by Liverpool.
Latest Man City vs West Ham squad information
Man City's injury situation currently has three definite absentees, including Rodri (ACL injury), Oscar Bobb (leg injury) and Ruben Dias (muscle injury), when the team welcomes West Ham United.
However, Matheus Nunes (unspecified injury), John Stones (leg injury) and Ederson (unspecified injury) remain unopposed, and Kyle Walker also returned from illness, replacing Nathan Ake for the final 20 minutes at the King Power Stadium.
With an FA Cup tie against Salford City on January 11, Guardiola is likely to retain his strongest XI for that game before making more changes in the FA Cup third round, meaning Haaland will not be rested.
On the West Ham side, a big loss has just occurred when Jarrod Bowen suffered a leg injury in the loss to Liverpool and has been confirmed to have a broken leg, keeping him out of action for a long time.
However, the good news is that Michail Antonio has been released from hospital after a serious car accident a few weeks ago, although he will be a long way from being back on the pitch, so Niclas Fullkrug could be the one to lead the attack for the visitors.
Lopetegui can also call on Tomas Soucek and Guido Rodriguez after both returned from suspension, but Lukasz Fabianski remains unavailable due to a head injury sustained in the win over Southampton.
Latest Man City vs West Ham expected lineup
Manchester City:
Ortega; Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; Kovacic; Foden, Silva, De Bruyne, Savinho; Haaland
West Ham United:
Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson; Soucek, Rodriguez; Kudus, Paqueta, Summerville; Fullkrug
Latest Man City vs West Ham football review
Although the Christmas atmosphere in the blue half of Manchester was somewhat subdued, coach Pep Guardiola still had reason to celebrate as he entered the milestone of 500 matches leading Man City, when his team won an important victory at King Power Stadium.
Savinho's first Premier League goal and a second-half header from Erling Haaland were enough for City to beat Ruud van Nistelrooy's Leicester City, their first win in five games and their first away win in more than two months.
Before this victory, Guardiola's team had gone eight away games without a win, including seven defeats. However, this victory helped Man City return to the top six of the Premier League.
Although Guardiola has dismissed hopes of winning the title again this season, his side still have a lot of work to do to secure Champions League football for the 2025-26 campaign. However, history shows that Man City often start the year with a win, and they have won all 12 of their opening games of the year since 2012.
Meanwhile, West Ham United have yet to win any of their last 18 Premier League games against Man City, and if they lose on Saturday they will make it 19 consecutive games without a win against this opponent.
West Ham also suffered a humiliating 5-0 defeat to Liverpool on December 29, taking their Premier League goals conceded in 2024 to 79, the most of any team. And speaking of poor defence, West Ham have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 24 games against Man City, which means they face a tough test at the Etihad.
Man City vs West Ham score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Man City vs West Hamas follows:
- Sportsmole:Man City 3-0 West Ham
- WhoScore:Man City 4-1 West Ham
- Our newspaper predicts:Man City 3-0 West Ham
When and where to watch Man City vs West Ham live?
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