Recent Form
They may not have mattered all that much in the bigger picture, but Pep Guardiola will be deeply frustrated after consecutive defeats to Man Utd and Spurs, with that the first time they’ve failed to score in back-to-back games since he arrived in Manchester.
However, Man City still progressed to the Carabao Cup final over their city rivals, while Jose Mourinho’s side rode their luck in an ill-tempered game. City were down to 10 men before the two goals went in and it’s not as though they didn’t have big chances to score.
The Hammers should provide useful fodder for breeding confidence in City’s frontline again, although it remains to be seen what level of rotation Guardiola may deploy with away matches versus Leicester and Real Madrid coming up next.
Raheem Sterling certainly won’t play here having picked up a hamstring injury, but City’s squad hardly lacks attacking depth and the Hammers backline is so porous that any team Guardiola puts out should possess sufficient firepower.
David Moyes started his second spell at the London club with clean sheets against Bournemouth and Gillingham, but the Hammers haven’t kept one in the subsequent six fixtures and have even conceded 10 in the past four. In fact, only Southampton, Villa and Norwich have conceded more goals this term in the league.
Up against the current top five in the table, the visitors have lost five of six clashes this term and conceded 16 times, with City themselves inflicting a 5-0 defeat in the reverse fixture on the opening day of the season.
There should be no further misfiring back at the Etihad then, though we wouldn’t be confident of the hosts shutting their opponents out either.
Man City To Win And Both Teams To Score
City have collected just four cleans sheets in 24 games across all competitions, while at the Etihad alone it’s two from 12 as one of those came over Championship side Fulham, and the other against low-scoring Sheffield Utd.
Having Aymeric Laporte back from injury will help matters, but with just 78 minutes under his belt after nearly four months out, he’ll need longer to get back to his best and may not feature here in any case.
Despite the Hammers’ struggles, they do often find the net and have done so in four of their last five against teams in the top five of the table, with the exception a Liverpool side marshalled by Virgil van Dijk with Alisson in behind him.
City’s defence can’t be compared to that of the Reds, with the 29 goals they’ve shipped this term nearly double that of the champions elect, but at the Etihad they should be taking maximum points regardless.
Indeed, they’ve won 19 of 21 unbeaten matches hosting bottom-six sides under Guardiola, plundering 71 goals in the process.
Manchester City To Win And Both Teams To Score At 11/8
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