Manchester City visits West Ham United on Saturday, and it’ll be the next edition in what has been a very lopsided series. Since Pep Guardiola took control of Man City in 2016 they have never lost a league fixture to the Hammers. In fact, the only victory by the East Londoners, during the Pep era, came in the 2021-22 League Cup, and they needed penalties to get there.
Things have been so one-sided that City, in winning the last nine league matches in the series, have outscored the Irons 30-3 on aggregate over that span.
Man City at West Hamย FYIs
Kickoff: Sat. Aug 31,ย 5:30pm, ย London Stadium
Starting XI Predictionsย ย Man Cityย ย ย ย West Ham
Team News:ย Man Cityย ย ย ย ย West Ham
Transatlantic Passage: How the Premier League Redefined Soccer in America:ย LINK
PL Position, Form:ย Manchester City 1st, 6 pts,ย WWย ย West Hamย 9th, 3 pts, LW
Google Result Probability: Manchester Cityย 68%ย ย Drawย 18%ย West Hamย 14%
What’s the formula for maintaining this kind of dominance?
Our guess at what the winning hand looks like is below.
Manchester City Starting XI Predictionย
Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol; Kevin De Bruyne, Mateo Kovacic; Jeremy Doku, Bernardo Silva, Jack Grealish; Erling Haaland
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