Manchester City VS West Ham United Match Prediction

In 103 prior matches, Manchester City lead West Ham with 54 wins, 16 draws, and 33 losses.

Here's a look at the last five results:    

Aug 10, 2019: WHU 0-5 City
Feb 27, 2019: City 1-0 WHU
Nov 24, 2018: WHU 0-4 City
Apr 29, 2018: WHU 1-4 City
Dec 3, 2017: City 2-1 WHU

MCFC vs WHUFC Betting Tips and Odds

Bet365 have the following odds available for this match:

Manchester City are at 1/8, a draw is at 17/2, and West Ham are at 16/1.  

Manchester City will come into this match sitting in second place, which would typically be more than enough for a Champions League spot.  However, that is not under threat, pending an appeal.  They are 25 points off the pace of Liverpool as things stand, though with a game in hand, so they may well be putting the majority of their focus upon other competitions at this point.  They have dropped four points in their last three games, so there is that that does need fixing.  

West Ham, meanwhile, will begin the match down in 18th place with just 24 points to their names.  It’s been a tough season, once again for them, as they continue to repeatedly suffer the threat of relegation.  In their last five outings, they have failed to record a single victory and have just two points to show.  It’s far from pretty, with the defence incapable of keeping a clean sheet or being able to hold out, such as against Brighton last time out.  

At home, the Citizens have taken 26 points from 12 matches thus far.  That is eight wins and two draws, making them strong there.  Just not as strong as in the past.  In their last four, they have ten points, so that is a positive, though they did draw with Palace last time out.  As for the Hammers, they have been bang on average on their travels.  They have just 12 points from 12 games with half of them ending in defeats.  They have scored just ten times away from home, and they have lost four of the last five on the road as well.  

No for both sides scoring can be had for 1.9.  

Ladbrokes have City scoring first at 1/5.  

Manchester City vs West Ham United Prediction

It is understandable to try to not go toe to toe with a side like Manchester City, it really is.  But West Ham play scared for too often, and that will once again see them pummeled mercilessly by the Citizens.  

Correct Score Predicted: Manchester City 4-0 West Ham 

Man City Team News

Pep Guardiola will be missing left back Oleksandr Zinchenko due to suspension for this outing.  Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling will be out due to injury woes.  There is a bit of good news, though, with both Benjamin Mendy and Aymeric Laporte having a fighting chance to appear.

Man City Key Man

It’s becoming a bit of a tradition to see Sergio Aguero score in this fixture.  Two times in a row he’s scored against the Hammers, both from the spot, and you have to think he will be looking forward to adding more to that collection against their porous back line.  If he can’t unlock them for whatever reason, then there is Kevin De Bruyne.  The Belgian has been superb all season long.  He’s got seven goals and 15 assists to his credit, simply ripping and prying defences apart at will.  

Man City Team Form

Manchester City have two losses, two wins, and a draw in their last five matches:

2-0 loss at Tottenham
0-1 home loss vs Manchester United (EFL Cup)
4-0 home win vs Fulham (FA Cup)
0-1 win at Sheffield United
2-2 home draw vs Crystal Palace

Manchester City Predicted Starting Line up

Expected Line up: 4-3-3

West Ham Team News

David Moyes doesn’t have many positives currently, but he does have a fairly small list of injuries at the moment.  Jack Wilshere is definitely out, while both Andriy Yarmolenko and Felipe Anderson are in with a shot of featuring.  

West Ham Key Man

You can’t say much about a match in which this side gave up a two-goal lead twice, but they did get a strong showing from Robert Snodgrass, who should be an automatic choice here.  He assisted for the opener and scored the other two, making him by far the most influential player in the match.  In goal, Lukasz Fabianski will be massive.  The Hammers let a great number of points escape them when he was out, and they’ll be crossing their fingers he can help gain some unlikely ones here with some huge saves.  

West Ham Team Form

West Ham have two draws and three losses in their last five matches:

3-3 home draw vs Brighton
0-2 home loss vs Liverpool
0-1 loss at West Brom (FA Cup)
4-1 loss at Leicester
1-1 home draw vs Everton

West Ham Predicted Starting Line up

Expected Line up: 4-5-1

It has NOT been a very fun week or so for Manchester City. This match got postponed and leaves them in a tricky spot, and the news about their Champions League place is also going to be haunting them. With that said, they have wiped the floor with the Hammers in recent years, and this might be the latest example of that. The visitors looked woeful against Liverpool recently, and if they play like that against a sure to be fired up City, they'll get pelted again.

Manchester City have outscored West Ham 23-3 over the course of the last seven games, all of which have gone the Citizens' way.