Premier League match preview: West Ham United believed to be the weaker party when Manchester City pays a visit

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: London Stadium (66000 seats)

West Ham United prepare to challenge Manchester City in this Premier League match. All you can learn about the match is right here!

Insights:
  • Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League

West Ham United and Manchester City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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West Ham United form and stats

West Ham United have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 19 matches.

It's back home for West Ham, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Luton Town away with the result 2-1. Zouma and Bowen found the net in that victory. Zouma was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.23 out of 10. The defender Zouma scored one goal and won 9 of 13 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Brighton & Hove Albion with a 3-1 scoreline.

West Ham United has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Manchester City form and stats

Manchester City are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Premier League.

Manchester City go into this game after a win, the home game against Fulham that ended 5-1. As mentioned above, Manchester City was the only team on the pitch versus Fulham in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Haaland certainly enjoyed City's last game versus Fulham, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-1 victory. Haaland, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.6. Haaland scored three goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sheffield United with the score of 2-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Manchester City are hosting Crvena Zvezda in the Champions League only three days away.

Manchester City have the goal stats of 5-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Manchester City have put together a sequence of 18 consecutive games without defeat (14-4-0) when playing West Ham.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester CityE. Haaland
E. Haaland
6 goals
West Ham UnitedJ. Bowen
J. Bowen
3 goals
West Ham UnitedM. Antonio
M. Antonio
2 goals

West Ham United missing players

Manchester City missing players

West Ham United Manchester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 3 0 Scored S 0 5 11
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.2 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8.5 6
11.2 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3
3 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 23.5 17
4.8 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8.5 6.5
47% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 42%
 
18 17 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 6.2
5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.5 2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+9) in Premier League
  • Manchester City is in the best form (4-0-0) in Premier League
West Ham United Last season Manchester City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 8   Won W   11 28
7 4   Drew D   4 5
20 7   Lost L   4 5
42 26   Scored S   34 94
55 24   Conceded C   16 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 82%
39% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 66%
26% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 42%
5% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 24%
42% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 58%
24% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 34%
34% 21%   Failed to Score F T   16% 8%
 
5.4 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 6.3
5.1 4   Corners against (avg) C A   2.9 2.6
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
12.7 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   14.9 15.7
3.8 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 5.8
29% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 43%
 
13 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 7.8
4.3 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.5 2.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 4 4 0 0 11 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 9 12
2 Tottenham Hotspur 4 3 1 0 11 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 9 4 7 10
3 Liverpool 4 3 1 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 10
4 West Ham United 4 3 1 0 9 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 6 3 5 10
5 Arsenal 4 3 1 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 10
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 3 0 1 12 6 3 2 0 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 9
7 Crystal Palace 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 7
8 Brentford 4 1 3 0 8 5 3 0 3 0 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 6
9 Nottingham Forest 4 2 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 4 5 0 6
10 Aston Villa 4 2 0 2 8 9 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 4 9 -1 6
11 Manchester United 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 6
12 Chelsea 4 1 1 2 5 5 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 4
13 Fulham 4 1 1 2 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 4 7 -6 4
14 Newcastle United 4 1 0 3 7 7 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 3
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 1 0 3 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 -4 3
16 AFC Bournemouth 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 -4 2
17 Sheffield United 4 0 1 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 1
18 Everton 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -6 1
19 Luton Town 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 7 -7 0
20 Burnley 3 0 0 3 3 11 3 0 0 3 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 28 5 5 94 33 19 17 1 1 60 17 19 11 4 4 34 16 61 89
2 Arsenal 38 26 6 6 88 43 19 14 3 2 53 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 45 84
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 58 43 19 15 3 1 36 10 19 8 3 8 22 33 15 75
4 Newcastle United 38 19 14 5 68 33 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 8 8 3 32 19 35 71
5 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 75 47 19 13 5 1 46 17 19 6 5 8 29 30 28 67
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 18 8 12 72 53 19 10 4 5 37 21 19 8 4 7 35 32 19 62
7 Aston Villa 38 18 7 13 51 46 19 12 2 5 33 21 19 6 5 8 18 25 5 61
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 6 14 70 63 19 12 1 6 37 25 19 6 5 8 33 38 7 60
9 Brentford 38 15 14 9 58 46 19 10 7 2 35 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 12 59
10 Fulham 38 15 7 16 55 53 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 7 2 10 24 24 2 52
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 40 49 19 7 7 5 21 23 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 45
12 Chelsea 38 11 11 16 38 47 19 6 7 6 20 19 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 44
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 31 58 19 9 3 7 19 20 19 2 5 12 12 38 -27 41
14 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 42 55 19 8 4 7 26 24 19 3 3 13 16 31 -13 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 6 21 37 71 19 6 4 9 20 28 19 5 2 12 17 43 -34 39
16 Nottingham Forest 38 9 11 18 38 68 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 1 5 13 11 44 -30 38
17 Everton 38 8 12 18 34 57 19 6 3 10 16 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -23 36
18 Leicester City 38 9 7 22 51 68 19 5 4 10 23 27 19 4 3 12 28 41 -17 34
19 Leeds United 38 7 10 21 48 78 19 5 7 7 26 37 19 2 3 14 22 41 -30 31
20 Southampton 38 6 7 25 36 73 19 2 5 12 19 37 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 25

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.