There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Manchester City leading West Ham United by 27 points.
Manchester City form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 12 Premier League games here at Etihad Stadium for Manchester City. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
The fans are hoping that Manchester City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the home Carabao Cup game against Manchester United that was lost 0-1.
The penalty miss from İlkay Gündoğan in the defeat against Tottenham Hotspur was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
Everyone expects Manchester City to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 29 games: 24 home wins, two draws and three defeats. Manchester City have won with at least two goals margin 19 times in similar situations.
Manchester City are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Leicester City awaits in three days.
Manchester City are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Etihad Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 12 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
West Ham United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for West Ham United so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means West Ham United are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
West Ham United's last game was the home draw against Brighton & Hove Albion (3-3). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Liverpool.
Drawing 3-3 against Brighton & Hove Albion after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager D. Moyes needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. As you can tell from the result, the match against Brighton & Hove Albion was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played five away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with one win, zero draws and four defeats. two games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. West Ham United have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: West Ham United - Manchester City 0-5. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: ten wins for Manchester City, zero draws and zero wins for West Ham United. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  S. Agüero del Castillo 16 goals |  R. Sterling 11 goals |  G. de Jesus 9 goals |
Manchester City missing players
West Ham United missing players
| Manchester City | West Ham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 65 | 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 30 |
| 29 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 84% |
| 80% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 52% |
| 56% | 42% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 36% |
| 24% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 20% |
| 60% | 58% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 52% |
| 32% | 33% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | 28% |
| 8.3 | 10 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 480 | 250 | 93 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 109 | 264 |
| 169 | 83 | 32 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 41 | 107 |
| 38% | 37% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 28% |
- All of Manchester City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Manchester City has the most scored goals (65)
- Manchester City has the most scored goals in the second half (35)
- Manchester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of West Ham United.
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Ham United has the most dropped points from leading position (19)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 46 | 76 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 36 | 51 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 50 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | Everton | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -4 | 36 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Burnley | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -9 | 34 |
| 12 | Southampton | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -16 | 31 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -16 | 31 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -14 | 26 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 24 |
| 19 | Watford | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | -24 | 18 |
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