Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Manchester City - West Ham United!
- Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier League
- West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Borussia M'gladbach, so at least Manchester City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Manchester City form and stats
Manchester City, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier League, have performed here at Etihad Stadium this season with 9 wins from 12 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Manchester City haven’t lost a league-game in 17 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Tottenham Hotspur, 97 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Manchester City tasted defeat here at Etihad Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
Happy days for Manchester City in their previous game, a Champions League match away at Borussia M'gladbach that ended with a 2-0 victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Arsenal and winning 1-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Manchester, as the Premier League home game vs Wolverhampton Wanderers is only three days away.
The Manchester manager J. Guardiola i Sala has got the team scoring with 25 from 12 home games in the league. From these home matches, Manchester have conceded only 7 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
West Ham United form and stats
Playing away, West Ham United have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
West Ham United are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premier League against Tottenham Hotspur (placed 9th). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Sheffield United.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for West Ham United we find three games. Results are one West Ham win, one draw and one defeat.
The travelling fans enjoy West Ham's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by West Ham in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the West Ham United - Manchester City 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Manchester City won nine games, one match ended with a draw and West Ham United has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  İ. Gündoğan 11 goals |  R. Sterling 9 goals |   T. Souček 8 goals |
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| Manchester City | West Ham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 50 | 25 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 39 |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 76% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 32% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 16% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 36% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 60% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 16% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.2 | 15.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.4 | 11.6 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 35% | 37% |
- Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier League
- Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
- Manchester City has the most clean sheets (15) in Premier League
- Manchester City has the most clean sheets (9) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City has the most points (29) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City has the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Premier League
- Manchester City has the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City has the the best goal difference (+35) in Premier League
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Manchester City is in the best form (6-0-0)
- West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 35 | 59 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 49 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 45 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 43 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Everton | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 0 | 35 |
| 11 | Arsenal | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -14 | 32 |
| 14 | Southampton | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 27 | -12 | 30 |
| 15 | Burnley | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 28 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -17 | 25 |
| 18 | Fulham | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 22 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -36 | 14 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 25 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 23 | -26 | 11 |
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