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West Ham and Man City kick off Saturday’s Premier League action

West Ham vs Manchester City - 24/10/2020

West Ham and Man City kick off Saturday’s Premier League action
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A three-game unbeaten streak has left West Ham United ahead of Manchester City in the Premier League table on goal difference, with the two sides clashing at the London Stadium on Saturday.

The Hammers got off to the worst possible start this season, suffering back-to-back defeats to Newcastle and Arsenal in their opening two games.

However, David Moyes’ side have turned things around in recent weeks. After thrashing Wolves 4-0, West Ham beat Leicester 3-0.

The Hammers appeared to be heading for defeat against Tottenham last time out, but they managed to engineer a remarkable late comeback.

West Ham were three goals down inside 20 minutes against Spurs, but three goals after 82 minutes saw Moyes’ men clinch a draw in dramatic fashion.

The Hammers have now won each of their previous three home games in all competitions by scoring over 2.5 goals.

Jarrod Bowen has netted three goals in his last three appearances, including a brace against Wolves. Pablo Fornals (1 goal, 2 assists) has also impressed so far this term.

Meanwhile, Man City kicked off their campaign with 3-1 victory over Wolves, but they were quickly brought back down to earth by a 5-2 thrashing at the hands of Leicester.

Pep Guardiola’s side were then held to a draw by newly-promoted Leeds, before they returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Arsenal last weekend.

Man City claimed a comfortable 3-1 victory over Porto in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Sergio Aguero, Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres getting on the scoresheet.

It’s fair to say that Man City have not made the best of starts to the 2020/21 campaign, although they can take confidence from their recent record against the Hammers.

Head-to-head: Man City have won each of their previous nine games against West Ham and have won by over 2.5 goals in their last five away outings against the Hammers.

Looking at the bigger picture, Man City are unbeaten in 18 of their last 21 meetings with West Ham and have won 15 of their last 18.

Team news: West Ham are waiting to see whether forward duo Michail Antonio and Sebastien Haller will be fit for Saturday’s clash.

Gabriel Jesus and Benjamin Mendy are sidelined for Man City, while Kevin De Buryne, Aymeric Laporte and Nathan Ake remain doubts.

West Ham have started the season in eye-catching form, but it is difficult to ignore Man City’s extremely strong record in this fixture.

Forebet predicts that Man City will score over 1.5 goals on their way to victory over West Ham on Saturday.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
263341
2
1 - 2
3.00
16°
1.44
7.50 5.35 1.44 -1 -1 1
FT
1 - 1(1 - 0)
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- - -
Premier League
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Arsenal 83 36 26 5 5 60
2
Manchester City 82 35 25 7 3 54
3
Liverpool 78 36 23 9 4 43
4
Aston Villa 67 36 20 7 9 20
5
Tottenham 60 35 18 6 11 11
6
Newcastle United 56 35 17 5 13 22
7
Chelsea 54 35 15 9 11 11
8
Manchester United 54 35 16 6 13 -3
9
West Ham 49 36 13 10 13 -14
10
Bournemouth 48 36 13 9 14 -11
11
Brighton 47 35 12 11 12 -4
12
Wolverhampton 46 36 13 7 16 -11
13
Fulham 44 36 12 8 16 -4
14
Crystal Palace 43 36 11 10 15 -8
15
Everton 37 36 12 9 15 -11
16
Brentford 36 36 9 9 18 -8
17
Nottingham Forest 29 36 8 9 19 -18
18
Luton Town 26 36 6 8 22 -29
19
Burnley 24 36 5 9 22 -35
20
Sheffield United 16 36 3 7 26 -65

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