West Ham v Manchester City Betting Tips [31 August 2024]
Football - Premier League
31 August 2024 12:30
The match
This Saturday West Ham United and Manchester City will meet in the third week of action in the Premier League. The Cityzens, hosted by The Hammers, will be targeting their third straight win. Read on for our prediction.
In this battle of Spanish managers, West Ham’s Julen Lopetegui will be eyeing a second win in the league. The hosts recovered from their Day 1 loss to Aston Villa by overcoming Crystal Palace last time out in the league. They further built on with a 1-0 win against Bournemouth in the League Cup in midweek.
With two straight clean sheets, West Ham will hope they have gained the needed confidence to face the league’s most prolific side so far. In each of the last four meetings between these teams, West Ham lost.
Pep Guardiola is the other highlighted Spaniard in this game. He has guided Manchester City to another good start in the league. This match might find them off the league summit but they go into it having posted straight wins in the opening two games.
City return to London having beaten Chelsea 2-0 on Day 1. In their most recent outing, they blanked newly promoted Ipswich Town 4-1. Unlike West Ham, they didn’t have a midweek fixture so the visitors should benefit from freshness.
Their only loss to West Ham United in 19 meetings was on post-match penalties in a League Cup game in 2021. In the last nine away league matches at West Ham, City are unbeaten, with six wins. They have 11 straight wins in the league and are unbeaten in 25.
Key Statistics
- Manchester City have 11 straight wins in the league.
- In the last 25 league matches, Manchester City are unbeaten.
- In 12 of West Ham’s last 15 league matches, both teams scored.
- West Ham United lost five times in their last eight league matches.
- West Ham failed to score in two of the last six meetings with Manchester City.
The bet of our experts
It is very clear who comes into this game as the favorite. Manchester City are on a good run in the league and will not even be worried at playing away to West Ham United. They’ve won in this trip six of the last nine times in the league.
Their only concern is that they rarely keep clean sheets against West Ham. The hosts may have not won many recent league matches but they have impressively stayed consistent in attack. Our prediction for West Ham United v Manchester City is for Manchester City to win and both teams to score.
