On Sunday, August 7, West Ham will host Manchester City in the first round of the Premier League. The match at the London Stadium in London will start at 18:30 (Moscow time). West Ham – Manchester City: forecastbet, odds, statistics.
“West Ham”
In the previous season, the Hammers fought to the last for getting into the Europa League, but losing to Brighton (1:3) in the last round they finished seventh and will play in the Conference League.
During the offseason, the team David Moyes broke up with veteran Mark Noble, Andrey Yarmolenko (left as a free agent) and Fredericks.
“West Ham” bought goalkeeper Areola from PSG, signed Rennes defender Agur (but he was immediately injured) and strengthened the attack by Sassuolo’s top scorer Gianluca Scamacca (16 goals last Serie A season).
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The Londoners played seven control matches in the summer, winning only two: with Servette (2:0) and Ipswich (2:1). Other results: Boreham Wood (1:1), Reading (1:1), Rangers (1:3), Luton Town (1:1) and Lens (0:0)
“Manchester city”
City won another league title, but shone in other tournaments: in the League Cup, the team flew to the 1/8 finals, and in the FA Cup and Champions League – in the semi-finals.
In the off-season, the Manchester club parted ways with Sterling, Fernandinho, Gaby Jesus and Zinchenko. Acquisitions: Erling Haaland, Calvin Phillips and returnee from River Plate Julián Alvarez.
In the summer, the wards Josep Guadiola in control matches, they started with victories over Blackpool (4:1) and America (2:1), and completed the training camp with a victory in the match with Bayern (1:0).
Premier League calendar and table
season for “Manchester city” began with the match for the FA Super Cup, in which the champions in all respects lost to Liverpool with a score of 1:3.
Forecast and rate
To the victory of West Ham in this meeting bookmakers give coefficient 7.80for a draw in regular time – 5.40and on the victory of “Manchester City” — 1.38.
West Ham have not beaten Man City in the Premier League in 13 games since September 2015 (10 losses and 3 draws). At the same time, at least 4 goals were scored in 6 of the last 7 head-to-head meetings at London Stadium.
Last season, Pep Guardiola’s side won 2-1 at home and drew 2-2 in London. Forecast: Manchester City to win the head-to-head match.
Despite the low performance at the training camp, the Hammers will try to fight the champion at home. Interesting options rates “Both to score” for 1.81 and TV 2.5 for 1.54
