Manchester City vs West Ham United

Etihad Stadium is the venue as Manchester City and West Ham United go head-to-head in a Premier League top-four six-pointer.

Manchester City head into proceedings in high spirits after coming from behind to beat PSG 2-1 in midweek Champions League action, taking their winning run in all competitions to four matches. Since losing 2-0 to Crystal Palace at home in late October, the ‘Citizens’ have won back-to-back Premier League matches by 2+ goals ‘to nil,’ including a 3-0 romping of Everton last time out. Interestingly, Pep Guardiola’s men have drawn a blank in two of their six top-flight home games this season, while they’ve averaged 3.75 goals per game in the other four. Though they’ve blown hot and cold defensively, the reigning English champions have been rock-solid at the back, registering five clean sheets in six Premier League fixtures at the Etihad so far (W4, D1, L1).

Only once have West Ham avoided defeat across ten Premier League encounters against Man City since Guardiola took charge in 2016 (D1, L9). What’s more, the ‘Hammers’ have recorded just one victory in their last 15 top-flight visits to the Etihad (D1, L13), courtesy of a 2-1 triumph in September 2015. But even though a narrow 1-0 defeat at Wolverhampton last weekend knocked them down from a four-game winning run in the Premier League, David Moyes’ side bounced back in midweek with a comfortable 2-0 away win over Rapid Vienna in the Europa League. Since the start of last season, the Londoners have lost back-to-back Premier League fixtures on only two occasions. Speaking of West Ham’s bounce-back ability, they have come from behind to win two of the three league away games in which they conceded first this season (L1).