Manchester Metropolis welcome West Ham to the Etihad for a Saturday afternoon Premier League conflict.
Pep Guardiola’s aspect have the possibility to go to the highest of the desk forward of Arsenal’s journey to Everton later within the night.
That must be an enormous incentive for the house aspect, who want to reclaim their crown misplaced to Liverpool final season.
And so they have been in glorious kind as nicely, shedding simply as soon as at residence this season, to Tottenham.
The Hammers stay within the relegation zone and have a slim probabilities of shifting out of it heading into Christmas week.
However the Premier League is as unpredictable as ever, and you may by no means depend out an upset.
Catch all of the group information forward of the sport, in addition to dwell commentary, right here.
Manchester Metropolis group information
Manchester Metropolis are coping with a number of damage issues. Oscar Bobb misses out after sustaining a hamstring difficulty in opposition to Brentford, becoming a member of Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, Jeremy Doku and John Stones on the sidelines.
Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait-Nouri are unavailable attributable to Africa Cup of Nations commitments, however Guardiola recollects a number of first-choice gamers, together with Erling Haaland, who has scored 9 Premier League targets in opposition to West Ham.
Rayan Cherki stays a artistic pressure on the Etihad, having registered 5 assists in his final 4 residence league appearances regardless of restricted minutes.
Manchester Metropolis beginning XI: Donnarumma, Nunez, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Silva, Riejnders, Foden, Cherki, Haaland
Substitutes: Trafford, Ake, Savinho, Khusanov, Grey, Mukasa, Lewis, Mfuni, Heskey
West Ham group information
West Ham are with out Lukasz Fabianski attributable to a again damage, whereas Aaron Wan-Bissaka and El Hadji Malick Diouf are each away at AFCON.
West Ham beginning XI: Areola, Walker-Peters, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles, Magassa, Potts, Fernandes, Summerville, Paqueta, Bowen
Substitutes: Hermansen, Igor, Wilson, Mavrapanos, Rodriguez, Soucek, Irving, Kante, Mayere
The right way to watch Manchester Metropolis v West Ham United: TV channel, on-line stream
Manchester Metropolis vs West Ham kicks-off at 3pm GMT on Saturday afternoon. The match will not be accessible to look at within the UK because of the standard blackout.
The stats for Manchester Metropolis v West Ham United
- Manchester Metropolis have gained 10 of their final 12 matches in all competitions
- Metropolis have scored at the very least two targets in all 10 of these victories
- Metropolis have gained seven consecutive residence matches on the Etihad Stadium
- Manchester Metropolis are unbeaten of their final 19 Premier League video games in opposition to West Ham
- Metropolis have scored three or extra targets in every of their final 5 league wins over West Ham
- West Ham have gained simply two of their final 11 Premier League matches
- West Ham have drawn their final three Premier League away video games
- West Ham have misplaced 15 of their final 16 Premier League away matches in opposition to Manchester Metropolis
