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West Ham United vs Manchester City

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: London Stadium

Date: 31st August 2024

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

Premier League football will return this weekend with defending champions Manchester City travelling to London to face West Ham.

The Hammers have had a start-stop beginning to life under new coach Julen Loptegui. They began with a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa but bounced back last time to win against Crystal Palace 2-0.

Lopetegui and West Ham fans will be happy with his management in securing those confidence-boosting three points. Fan favourites Tomáš Souček and Jarrod Bowen got the goals, while big-money signings Max Kilman and Aaron Wan-Bissaka helped keep a clean sheet at the other end.

Lopetegui still has a long way to go to truly win over the London Stadium faithful, and nothing will fast-track his popularity quite like a win over the marauding juggernaut that is Manchester City.

The odds are understandably stacked against him in that endeavour since the Hammers have failed to win any of their last 17 Premier League meetings with the defending champions (D3, L14).

Meanwhile Manchester City arrive at the London Stadium after a perfect start after scoring 6 goals and conceding 1 in wins over Chelsea (0:2) and newly promoted Ipswich (4:1).

West Ham may take some belief from the fact that Ipswich were able to score against the defending champions however towards the backend of last season, Manchester City conceded just 3 goals in their last 7 Premier League matches.

Unsurprisingly oddsmakers heavily favour Manchester City here despite playing away from home while West Ham may aim at keeping the game tight for as long as possible as they have had some big nights at the London Stadium over the last 12 months.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

February 21, 2025
Leicester City 21:00 Brentford
February 22, 2025
Everton 13:30 Manchester United
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal 16:00 West Ham United
Fulham 16:00 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 18:30 Chelsea
February 23, 2025
Newcastle United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Liverpool
February 25, 2025
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 20:30 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20:30 Fulham
Chelsea 21:15 Southampton
February 26, 2025
Manchester United 20:30 Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur 20:30 Manchester City
Nottingham Forest 20:30 Arsenal
Brentford 20:30 Everton
Liverpool 21:15 Newcastle United
February 27, 2025
West Ham United 21:00 Leicester City

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 26 18 7 1 62 26 +36 61
2 Arsenal 25 15 8 2 51 22 +29 53
3 Nottingham Forest 25 14 5 6 41 29 +12 47
4 Manchester City 25 13 5 7 52 35 +17 44
5 AFC Bournemouth 25 12 7 6 44 29 +15 43
6 Chelsea 25 12 7 6 47 34 +13 43
7 Newcastle United 25 12 5 8 42 33 +9 41
8 Fulham 25 10 9 6 38 33 +5 39
9 Aston Villa 26 10 9 7 37 40 -3 39
10 Brighton & Hov… 25 9 10 6 38 38 +0 37
11 Brentford 25 10 4 11 43 42 +1 34
12 Tottenham Hotspur 25 9 3 13 49 37 +12 30
13 Crystal Palace 25 7 9 9 29 32 -3 30
14 Everton 25 7 9 9 27 31 -4 30
15 Manchester United 25 8 5 12 28 35 -7 29
16 West Ham United 25 7 6 12 29 47 -18 27
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 5 4 16 35 54 -19 19
18 Ipswich Town 25 3 8 14 23 50 -27 17
19 Leicester City 25 4 5 16 25 55 -30 17
20 Southampton 25 2 3 20 19 57 -38 9

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