City have won their last six matches in all competitions
West Ham have lost their last six meetings with Pep Guardiola’s men
Recommended bet: Man City to win and both teams to score
Man City could be top of the Premier League following their clash with West Ham on Saturday afternoon, with the Citizens hitting form going into the festive period.
Pep Guardiola’s side have won their last four league games, a run that has seen them close the gap on Arsenal to just two points.
In stark contrast, West Ham find themselves in the bottom three having failed to win any of their last five, collecting just three points during that run.
Team News
Guardiola was able to rest Erling Haaland for the midweek EFL Cup victory over Brentford and the Norwegian will be fresh and raring to go on Saturday.
City look set to be without Jeremy Doku due to injury, while Omar Marmoush has flown off to the African Cup of Nations, where he will represent Egypt.
Oscar Bobb was forced off after just 19 minutes on Wednesday and looks set for another spell on the sidelines.
West Ham will be missing two defenders away on international duty, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka in the DR Congo squad and El Hadji Malick Diouf selected by Senegal.
The visitors are expected to play with five at the back, as they did in their last away game against Brighton earlier this month.
The stats
Haaland has scored nine goals in the last six games between Man City and West Ham.
West Ham have not won at City since September 2015, a run of nine matches without a victory at the Etihad.
Only Bruno Fernandes (7) has got more assists than City’s Rayan Cherki (6) in the Premier League this season.
Despite only joining City in September, Gianluigi Donnarumma has already kept six league clean sheets.
West Ham sit top of the Premier League blocks stats, with 74 made across their opening 16 matches.
Prediction
Man City look to have found their rhythm in recent weeks and are now the league’s top scorers, with 38 goals in 16 games.
Tottenham’s 2-0 win at the Etihad in August are the only dropped Premier League points on home soil for the Citizens, with seven wins since then.
Although there have been signs of improvement from West Ham in recent weeks, they still face the prospect of a relegation battle.
Goals have been a big problem for the Hammers, but things have improved in the final third since Nuno Espirito Santo took charge.
Nuno’s men have found the net in seven of their last eight matches and that includes two in the defeat to Aston Villa last week.
So while City are very likely to win with Haaland back to star up front, the visitors can at least find the back of the net too.
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