Manchester City knows that four points from their next two games will be enough to win the Premier League again.
Pep Guardiola’s team has simply not let their Champions League nightmare away at Real Madrid affect their Premier League play, having put five past Newcastle and Wolves in the games since.
The trip to Molineux, along with the visit to West Ham on Sunday, was cited as possible stumbling blocks for the champions. After passing the Wolves test with flying colors, it’s now up to David Moyes’ team to compete for the Premier League crown.
West Ham, of course, are fighting their own war. A return to the Europa League is on the cards if they can close the three-point deficit on Manchester United in sixth place, an accomplishment that would highlight their upward trend even more.
Mark Noble’s final game in front of home fans means it will be an emotional afternoon in east London.
Date, kick-off time and venue
The Premier League game is scheduled for a 2pm kick-off time on Sunday May 15, 2022.
Venue: London Stadium
Referee: Anthony Taylor
How to watch West Ham vs Manchester City
In Nigeria, you can watch the Premier League on SuperSport DStv, and the EPL clash will be available to stream live on the DSTV Now App and on TV on the SuperSport network.
The SuperSport Football Plus channel will be showing the EPL match live on DStv channel 203.
Live blog: Follow all of the action with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog. KemiFilani.ng will be providing updates.
Team news for West Ham vs. Manchester City
Moyes said that Michail Antonio, Craig Dawson, and Said Benrahma all received minor injuries during Sunday’s win over Norwich.
Only Benrahma is a doubt for this game, according to the manager, who stated on Friday: “Said’s a little bit of a question mark, he’s been back out doing some light jogging.” He’s not as awful as we imagined, but he’s not as good as being fit.”
Meanwhile, City is going through a defensive crisis. Aymeric Laporte was forced off against the Wolves, joining Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, and John Stones on the bench.
Nathan Ake was introduced and, barring any setbacks, appears ready to partner Fernandinho in central defense.
West Ham vs Manchester City prediction
City are definitely handicapped by their injury issues, but given the manner in which they have performed since exiting the Champions League, it is impossible to bet against them.
Manchester City to win 2-1.
Predicted West Ham XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Fornals, Lanzini, Bowen, Antonio
Predicted Manchester City XI: Ederson; Cancelo, Rodri, Ake, Zinchenko; Silva, Gundogan, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
West Ham wins: 38
Draws: 13
Manchester City wins: 60
