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West Ham and Manchester City play at Olympic Stadium in a match of the 23rd round of the Barclays Premier League. In the final clash between these teams in this competition on 28-08-2016, Manchester City won at home by (3-1). The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the visiting team, which has 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 11 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 06-01-2017, ended the victory of Manchester City by (0-5). In this match the home factor may play an important role, as West Ham presents significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
West Ham
After 8 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, the home team is in 10th place, having won 28 points. In the last match, he beat Middlesbrough by (1-3), having won 3-0 at home against Crystal Palace in the previous game. This is a team affected by the home factor, the stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats as a visitor, with 22 goals scored and 29 conceded, against 7 wins, 2 draws And 6 defeats at home, with 15 goals scored and 23 conceded. For the championship, West Ham had 14 points out of 30, after 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in their last 10 matches at their home stadium. In the games played in his stadium there are some more frequent results: at the end of the first 45 ‘0-0 (7 in 11 matches) and at the end of the match 1-0 (4 in 11 matches). The team conceded goals to their opponents in 7 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, since they managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 7 of the last 11 that played there were less than 3 goals. In 22 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 10 times and never managed to turn the board. There are 1 highlights in the last 11 home games in this competition: he scored 6 of his 12 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
West Ham enter this motivated round after a 1-3 away away win on their visit to the Middlesbrough field: Carrol and Calleri scored their winning goals. The home team should play on a tactical system in 4-3-3, with the goal of taking advantage of their counterattacks. In this drawing, the three most advanced men are usually Antonio, Carroll and Feghouli. In any case, West Ham is expected to take a more defensive stance, with the aim of giving no space to their opponent. The West Ham coach will not be able to count on Ogbonna, Snodgrass, Arbeloa, Masuaku, Tore, Henry and Sakho for being injured.
Manchester City
The visiting team is currently in 5th place with 43 points, after 13 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Everton by (4-0). In the last match, tied at home to Tottenham by (2-2). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games has recorded 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with a total of 28 goals scored and 23 conceded. Already inside the home, it won 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, with a total of 30 goals scored and 14 conceded. In the last game he played, for the FA Cup, won the Crystal Palace away by (0-3). In the last 10 games away from the league, Manchester City have 6 wins and 4 losses, having won 18 points out of 30. The team conceded goals in 8 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his games as a visitor there is a tendency to score goals, since 9 of his last 11 matches in the competition have finished with more than 2.5 goals. In 22 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 8 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard. In the last 11 away games for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: scored 9 of his 21 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘); Suffered 6 of his 16 goals in minutes (0’-15 ‘).
Manchester City enter into this motivated game, after a 3-0 away victory at the FA Cup Crystal Palace field trip: Sterling, Sané and Touré scored the winning goal. Similar to the opponents of this round, the Manchester team tends to play 4-3-3, where the three men responsible for creating dangerous plays on the opposing defense are Sané, Aguero and Sterling. Thus, even playing away from home, it is expected that Manchester City adopt a more offensive stance, taking into account that presents more individual and collective quality.
Prediction: Manchester City Win @ 1.60