Venue Etihad Stadium
Last season Manchester City 1 West Ham United 2
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Team news & predicted starting line-ups for Man City vs West Ham
Claudio Bravo is not expected to take over in goal until the Manchester derby, so Wily Caballero is favourite to don the gloves again this weekend, with Joe Hart seemingly on his way out of the club following his farewell appearance against Steau.
Pep Guardiola is likely to stick with a 4-1-4-1 and the main selection questions again revolve around the full-back positions.
Man City fantasy player to watch
Nolito scored twice in a 21 minute cameo appearance at the Bet365 Stadium last week. That should be enough to ensure he starts at the Etihad this weekend, at the expense of Jesús Navas.
With Sergio Agüero in fine goal-scoring form and City having a high goals expectancy again this weekend, Nolito looks more than capable of racking up a decent fantasy score.
Man City team news
Pablo Zabaleta is expected to be included again at right-back as Bacary Sagna recovers from a hamstring injury. Gaël Clichy could miss out at left-back unless Guardiola decides to experiment with Aleksandr Kolarov at centre-back again.
Vincent Kompany is still injured, while this game is likely to come too soon for Leroy Sané and İlkay Gündoğan.
Predicted starting line-up for Man City (4-1-4-1)
West Ham fantasy player to watch
West Ham scored 65 goals last season, a figure that was only bettered by three Premier League clubs. However, no player managed to get into double figures so it’s obvious they are crying out for a clinical finisher.
New arrival Jonathan Calleri could lead the line against City and he looks one to keep an eye on.
West Ham team news
Crashing out of Europe might not be a bad thing for a Hammers side that has been rocked by an early season injury crisis.
Andy Carroll is the latest high-profile player to be side-lined, while Mark Noble, Håvard Nordtveit, Manuel Lanzini and Dimitri Payet are all touch and go for the game at the Etihad.
André Ayew, Aaron Cresswell, Sofiane Feghouli and Diafra Sakho are all absent again.
Slaven Bilić could set his team up in a 4-2-3-1 formation initially but he may mix things up throughout the game, in an attempt to get the better of Guardiola.
Predicted starting line-up for West Ham (4-2-3-1)
Prediction
Manchester City and West Ham will be face to face this Sunday at 16:00 in Premier League Round 3 in a very unbalanced and interesting match which promise a lot of surprises.
Manchester City will try to lead this match and attack their opponents from the outset, the team is in a very good shape and have all the chances to the victory.
Manchester City comes after a 1-0 victory with Steaua Bucharest in Champions League, they won their last four matches in all competitions, last round in Premier League they defeat 4-1 Stoke City.
West Ham comes after a 1-0 defeat in Europa League with Astra Giurgiu and a 1-0 victory in Premier League with Bournemouth. The match will be a very unbalanced one from the outset, we expect Manchester City to lead this competition and put a lot of pressure on their opponents from the outset. The last head to head match between the two teams was in January this year and the result was: 2-2.
Manchester City won seven of their last eight home matches against West Ham.
Manchester City
Subs from Hart, Otamendi, Zabaleta, Delph, Fernando, Navas, Nasri, Bony, Iheanacho, Zinchenko, Adarabioyo, Denayer, Mangala, Gündogan, Sané, Touré, Bravo
Doubtful Gündogan, Sané (match fitness)
Injured Kompany (thigh, unknown)
Suspended None
Form WW
Discipline Y5 R0
Leading scorer Agüero 3
West Ham United
Subs from Randolph, Spiegel, Ogbonna, Burke, Oxford, Fernandes, Lanzini, Nordtveit, Payet, Valencia, Fletcher, Quina, Browne
Doubtful Lanzini (knee), Noble (wrist), Nordtveit (foot), Payet (match fitness)
Injured Feghouli (hamstring, 10 Sep), Ayew (thigh, Dec), Carroll (25 Sep), Cresswell (Dec), Henry (all knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Form LW
Discipline Y5 R0
Leading scorers Antonio, Collins 1
Claudio Bravo is not expected to take over in goal until the Manchester derby, so Wily Caballero is favourite to don the gloves again this weekend, with Joe Hart seemingly on his way out of the club following his farewell appearance against Steau.
Pep Guardiola is likely to stick with a 4-1-4-1 and the main selection questions again revolve around the full-back positions.
Man City fantasy player to watch
Nolito scored twice in a 21 minute cameo appearance at the Bet365 Stadium last week. That should be enough to ensure he starts at the Etihad this weekend, at the expense of Jesús Navas.
With Sergio Agüero in fine goal-scoring form and City having a high goals expectancy again this weekend, Nolito looks more than capable of racking up a decent fantasy score.
Man City team news
Pablo Zabaleta is expected to be included again at right-back as Bacary Sagna recovers from a hamstring injury. Gaël Clichy could miss out at left-back unless Guardiola decides to experiment with Aleksandr Kolarov at centre-back again.
Vincent Kompany is still injured, while this game is likely to come too soon for Leroy Sané and İlkay Gündoğan.
Predicted starting line-up for Man City (4-1-4-1)
West Ham fantasy player to watch
West Ham scored 65 goals last season, a figure that was only bettered by three Premier League clubs. However, no player managed to get into double figures so it’s obvious they are crying out for a clinical finisher.
New arrival Jonathan Calleri could lead the line against City and he looks one to keep an eye on.
West Ham team news
Crashing out of Europe might not be a bad thing for a Hammers side that has been rocked by an early season injury crisis.
Andy Carroll is the latest high-profile player to be side-lined, while Mark Noble, Håvard Nordtveit, Manuel Lanzini and Dimitri Payet are all touch and go for the game at the Etihad.
André Ayew, Aaron Cresswell, Sofiane Feghouli and Diafra Sakho are all absent again.
Slaven Bilić could set his team up in a 4-2-3-1 formation initially but he may mix things up throughout the game, in an attempt to get the better of Guardiola.
Predicted starting line-up for West Ham (4-2-3-1)
Prediction
Manchester City and West Ham will be face to face this Sunday at 16:00 in Premier League Round 3 in a very unbalanced and interesting match which promise a lot of surprises.
Manchester City will try to lead this match and attack their opponents from the outset, the team is in a very good shape and have all the chances to the victory.
Manchester City comes after a 1-0 victory with Steaua Bucharest in Champions League, they won their last four matches in all competitions, last round in Premier League they defeat 4-1 Stoke City.
West Ham comes after a 1-0 defeat in Europa League with Astra Giurgiu and a 1-0 victory in Premier League with Bournemouth. The match will be a very unbalanced one from the outset, we expect Manchester City to lead this competition and put a lot of pressure on their opponents from the outset. The last head to head match between the two teams was in January this year and the result was: 2-2.
Manchester City won seven of their last eight home matches against West Ham.
Manchester City
Subs from Hart, Otamendi, Zabaleta, Delph, Fernando, Navas, Nasri, Bony, Iheanacho, Zinchenko, Adarabioyo, Denayer, Mangala, Gündogan, Sané, Touré, Bravo
Doubtful Gündogan, Sané (match fitness)
Injured Kompany (thigh, unknown)
Suspended None
Form WW
Discipline Y5 R0
Leading scorer Agüero 3
West Ham United
Subs from Randolph, Spiegel, Ogbonna, Burke, Oxford, Fernandes, Lanzini, Nordtveit, Payet, Valencia, Fletcher, Quina, Browne
Doubtful Lanzini (knee), Noble (wrist), Nordtveit (foot), Payet (match fitness)
Injured Feghouli (hamstring, 10 Sep), Ayew (thigh, Dec), Carroll (25 Sep), Cresswell (Dec), Henry (all knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Form LW
Discipline Y5 R0
Leading scorers Antonio, Collins 1