West Ham vs Man City: Premier League Predictions & Betting Tips

Manchester City look to extend their unbeaten run to three when they travel to the London Stadium on Saturday to face West Ham United in the 5:30pm kick-off.

The Hammers are off the back of two wins after victory in the league against Crystal Palace and  Wednesday’s second round of the EFL Cup against Bournemouth. Meanwhile, their opponents are fresh off the back of two wins in the league against Chelsea and Ipswich Town.

West Ham United

New season, new start, new manager. It has been a strong first three opening fixtures for West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui, as his side showed resilience after losing their opening day match. Now two unbeaten and through to the third round of the EFL Cup, they face the tough task of hosting Pep Guardiola’s champions. Lopetegui will be hopeful his new summer signings can help earn themselves a long overdue result against the Citizens after bringing in the likes of Crysencio Summerville from Leeds United, Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Manchester United, Max Kilman from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Niklas Fullkrug from Borussia Dortmund.

This is the start of a tough run of fixtures for the Hammers, with the likes of Chelsea at home, Tottenham away and Manchester United at home coming up. Securing a result against City would make a statement to the sides they are yet to face.

Manchester City

Two wins from two, and this City side looks to be well on their way to another fantastic Premier League season so far. After comfortable victories over Chelsea and newcomers Ipswich Town, including a hattrick for Erling Haaland (yes, already!), Guardiola’s side will be full of confidence to extend their winning run to three at the London Stadium. Fans will be hopeful of seeing the reintroduction of the returning Ilkay Gundogan after his one-year spell at Barcelona ended and the German opted to return to the Etihad. 

West Ham vs Man City History

City’s record against the Hammers over the past few seasons is impressive. Under Guardiola’s management, City are unbeaten in all of their last 20 meetings. West Ham have not won this fixture since back in September 2015.

These two sides are very familiar with each other, having met 114 times previously. City have taken the most wins from the tie, currently sitting at 61, while the Hammers have won 34. There have been 19 matches that have ended all square.

West Ham vs Man City Betting Tips 

Given the history of this fixture, our expert tipsters here at Betting Online are backing the champions, Manchester City, to come out on top away from home and open the scoring. Below are the latest odds on our predictions courtesy of bet365.

• Manchester City To Win @ 2/5 with bet365. 
• Erling Haaland To Score First 11/4 @ bet365. 

These odds are provided by bet365 and are correct at the time of publishing (29/08/2024).