Premier League: West Ham vs Manchester City – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 3 match between West Ham and Manchester City and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

The new Premier League season continues on Saturday with Manchester City swinging over to London Stadium. The reigning champions will lock horns with West Ham, hoping to get their title defence off on the right note.

A glance at the Premier League table reveals that the current difference between the teams is three points and eight places.

Team form: West Ham vs Manchester City

West Ham Form

In the previous three matches, West Ham lost 1-2 against Aston Villa, beat Crystal Palace by 0-2 and won 1-0 against Bournemouth. West Ham just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the London Stadium. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored eight and conceded nine goals.

Manchester City Form

Manchester City went unbeaten through their last three matches, which began with a 1-1 draw against Manchester United. A 0-2 win against Chelsea followed, before they beat Ipswich by 4-1. Manchester City are in imperial form on their travels, doing the clean sweep of six wins in six Premier League matches. It marks them out as the best away side in this competition across the last six games. They outscored their opponents by 18 goals to two along the way.

Betting stats for West Ham and Manchester City

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that West Ham and Manchester City played across all tournaments.

In-form players: West Ham vs Manchester City

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Jarrod Bowen, who is performing well for The Hammers. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Manchester City.The visitors will be looking to Erling Haaland to find the net once again, after managing ten Premier League goals for Manchester City in recent matches.

Popular betting markets: West Ham vs Manchester City

Full-time result

West Ham won two of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at London Stadium. They drew five and lost three as well, while Manchester City won eight of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost zero. Manchester City are on a serious roll of now 25 matches without defeat. Good luck taking on Manchester City currently, as they look back on an excellent streak of 12 away games without defeat. Manchester City have beaten West Ham in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

West Ham scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Manchester City scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Manchester City have won to nil in their last 5 away games. West Ham managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Manchester City have scored in 15 consecutive meetings with West Ham when playing at away ground.

Total goals

West Ham saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Manchester City, who scored 2.4 times on average in these matches. Manchester City scored at least once in their previous 11 matches on the bounce.

Recommended tip: West Ham vs Manchester City

To sum up, the upcoming match between West Ham and Manchester City seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this Premier League game.

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