West Ham vs Manchester City Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

West Ham have been afforded a break this weekend after Manchester City knocked them out of the FA Cup earlier this month, and that extra week of rest will have them feeling fairly confident about their chances here.

They have won five of their last seven games in the Premier League, and now the distasteful Dimitri Payet saga is coming to a close we can expect to see a more gelled happy West Ham squad in the near future.

The Hammers’ early season poor form does leave them down in 10th in the Premier League, but recently they have been playing more like the side we saw last season. At home they have won three of their last four in the league, keeping a clean sheet in all of those wins and only losing to Manchester United.

Manchester City progressed further in the FA Cup on Saturday with a confident 3-0 win over Crystal Palace to make it six wins, two draws, and four defeats in their last 12 outings in all competitions.

In the Premier League they have only won four of their last nine games though, a record which has seen them drop to 12 points behind leaders Chelsea and into 5th position in the table. Pep Guardiola’s main focus now will be to get back into the top four.

Away from home The Citizens were actually doing okay until recently, but defeats to Leicester, Liverpool, and Everton have caused them to win just one of their last four trips away in the league. They conceded four goals to both Leicester and Everton, so I quite fancy Andy Carroll’s chances against the faltering defence of the visitors. The strong forward has netted five goals in ten league appearances this season, so at 13/5 he looks a great value backing for our anytime goalscorer predictions.

Even when Manchester City do win it’s been lacklustre recently. Only one of their last six trips away has seen a two goal plus margin of victory, so considering West Ham have only lost four home games this season I think odds of 1.975 for a West Ham +1.0 Asian Handicap is excellent value. I’m going for a 1-1 correct score predictions at 15/2 as well.