Manchester City and West Ham United will face on Wednesday the 3rd of May at 8:00 pm in the 28th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The chosen referee is John Brooks.
Manchester City is in the 2nd place in the table with 76 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Fulham in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 24 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Manchester City won the last 8 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 5th of February against Tottenham Hotspur and the score was 1-0.
West Ham United occupies the 15th place in the league with 34 points. It comes from a 4-3 loss against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 9 times, draw 7 times, and lost 17 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 37.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (12 times), 3-2-4-1 (9 times), 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against West Ham United with the following players: Ederson Moraes, Manuel Akanji, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, John Stones, Rodri Hernández, Bernardo Silva, İlkay Gündoğan, Julián Álvarez, Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Manchester City would be 27.73.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Nathan Aké and Kevin De Bruyne because of injury.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of Benjamin Mendy who is suspended.
West Ham United
West Ham United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 45.45%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times), 4-3-3 (7 times), 3-4-2-1 (5 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
David Moyes is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Łukasz Fabiański, Aaron Cresswell, Angelo Ogbonna, Nayef Aguerd, Vladimír Coufal, Tomáš Souček, Declan Rice, Lucas Paquetá, Jarrod Bowen, Saïd Benrahma and Michail Antonio.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of West Ham United would be 30.09.
Kurt Zouma and Gianluca Scamacca will definitely miss the match.