MANCHESTER. Manchester City was after all too strong for West Ham United with the goal of Nathan Aké (49′), Erling Haaland (70′) and Phil Foden (85′). Manchester City was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was John Brooks with the support of Matthew Wilkes and Nick Greenhalgh. The 4th official was Robert Jones. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City had a strong ball possession 70% while West Ham United was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match​.

Manchester City shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, West Ham United shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Manchester City didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, West Ham United received 1 yellow card (Flynn Downes).

Standings

After this encounter, Manchester City will have 79 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, West Ham United will stay with 34 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester City will play away with Everton on the 14th of May with a 19-12 head to head stats in favor of Manchester City (7 draws).

West Ham United will play away agasint Brentford on the 13th of May with a 3-3 head to head record.

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City started with a 3-2-4-1 line-up (3-2-4-1).

The manager Josep Guardiola i Sala decided to play with the following team: Stefan Ortega (7.3), Kyle Walker (6.8), Rúben Dias (7.1), Nathan Aké (8.1), John Stones (6.5), Rodri (7.6), Riyad Mahrez (7.5), Julián Álvarez (7.2), Bernardo Silva (6.6), Jack Grealish (8.2) and Erling Haaland (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: İlkay Gündoğan, Phil Foden (7.4), Rico Lewis, Máximo Perrone, Aymeric Laporte, Kalvin Phillips, Ederson, Manuel Akanji (6.8) and Sergio Gómez.

Manchester City could not rely on the presence of Phil Foden (injured).

Substitutions

Manchester City made 3 changes: Julián Álvarez for Phil Foden (77′), Nathan Aké for Manuel Akanji (77′) and Rodri for Kalvin Phillips (90′).

Best player: Jack Grealish​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was Jack Grealish even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 49 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

West Ham United – Formation

West Ham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

David Moyes played with: Łukasz Fabiański (5.9), Vladimír Coufal (7.2), Thilo Kehrer (6.4), Angelo Ogbonna (6.7), Aaron Cresswell (6.4), Flynn Downes (6.4), Lucas Paquetá (6.8), Jarrod Bowen (5.8), Pablo Fornals (6.4), Emerson Palmieri (6.3) and Michail Antonio (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Maxwel Cornet, Alphonse Aréola, Manuel Lanzini, Joseph Anang, Saïd Benrahma (6.1), Danny Ings (6.6) and Ben Johnson (6.1).

West Ham United could not rely on the presence of B. Johnson (injured) and Saïd Benrahma (injured).

Substitutions

West Ham United made 3 changes: Vladimir Coufal for Ben Johnson (62′), Michail Antonio for Danny Ings (67′) and Jarrod Bowen for Saïd Benrahma (79′).

Best player: Vladimír Coufal​

The player that probably impressed the most for West Ham United was Vladimír Coufal.

His rating is (7.2) with 13 passes (53% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Manchester City – West Ham United – 3-0
• Liverpool – Fulham – 1-0