West Ham United are home to take on Manchester City in a battle of clubs that presently occupy middle of the table positions in the Premier League and need points in order to take the next step up the Premier League table. Neither side was able to win their match in week 26.
West Ham United are coming off of a loss away from home last week as they fell to Bolton Wanderers by a score of 2-1 at the Reebok Stadium. As a result of that set back the Hammers are now in 9th place of the Premiership log with 33 points and sit just behind 8th place Fulham on goal difference. Gianfranco Zola's squad will be playing without the injured Kieron Dyer, Dean Ashton, Gabbidon and Boa Morte.
Manchester City enter play in week 27 in 10th place of the Premiership log with 32 points, 1 point behind the very same West Ham United side they will be playing this week and 1 point ahead of 11th place Sunderland. The Citizens played to a 1-1 draw away to Liverpool at Anfield Road in their last match. Fernandes, Hamann, Johnson and Petrov are set to sit out because of injury for the side managed by Mark Hughes.
Live Premier League
West Ham United v Manchester City
Boleyn Ground, kick off 1230 hours
PREDICTION REPORT:
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West Ham - Manchester City : 1 - 1
Probabilities for Home-Draw-Away: 33% 35% 32% .
Asian Handicap Advice:
With an asian handicap of: 0 : 0 ,
PICK : MANCHESTER CITY
And Manchester City was a little better in their last match
( 14.4 % higher than West Ham ).
They have a lower average in last 3 matches: - 6 %
Critical handicap: 0.25
Confidence: Low.
Valuebets for
West Ham: odds higher then 3.06
Manchester City: odds higher then 3.16
Over/Under: UNDER (0.85)
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Team-Performance in last 3 matches :
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Team Last : 2 ago : 3 ago :
West ~ 90 % 104 % 116 %
Manch~ 104 % 86 % 102 %
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Team-Standings in the Premier League:
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Team Pld Won Draw Lose Pts
West ~ 26 9 6 11 33
Manch~ 25 9 5 11 32
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