West Ham-Manchester City prediction: guests undefeated by 13 challenges with the Hammers

First weekend of August, off to the Premier League. The English championship starts on Friday with Crystal Palace-Arsenal, on Saturday there is Everton-Chelsea and the match between West Ham and Manchester City closes the round: kick-off at the London Stadium on Sunday at 17.30. The reigning champions face the Hammers on their debut: it is the third time this has happened in the history of the English championship and the Citizens have always won.

HOW THE TEAMS ARRIVE

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West Ham played a long pre-season, seven friendlies but only two victories against Servette and Ipswich. Then four draws and one defeat remedied in the match against Rangers. The club has spent a lot on the transfer market to guarantee David Moyes a quality squad and improve his seventh place last season. 36 million have been paid to Sassuolo to buy Scamacca, almost the same amount spent to secure the Aguerd plant taken from Rennes. In addition to Downes from Swansea, Areola from PSG also arrived. Haaland and Kalvin Phillips from Leeds are City’s two hits this summer. Via Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Zinchenko sold to Arsenal. Just two friendlies in the US tour for Guardiola’s men and two wins against Club America and Bayern Munich. Lost the Community Shield final against Liverpool: 3-1 in the 90th minute.

PREVIOUS

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Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games against West Ham (10W, 3N), only against Fulham (14) do they have a longer open streak among teams currently in the top flight. Indeed, only Tottenham (38) have lost more league games against the Citizens than the Hammers (36). After losing their first league match in five consecutive seasons between 2016-17 and 2020-21, West Ham won 4-2 against Newcastle last year. The last time he won on his debut in two seasons in a row was in 2012-13 (1-0 v Aston Villa) and 2013-14 (2-0 v Cardiff). City, having remained undefeated in 26 consecutive seasons between 1990-91 and 2015-16, have fallen three times on their debut in the past six years.

PRONOSTIC: 2 + OVER 2.5

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According to the bookmakers, Manchester City are the favorites for the win. A sign that could be accompanied by a play like Over 2.5, considering that seven of the last ten matches between the teams have ended with over two goals scored. The value of the bet is 1.90 for Bet365, 1.88 according to Sisal and 1.83 for Betfair.

THE WINNING

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For sign 2 the odds are 1.40 according to Goldbet and Planetwin, 1.37 for Novibet. West Ham’s victory is quoted at 8.50, according to the evaluations of Betfair and Leovegas, 7.75 for Snai. The tie is set at 5.25 for three bookmakers: Bet365, Snai and Novibet.