Manchester City vs West Ham United: Premier League preview, team news, stats and head-to-head

Manchester City vs West Ham United: Premier League preview, team news, stats and head-to-head

  • Man City have won 14 of their last 15 Premier League home games against West Ham (L1), including their last eight in a row since a 2-1 defeat in September 2015.

  • West Ham have remained winless in their last 18 Premier League games against Man City, since a 2-1 away win in September 2015. The Hammers have not had a longer winless streak against any team in their league history (also 18 against Liverpool between 1983 and 1983). 1994). ).

  • West Ham have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 24 Premier League games against Man City – only against Sunderland have they had a longer run without conceding a goal in their league history (25 between 1923 and 1968), a run they ended with one 8-0 win in which Geoff Hurst scored six goals.

  • Manchester City have won their first league game in 17 of the last 18 calendar years, including each of the last 12 in a row since a 1-0 defeat at Sunderland on New Year’s Day 2012.

  • West Ham have not lost their first league game in the last seven calendar years since losing 2-0 to Man Utd in 2017 (W4 D3). League game of the year since 2006 and a 3-1 defeat against Chelsea.

  • Manchester City have failed to win either of their last two Premier League home games, despite scoring first on both occasions (1-2 against Manchester United, 1-1 against Everton). They have not failed to win three consecutive home league games since December/January 2003/2004, despite scoring first each time.

  • In 2024, West Ham conceded more goals than any other Premier League team (79) and ended the year with a 5-0 home defeat to Liverpool.

  • Man City have won all eight Premier League home games against West Ham under Pep Guardiola – only Arsène Wenger has a better 100% home win rate against an opponent in the competition (11/11 vs Leicester, 10/10 vs Stoke).

  • Man City’s Erling Haaland has scored seven goals in just five Premier League games against West Ham, although only one of them came at the Etihad Stadium.

  • Since the start of last season, Jarrod Bowen has been involved in 16 away goals in the Premier League (10 goals, 6 assists), twice as many as any of his West Ham team-mates. Overall, only Michail Antonio (36 goals, 11 assists) and Mark Noble (20 goals, 13 assists) have scored more goals and assists in away games for the Hammers than Bowen (14 goals, 17 assists).

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