Manchester City v West Ham Betting Tips – Premier League 3rd December 4.00pm
West Ham shipped four goals at Goodison Park against Everton in midweek and they would have to rightly be a bit panicked about what could happen to them in this trip to the Etihad on Sunday. Manchester City kept their winning streak going with an injury-time victory over Southampton in midweek. They have the match winners to pull things out of the bag even if they can’t play well all of the time. With them facing the leaky Hammers’ defence, this could well be a comfortable home win for them.
Manchester City News and Form
City didn’t play one of their better games in midweek when they played host to Southampton, but they still managed to find a way to win which says a lot about them. Once again Raheem Sterling was the man of the hour with a 96th minute winner. That’s what you get when you can boast so many match winners. So that is a six match winning streak that they have going on home soil in the league now. They have netted at least two goals in each of those six games and overall this season have averaged 3.7 goals per home game this term. They have conceded only the five. Overall it is a twelve match winning streak that they are on the top flight now and following his midweek goal Raheem Sterling is now the joint top scorer at the club along with Sergio Aguero and they are 5/6 and 1/3 respectively in the Ladbrokes anytime goalscorer market. You imagine that City will have a fairly easy time of things against West Ham’s defence and over 3.5 goals has to be a good option. The club are on a 19 match winning streak in all competitions and in the correct score market a Man City 3-0 result is the shortest priced option at 13/2. City can be backed in at 4/6 to win with Ladbrokes this to nil as well and this could be something of a routine home victory for them.
West Ham News and Form
Of the last 21 points that have been available to them in the Premier League, the Hammers have collected just three of them and that was three drawn matches. New boss David Moyes will fully know that he has a major task on his hands here after they were smashed 4-0 at Goodison Park against Everton in midweek. That doesn’t bode well for their trip to the Champions elect. A failure to score against a weak Everton defence highlights some major issues and they have gone without a clean sheet in any of their last seven and they have conceded at least two goals in five of their last seven games. They are still looking for their first away win of the seasons and will probably be still doing so after this one as well. They have netted just the five goals in their D3 L5 away record this season. The Irons have conceded at a rate of 2.3 goals per game on their travels this season and they have been losing at half time in five of their eight away games. A Man City/Man City half time/full time wager at Ladbrokes is going to have some decent appeal for this one and the home side may well put the struggling Hammers to the sword and leave the Irons in even more trouble in the relegation zone.
Manchester City v West Ham Head to Head
Manchester City have had an easy time of things against West Ham recently, so that’s a good indicator of what could happen here. In their last three games against West Ham, City have outscored the Hammers 12-1, winning all three of those games last season as they met in the FA Cup as well as the league. City have scored at least two goals in each of their last four games in all competitions against the Irons and are unbeaten in their last four against West Ham now (D3 D1).
Manchester City v West Ham Betting Odds
Man City 1/12, Draw 10/1, West Ham 20/1
Manchester City v West Ham Predictions
Manchester City to win: West Ham’s defence is not likely going to be any kind of match for what City can produce going forward. The home side are value to win this to nil and in the correct score market the 3-0 option looks a pretty decent deal to see the Citizens win this at something of a canter.
