West Ham United v Manchester City predictions

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
West Ham United v Manchester City predictions Premier League England, England	03/11/2012 18:30	full time result	Manchester City Win	1.73	Bet at Coral
Betting prediction was written by Anton

WEST HAM UNITED V MANCHESTER CITY PREDICTIONS AND PREVIEW: BETTING STATS AND FACTS

West Ham has made a strong start to life back in the EPL.  They are currently in 9^th place with 14 points from 9 matches, including 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.  Their initial goal is to avoid relegation this season so they will be more than happy with their league position but they have some tough matches ahead so it is important they keep up their strong form.  Their last 4 matches have all finished with over 2.5 goals.

Manchester City is looking to defend their EPL title this year and is in a strong position to do so despite not playing at their best this year.  They are 3^rd in the table with 21 points after 9 matches, just 1 point behind leaders Chelsea.  They have won 4 EPL matches in a row, scoring second half winners in 3 of them, this never say die mentality could be the difference between winning and losing the league this year.  3 of their last 5 matches have ended in over 2.5 goals.

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

West Ham’s injury list is beginning to pile up and they will be without, Diarra, Demel, Collison, Taylor and Vaz Te for this match.  They seem to have a settled line-up at the moment however with Andy Carroll leading the line and almost back to full fitness, with him in the team the style of play changes to long balls fired up at Carroll with Kevin Nolan looking to get on the end of flick on’s from his advanced midfield role.  This style of play can be difficult to come up against but City have some strong centre backs in Kompany and Lescott who should be able to handle it.

City themselves have a long injury list with their first 3 right backs all out injured, someone will have to play out of position to cover for him or a move to a back 3 which has its own drawbacks.  Going forward City are still hugely powerfull with Tevez, Aguero or Silva able to produce some magic and get a goal at any time.  It’ll be tough for West Ham to cope with the firepower of City and they’ll have to hope to get a few goals if they are to get a result.

WEST HAM UNITED V MANCHESTER CITY PREDICTIONS: 1X2 BETTING PREVIEW

City is favourites here as they are for most games despite being the away side.  I think they have by far the quality players and they have strong and tough centre backs which nullifies West Ham’s greatest attacking strategy.

I’ll be backing a Man City win at 1.73 with Coral.

WEST HAM UNITED - MANCHESTER CITY PREDICTIONS: ASIAN HANDICAP PREVIEW

If you are really confident in City then you can up your odds by backing the AH of City -1 @ 2.29.  This means you only win the bet if City win by 2 or more clear goals and any one goal win will just refund your stake. 

I would be a little weary of this bet however with City’s 4 back to back wins, only 1 of them have been by more than 1 goal.

If you still like the bet then 188bet are the place to visit with City -1 at 2.29.

WEST HAM UNITED - MANCHESTER CITY PREDICTIONS: TOTAL GOALS PREVIEW

West Ham has had their last 4 matches all over 2.5 goals, and City has had 3 of their last 4 end with the over also.

The Over is a strong favourite as you would imagine but I still like the value with Pinnacle at 1.76 for Over 2.5 Goals

WEST HAM UNITED V MANCHESTER CITY PREDICTIONS AND PREVIEW: THE END

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