Manchester City vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th December 2025

Manchester City enjoy home advantage, when visitors West Ham swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Placed twoth in the table Manchester City have amassed 34 points after 16 matches. On 13 points, West Ham rank 18th with 16 matches played this season.

Manchester City came away with three points from the latest encounter with West Ham. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other on Saturday.

Manchester City show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.4 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 24 goals, whilst they allowed ten goals against, for an average of one per outing. They pulled off five clean sheets.

The Irons managed a bearable 13 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.3 goals per game. They conceded 18 goals in total, and while claiming zero clean sheets, they conceded 1.8 goals an average per game.

The Sky Blues won the last two meetings against West Ham, as they followed up a 3-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 4-1 score.

Manchester City vs West Ham Prediction

Manchester City Form

Manchester City are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 1-2 win against Real Madrid. They went on to beat Crystal Palace by 0-3, before also getting the better of Brentford in a 2-0 victory. Manchester City have been nothing short of fabulous at their home ground in the six most recent Premier League matches here. They quite simply claimed a maximum 18 points, scoring 19 while conceding four goals. Naturally, this is the best points total in the Premier League across the last six games.

Going into the season as a title candidate in the Premier League, The Sky Blues are currently on track to fulfil the expectations.

West Ham Form

West Ham are winless in their last three matches, but managed a 1-1 draw with Manchester United and a 1-1 draw with Brighton. In their most recent match, they were defeated 2-3 at the hands of Aston Villa. West Ham came through their last six away games in the Premier League without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew four and lost two in which, they were outscored by nine goals to six.

A mid-table finish seemed likely for West Ham but in current form they could be dragged into a relegation battle.

While we don't believe West Ham are strong enough to prevent Manchester City from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

Manchester City scored 22 goals and conceded 12 in their last eight games against teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. They collected 18 points and six victories. West Ham fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last five games against teams inside the top six. They were on target five times in these matches, but also let in 13 goals. Manchester City only drew once so far this season after 16 games played, in stead recording 11 wins and four defeats in the Premier League. West Ham enjoy a record of three wins, four draws and nine defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs West Ham Squads

Manchester City Squad

Guardiola will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against West Ham from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/13), James Trafford (0/3), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/4), John Stones (0/7), Josko Gvardiol (2/12), Nathan Ake (0/7), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/5), Rico Lewis (0/7), Ruben Dias (2/16), Bernardo Silva (0/16), Jeremy Doku (1/15), Kalvin Phillips (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/1), Matheus Nunes (1/14), Nico Gonzalez (1/15), Nico O'Reilly (1/15), Oscar Bobb (0/9), Phil Foden (7/14), Rayan Cherki (1/11), Rodri (0/6), Savinho (0/12), Tijjani Reijnders (2/15), Erling Haaland (17/16), Omar Marmoush (0/10).

West Ham Squad

Below is the full team squad of West Ham. The manager Santo will pick his starting XI against Manchester City from these players:

Alphonse Areola (0/12), Krisztian Hegyi (0/0), Lukasz Fabianski (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/4), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (0/12), Igor Julio (0/4), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/11), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/10), Kyle Walker-Peters (1/11), Max Kilman (0/14), Soungoutou Magassa (1/10), Andy Irving (0/7), Crysencio Summerville (0/11), Freddie Potts (0/11), George Earthy (0/0), Guido Rodriguez (0/4), James Ward-Prowse (0/5), Lucas Paqueta (3/14), Luis Guilherme (0/5), Malick Diouf (0/16), Mateus Fernandes (2/14), Mohamadou Kante (0/2), Oliver Scarles (0/2), Tomas Soucek (2/13), Callum Marshall (0/2), Callum Wilson (4/13), Jarrod Bowen (5/16), Niclas Fuellkrug (0/8).

Manchester City vs West Ham Team News

Manchester City could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment on Saturday.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb nurses various injuries and won't take part for Manchester City against West Ham at Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City vs West Ham Lineups

Manchester City vs West Ham H2H

Manchester City had a good reading on West Ham in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-1 and 4-1, respectively. Manchester City will be hoping to add another win to their fine tally against West Ham. They are enjoying a good 8-2-0 advantage against their forthcoming visitors. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/6.

Manchester City vs West Ham Results

The past ten matches between Manchester City and West Ham have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals this coming Saturday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/3 with the bookies.

Manchester City vs West Ham Betting Tips

Phil Foden has six strikes in six Premier League matches for Manchester City, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with West Ham. The visitors are looking to Callum Wilson, who has provided his team with three Premier League goals.

Manchester City claimed nine wins in their previous 10 matches at Etihad Stadium across all tournaments. They lost one as well, while visitors West Ham won two of their last 10 away matches. They drew four and lost four. Manchester City kept visitors at Etihad Stadium from scoring five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil. Meanwhile, West Ham have been able to keep a clean sheet in two of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 3.5 goals came out five times in the past ten encounters between Manchester City and West Ham, with the former on an average of 2.5 goals a game. West Ham scored 0.9 goals per game and both teams scored eight times in this run. Manchester City saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for West Ham, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.