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West Ham Utd. pack their bags to visit Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Hammers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at City of Manchester Stadium was within the last three years, in April 2003, with West Ham Utd. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Sky Blues in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sun 27 Apr | Man City | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Sep | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 28 Apr | Man City | 1 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 11 Nov | West Ham Utd. | 4 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 25 Jan | Man City | 1 - 2 | West Ham Utd. | FAC |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 23 Mar | West Ham Utd. | 4 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Mon 01 Jan | Man City | 2 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Sky Blues score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 3.
The Hammers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Hammers, and 7 goals against.
Man City find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 14 points they have accumulated from 8 games. West Ham Utd.'s 12 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
West Ham Utd. are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Man City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | 4 games since last home draw. |
| West Ham Utd. | Undefeated in last 11 away games. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |