Manchester City vs West Ham. Prediction and Betting Tips for English Premier League (November 28, 2021).

Manchester City started the season with two defeats to Leicester in the Community Shield and to Tottenham in the first EPL fixture. Since then, Pep Guardiola's charges made few mistakes and have delivered solid performance across all tournaments.  

City are top of their group in the Champions League and have secured a ticket to the knockouts, beating PSG and RB Liepzig to the first line. After the 12 games in the Premier League, the Sky-Blues are 2nd in the table with 26 points from 8 victories and 2 draws. In the last two rounds, Man City beat their rivals from across town, Man United (2:0) and the Toffees (3:0).

The defending champions have the best defense in the league - they conceded only 6 goals in 12 fixtures.

De Bruyne, Delap, Mendy, Torres, Grealish, and Foden are unavailable for Guardiola today. 

West Ham had a strong start to their League Cup campaign, where they first ousted Manchester United (1:0), and then knocked out Manchester City (1:0). In the Premier League, David Moyes' charges recorded 7 victories and 2 draws, which brought them 23 points. They are currently 4th in the table, losing 3 points to their current opponent. The Hammers' weakest link is their defensive line; they concede one goal per game on average.

After beating Liverpool (3:2), the Hammers lost to Wolverhampton (0:1) away. West Ham are doing well in the Europa League, where they chalked up 4 victories and a draw in five games, thus securing a pass to the playoffs.

Ogbonna is the only injury concern for West Ham.