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23 January 2016 3023 comments
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The curtains are drawn on Saturday’s Premier League action as West Ham United and Manchester City clash at the Boleyn Ground. The Hammers’ eight-match unbeaten streak was arrested at the hands of Newcastle United last Gameweek, while the Sky Blues have won three and drawn two of their previous five match-ups.

With eight goals and the third-most shots on target (22) over the last four Gameweeks, the Hammers boast one of the league’s form attacks. Additionally, Slaven Bilic’s recruits limited their opposition to four goals, illustrating the balance in their play. In terms of West Ham’s home form, they haven’t lost on their own turf since Gameweek 3, which suggests that the visitors are in for a challenging afternoon.

Man City chalked up more shots inside the box (46) than any side over the last four Gameweeks but ranked in the bottom six for shot-conversion rate (7.9%). On the defensive end, the Sky Blues conceded the joint-fewest goals (one) and the fifth-fewest shots inside the box (23), underlining their improvement at the back. Investors in their offense might be concerned that they rank in the bottom five for goals in away matches (10).

  1. andy85wsm
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    Payet assist?! Wishful thinking I know...

    1. Epic Fail
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      No

      1. andy85wsm
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        Ah well!

    2. Sailboats
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      no

    3. Davido989
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      kouyate

  2. VS10_
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    4-5 like the early game pls.

  3. Venom Snake
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    Payet fail

  4. Ayew Serious
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    Nice to see things coming good for Gary Neville

    Valencia goal

    1. Davido989
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      hahhaa

    2. internal error
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      Love it 😀

  5. Paganoi
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    Well. That escalated quickly.

  6. adibo
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    kun to valencia?

    1. Royal5
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      Atletico if he goes back.

      1. Le _ Professeur
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        lol

  7. Evs
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    That maybe good news for Aguero (c)ers ?

    Or not ...

    1. Ayew Serious
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      Nah, Wham will play 100% counterattack now

    2. Red Star Toro
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      rather good than bad I guess

      doesn't change much tbh

    3. Numb
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      No, bad news. An early City goal would have been good news.

      1. Evs
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        True as well

        Well... Good news for Doos if nothing else 😀

    4. Acquafresca
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      Evs you beauty!

      Started Simpson, love you xo

      1. Evs
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        I did tell you.

        About 10 times 😆

    5. Relaxing
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      WH will play more defensively now I think

  8. sminkypinky
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    Wow. Go Doos! 😀

    Good for the game too I suspect. Now go blow up Kun!!

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      Doos bought Noble

      1. Ayew Serious
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        And benched him

      2. sminkypinky
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        He has a soft spot for that man.

  9. Red Star Toro
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    now Kun is certain to score.

  10. Fred54
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    This is why I don't bother investing in a defence. Not very pointful this season..

  11. HuttonDressedasLahm
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    No Kolarov, so I dont care 🙂

  12. Sailboats
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    8 more goals please

  13. Bøwstring The Carp
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    West Ham to grind this out, City could find it hard to score.

  14. Malcolm Tucker for England …
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    My double utd defence fail feels a little better now

  15. KUN+10
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    Well that ceirtanly broke the ice

  16. drughi
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    Please özil or lukaku be out tomorrow

  17. Alittude
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    This is going to be high scoring

  18. Sergeant Garcia
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    Time to ditch Alderweireld or too soon?

    1. Alittude
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      neary scored

  19. Harper_
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    Please, Please, God don't let this be one of those games that just ends up 1-0 in the end...

  20. Gaz Downright
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    Got in Stanislas this week.....

    1. Bøwstring The Carp
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      Did you play him at least?

      1. Gaz Downright
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        Benched him with Cathcart.

  21. Ninja Škrtel
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    didn't even had time to wish for a City cleany...

  22. HammersFan
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    As a hammers fan I hope we treat this as 0-0 and dont sit deep for the next 88 minutes

    1. internal error
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      Yeah. Worst thing to do. Show no fear

    2. Slartibartfast
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      As an Aguero-captainer, me too

  23. Numb
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    Advantage Lukaku captainers now IMO.

    1. Evs
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      Who did you go for in the end ?

      1. Numb
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        Aguero 🙁

      2. Numb
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        You?

  24. siweltrebor87
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    if ramsey and mert dont play tomorrow, id gain 19 points, cmon!

  25. internal error
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    A 100% kun would never drop his gloves like that

  26. mr messi
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    Glad I kept Ighalo this week!

    1. Ayew Serious
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      You don't say

  27. Zasa
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    ...& Yaya is still baffled as to why he didn't win CAF's African footballer of the year award.

    1. Business Cat
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      Did he miss out on ANOTHER cake?

  28. Mull
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    Aguero CS gone.

  29. Dr Dream
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    LVG must surely be feeling the pressure now. Old Trafford booing again before half time...sheesh...

    1. Gaz Downright
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      im not sure he can feel

  30. thepoet85
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    Aguero more concerned about getting his gloves back on, rather than attacking an incoming corner.