Immediately after the international break, the EPL would be back in all its glory and splendor as the English teams continue their all-out battle for supremacy. However, two sides facing different struggles in the EPL are set to clash when the defending champions, Manchester City take on Westham in the premier league.
Manchester City is undoubtedly living the life under Pep Guardiola just like everyone expected them to. Last season, they stole the league in a heartbeat, and it was due to some unfortunate events that they failed to go unbeaten throughout an entire season. However, that would be on their once again as they take on this season with none of the former intensity lost on the players. Westham ln the other hand could not have imagined their start to life in the EPL this season could have gone any worse. Loss after loss has ensured that Westham have been left licking their wounds in recent times and they would be hoping to avoid a relegation battle this season by getting back to winning ways as soon as they can.
When these two teams' forms are compared, you can probably see the clear distinction in their season so far. For Man city, there have won six games on a trot and would really confident going forward into this match considering the fact that they remain unbeaten despite the teams which they have faced at least in the EPL. The other teams who share this title with them remain Liverpool and Chelsea. For west ham as earlier started, the season has not gone as planned. At least four losses in their last six games have threatened to derail their season so far, and their coach would be praying that his team retains at least some of their confidence to avoid a thrashing against the champions.
Line-Ups
When it comes to the line-ups, Manchester city would surely hold no hunches as you can expect that they would start with their regular eleven. Therefore, you can definitely expect that you would see David Silva and Aguero starting in this match. Other match regulars such as Mendy and Sane would wait to begin against Westham. On the other hand, West ham would be expected to bring out the best they can to neutralize the attack of Manchester City, something that no team has been able to do. This would mean being on their best form possible and hoping that Manchester City has an off day.
Man city would be however hoping that their blistering run continues as they would absolutely love to put some daylight between them and the rest of the title challengers and the only way to do that would be to keep winning. They would be hoping that heir clinical beautiful football would do the trick once again when they meet Westham after the international break. It promises to be a test of the morale of West ham while Man City would just be further confirming their status as title contenders.
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