Manchester City are back on the road this weekend for their latest Premier League outing.
After beating Ipswich Town at the Etihad Stadium last weekend, Pep Guardiola’s side will be taking on West Ham United for their second away clash of the campaign.
In terms of team news, Guardiola said in his recent press conference that Phil Foden is likely to miss Saturday’s game through illness again.
Ahead of this latest showdown in the capital, one pundit has shared his prediction for how both sides could fare.
Chris Sutton shares Man City prediction for West Ham United showdown
While previewing and predicting the results for this weekend’s round of top-flight fixtures, Chris Sutton had this to say in his latest column for BBC Sport about City’s trip to West Ham.
He said: “I can’t see anyone stopping Man City at this time, they just dominate teams, dominate games.
“I think that City will win this one.
“West Ham, it looks like Michael Antonio will lead the line. I love Niklas Fullkrug and would love to see him get a start, I don’t know whether he will because Antonio was on the bench in the League Cup.
“I think West Ham will score but I think Man City will score more. 1-3.”
City will have to be wary of West Ham
In their opening two matches of the new league season, the Hammers lost 2-1 to Aston Villa at home before beating Crystal Palace 2-0 at Selhurst Park.
Taking into account how only two sides have racked up more shots at goal in the league than West Ham (31) ahead of this weekend, it’s safe to say that City will have to be wary of Julen Lopetegui’s side and their attacking power.
This makes it easy to see why Sutton thinks the home side could get on the scoresheet when they take on the champions.
Either way, the Blues will have to make sure they are even more potent in front of goal than the hosts if they want to walk away from East London with another three points in the bag.
