Tips for match Manchester City — West Ham United

Manchester City and West Ham will play on January 4 as part of the 20th round of the English Premier League. The match is simply designed to bet on a minus handicap on the favorite, even despite City's crisis this season.

Manchester City finally scored 3 points in the EPL in the match against Leicester City, where they were able to win with a score of 0-2. But what caught my eye in the match with the "Foxes" was the fact that even with the score 0-1, City began to play very carefully, as if protecting their victory. If Leicester played braver and could equalize the score, then blue Manchester could panic again and swim away. But the quality of Leicester's players did not allow it to be done, and as a result, City received a morale boost before the home match against the "Hammer Fighters".

West Ham is in 13th position with 23 points, 8 points away from the relegation zone, but I still consider West Ham to be one of the contenders for relegation. The team spent more than 100 million euros in the summer transfer window, and there is no result, except that Mohammed Kudus stands out among the other players of the VK. And then Bowen was also out for 2-3 months, Antonio will not be there until the end of the season, who will score - it is unknown.

But the players are not the main problem of the Londoners, where the real source of problems is in coach Julian Lopetegui. The team absolutely does not understand what it should play, no chemistry and mutual understanding, especially in the central line. If the opponent has high-class players in its composition, then a disaster for VK is almost inevitable. And here are City, whose motivations are with the head and even if there are conflicts with Guardiola, the individual qualities are not going anywhere.

Handicap rate -1.5 on Manchester City was held in the last 5 face-to-face confrontations between the teams, and here is also a home game for City, so the series of confident victories over the Hammers will surely continue. I expect a repeat of the defeat as in the match with Liverpool, but the -1.5 bet looks more reliable.

Sportwars.net prediction for the match Manchester City - West Ham, 01/04/2024: Handicap 1 (-1.5) (City will win with a difference of 2 or more goals), odds 1.78.

Forecast for the exact score in the match: 4-0, coefficient 13.