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Premier League Prediction
Manchester City against West Ham, at the Etihad Stadium, for matchday 17 of the Premier League. It seems that the ‘Citizens’ have finally woken up and are returning to the fight for the crown, after letting that chance slip away during the previous campaign: they have 34 points and are two behind Arsenal. The positive is that they play before the leader, so they will put additional emotional pressure on this decisive fight.
For their part, the ‘Hammers’ are in the relegation zone and this season could be a total disaster, due to bad managerial decisions: removing coach David Moyes to have a more ambitious project was costly, since neither Julen Lopetegui nor Graham Potter had an effect. Now, Nuno Espírito Santo wants to turn things around, but it is still difficult for him to find solidity in defense: that has been fatal.
What is SportyTrader’s prediction for the football match between Manchester City and West Ham?
The forecast for the match between Manchester City and West Ham is: More than 1.5 goals in the second half!
Probabilities according to our algorithm* of the different possible 1X2 football predictions and the best odds for the match 20/12/25 between Manchester City y West Ham in Premier League:
- The Sportytrader ⭐ algorithm calculates a 67.74% of probability for a prediction of victory of the Manchester City contra West Ham with quotas of 1.23 in Novelty.
- The probability according to Sportytrader ⭐ for a tie prediction between Manchester City contra West Ham es 23.51% with quotas of 7.5 in Bet365.
- Our prediction model says that there is a 8.75% ⭐ odds for a win bet of West Ham contra Manchester City with quotas of 12.5 in Betwinner.
The streak of victories for the ‘Citizens’ continues, because they beat Brentford without any major difficulties: it was 2-0 to advance to the semi-finals of the League Cup. This celebration meant one less weight on the shoulders of the institution, since it had not entered that important phase since 2020-21. The negative part is fatigue, regardless of the rotation: four performances in just 11 days.
Manchester City has six wins in a row and the last one was 2-0 over Brentford, with which they entered the semi-finals of the EFL Cup.
For their part, the ‘Irons’ flirted with the possibility of leaving the red limit more than a month ago, by defeating Newcastle (3-1) and Burnley (3-2) in a row. However, they did not repeat what they had done and accumulated five clashes without smiling: three parities and two stumbles. Precisely, the feeling was very bad in their recent duel: they allowed Aston Villa to come back (2-3), after being ahead twice.
The responsibility of inflating the nets at City is on the back of Erling Haaland, who scored 17 goals in the league competition: he is the absolute leader in that area. Phil Foden follows him, with seven, after exploiting the occasions in which the Norwegian could not contribute. Of course, the team has some casualties: Jeremy Doku is injured; while Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait Nouri went to the African Cup.
Jarrod Bowen has five goals for West Ham in the Premier League: two in a row in as many games.
And at West Ham, the captain and attack leader is Jarrod Bowen, who scored in his last two appearances: he ended his drought of eight without doing so. It is true that the winger’s figures are outstanding, although the lack of an area ‘9’ to complement him is noticeable: Callum Wilson emerged as a solution, but his level dropped and he was once again a substitute in the last two games. At the same time, Lucas Paquetá needs to be more relevant.
The betting houses determine the ‘Ciudadanos’ as favorites on this date, enjoying a good streak, aspiration to be leaders and excellent ability on the offensive line.
Precisely, they arrive with eight goals in three previous appearances at home; while the ‘Hammers’ have not left their goal undefeated since August and it seems that the trend will still be repeated.
From this perspective, the pronóstico Manchester City – West Ham en: More than 1.5 goals in the second half!
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