West Ham West Ham United

Man City Manchester City

LINE-UPS

West Ham United:  Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Disasi, Todibo, Diouf, Soucek, Fernandes, Bowen (C), Pablo, Taty

Subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Wilson, Adama, Magassa, Potts, Kante, Mayers

CITY:  Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guéhi, Ait-Nouri, Rodrigo, Bernardo (C), O’Reilly, Marmoush, Semenyo, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Dias, Reijnders, Ake, Kovacic, Cherki, Doku, Nico, Foden 

Team news

Pep Guardiola has made three changes from the side that started against Real Madrid in midweek.

Rayan Ait-Nouri, Omar Marmoush and Matheus Nunes all start, with Ruben Dias, Jeremy Doku and Savinho all making way.

Mateo Kovacic also makes a welcome return on the subs bench after an absence four months.

Match details

Pep Guardiola’s side travel to the London Stadium on Saturday 14 March, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 20:00 (UK).

The match will be shown live in the UK on TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, discovery+, discovery+ app and Amazon Prime Video. 

You can also keep across all of the action via mancity.com and our official app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global TV listings below, courtesy of liversoccertv.com.

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Sat 14 Mar

Premier League

West Ham

20:00

GMT

Man City

Opposing manager - Nuno espirito santo

During his career, Espírito Santo first made a name for himself in Spain, before starting his coaching career at Greek club Panathinaikos as an assistant.

He later became a coach in 2012, leading Portuguese club Rio Ave to both domestic cup finals in 2014. After brief spells at Valencia in La Liga, and a return to Porto, he managed Wolverhampton Wanderers for four years.

In 2021, he took over as manager of Tottenham Hotspur, before moving to Al-Ittihad in July 2022 where he won a league title and Saudi Super Cup.

In December 2023, he returned to the Premier League as head coach of Nottingham Forest, who he guided to seventh in the Premier League last season - their highest finish since 1994/95.

Before being appointed head coach at West Ham in September 2025.

Pep Guardiola preview

“When you have won a lot of titles, every game is important.

“We have been struggling for many months for the Premier League, and we will not give up fighting until the end.

“We cannot play the same XI every three days, but I’m not thinking about Madrid.

“It would not be possible to win all the Premier League title we have if we were not thinking about every single game.

“The day after Madrid when I woke up was Nuno  WHU and what we have to do.

“Tomorrow we have an important game for the Premier League position and then the second leg on Tuesday.

“We are used for many years to live these situations and it’s a pleasure to be here because last season we could not live on that stage so it’s nice.”

Danger men

Jarred Bowen has been instrumental in attack, proven with his winning goal when they won the Conference League.

Bowen took over the captaincy from Declan Rice after the England international made the move to Arsenal. He has also formed a strong partnership with Niclas Fulkrug this season and his ability to score and provide assists is proving vital.

Lucas Paquetá’s skills and contributions to the midfield have also been pivotal for the Hammers, while Aaron Wan-Bissaka contributes to their defensive stability.

Callum Wilson signed from Newcastle in the summer and has brought in valuable experience and a strong goal scoring ability to the Hammers.

Previous meeting

Last time out

Manchester City fell to a 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in the first leg of the Round of 16.

Pep Guardiola’s side were left stunned by a first half hat-trick from Federico Valverde who scored his first goals in the European competition this season.

The home side had a huge opportunity to extend their lead from the penalty spot in the second half but Gianluigi Donnarumma kept out Vinicius Junior’s effort.

Nico O’Reilly almost pulled a goal back late on but was denied by Thibaut Courtois’ instinctive save from close range to leave City with an uphill battle when we meet in the second leg at the Etihad on Tuesday, 17 March.  

Global TV listings

Supporters around the world can find out how to tune in to watch the match live by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

Listings correct as of Thursday 12 March.