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WHEN AND WHERE

Pep Guardiola’s side travel to the London Stadium on Saturday 31 August, with kick-off scheduled for 17:30 (UK).

Like always, the key moments of the clash will be detailed on the Official Man City App as well as on X: @ManCity.

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

The Official Man City App will have everything fans need to follow City’s latest match as we look to retain the Premier League title for a historic fifth successive season.

Our Matchday Centre will begin two hours before the game begins with live updates, analysis and reaction before, during and after the encounter.

Next Fixture

All fixtures

Sat 31 Aug

Premier League

West Ham

17:30

BST

Man City

Our Matchday Live Show will include special guests David James and Sam Allardyce with Alistair Mann and Michael Brown on co-commentary throughout the afternoon.

Those with push notifications turned on in the app will be alerted to the key moments throughout the clash as they happen.

A detailed match report, as well as reaction from Pep Guardiola and players alike, can also be accessed soon after the final whistle.

PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW

On the fitness of the squad Guardiola said: “Rodri is much better. (Mateo) Kovacic as well. Phil (Foden) still doesn’t feel good. The rest are OK.”

When speaking on West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui he added: “New managers at new places always needs time - he is experienced. At Real Madrid, the national team at Spain, Sevilla is so demanding.

“He has lots of experience and is an unbelievable person. West Ham already had a really good squad and this summer they brought in new top players.

“Especially upfront they have incredible weapons - they are a really strong team.”

Teams

City make one change for Saturday’s Premier League trip to West Ham with Jack Grealish coming into the line-up for his first Premier League start of the season.

From the side that began last Saturday’s 4-1 home win over Ipswich, Savinho sits out today’s clash.

Manuel Akajni is amongst the starting eleven for what will be his 100th appearance since joining City in 2022.

Rodrigo is named amongst the substitutes as the Spaniard comes into Pep Guardiola’s matchday squad for the first time this season.

Phil Foden is again unavailable as he recovers from a bout of illness.

Teams

WEST HAM:  Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Rodríguez, Álvarez, Paquetá, Bowen ©, Kudus, Antonio

Subs: Fabiański (GK), Casey, Todibo, Coufal, Souček, Irving, Guilherme, Summerville, Füllkrug

CITY XI: Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Doku, Grealish, Haaland

Subs: Ortega Moreno, Walker, Stones, Ake, Rodrigo, Gundogan, Nunes, O’Reilly, McAtee

PREVIOUS MEETING

Our last encounter with West Ham was on the final day of the 2023/24 Premier League season. 

City needed three points to seal an unprecedented fourth straight men’s English top-flight title and we took the lead early through Phil Foden before winning 3-1 to create history.

LAST TIME OUT

Erling Haaland struck his 10th hat-trick for City as we came from behind to beat Ipswich 3-1 last time out. 

The Tractor Boys took the lead on seven minutes before the Norwegian hit two, sandwiched by Kevin De Bruyne’s calm finish, to help us quickly overturn the shock lead for the visitors. 

Haaland put the icing on the cake with a delightful drilled finish late on to bring up 23 career hat-tricks.

GLOBAL TV LISTINGS 

Our away game against West Ham will be broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League. 

For those living outside the UK, click here to view the global TV listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.