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Manchester City vs West Ham United; Premier League

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Manchester City vs West Ham United. Premier League.

Etihad StadiumAttendance53,545.

Manchester City 1

  • K De Bruyne (47th minute)

West Ham United 2

  • V Moses (6th minute)
  • D Sakho (31st minute)

Man City v West Ham preview: Sergio Aguero returns for City

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Image: Man City take on West Ham on Saturday Night Football.

Manchester City will have to shuffle their pack as they look to continue their 100 per cent start to the season against West Ham.

City have breezed past everything put in front of them in the Premier League this season without conceding a goal in the process.

However, they come up against a West Ham side in front of the Saturday Night Football cameras who are the masters of upsetting the odds away from home.

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Slaven Bilic's men stunned Arsenal 2-0 on the opening day before rampaging past Liverpool at Anfield - their first win there since 1963.

Team news

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will miss the clash but striker Sergio Aguero is fit.

Kompany suffered a calf injury in the midweek Champions League loss to Juventus and is also out of Tuesday's Capital One Cup tie against Sunderland, but Aguero has recovered from his knee problem.

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Sergio Aguero celebrates scoring Manchester City's opening goal against Chelsea
Image: Sergio Aguero could be fit to start for City after picking in injury last weekend.

Samir Nasri will rest after suffering a knock while full-backs Pablo Zabaleta and Gael Clichy, and midfielder Fabian Delph remain on the sidelines.

West Ham will be without defender Angelo Ogbonna with a hamstring injury while Joey O'Brien (calf), Alex Song (ankle) and Enner Valencia (knee) are also out.

Mauro Zarate and Pedro Obiang are hoping to shake off hamstring and ankle problems respectively. Andy Carroll could feature again after coming off the bench against Newcastle.

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Paul Merson joins Ed Chamberlin to preview this weekend's Premier League fixtures

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Man City have won their last 11 Premier League games in a row. The English top-flight record is held by Arsenal with 14 wins in succession.

The Hammers are looking to win three successive Premier League away games for the first time since September 2007.

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Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that captain Vincent Kompany will miss Manchester City’s match against West Ham

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last nine PL home games against West Ham, winning the last six in a row. Only against Newcastle (12) and Sunderland (11) are they currently enjoying longer home PL unbeaten streaks.

Aguero has scored seven goals in his last six Premier League games at the Etihad Stadium and four in his last five games (home or away) against West Ham.

Manuel Pellegrini's side have gone nine hours and 26 minutes of Premier League football since they last conceded a goal.

Manchester City have kept six successive clean sheets in league competition for the first time.

Merson's prediction

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Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville were full of praise for West Ham's Dimitri Payet after his two goals against Newcastle

This depends on Kompany - if he doesn't play it will be a different game. It will be even more difficult with no Aguero, as we saw against Juventus.

West Ham have bundles of pace in their team to cause problems, but if City can get David Silva on the ball, then it is a different game.

I can only see a narrow win. West Ham have plenty in their side. You take away their two results against Leicester and Bournemouth and they'd be right up there. Was that the pressure of the fans? We don't know.

I wouldn't be at all shocked if it ended in a draw.

PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1 (Sky Bet odds 8/1)

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Image: Slaven Bilic has overseen a solid start at West Ham

Betting

West Ham are up against odds of 10/1 with Sky Bet to leave the Etihad Stadium with three points, as Manchester City are rated the shortest priced favourites to win this weekend at just 1/4. Manuel Pellegrini's men are just 4/11 for the title as they look to maintain their perfect start and 11/8 for a sixth successive win to nil. Sergio Aguero heads the first goalscorer betting at 11/4, while Diafra Sakho is rated the visitors' biggest threat at 12/1.