Manchester City vs West Ham - as it happened: David Silva strikes at the death to hand City victory
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Manchester City host West Ham today as they look to extend their winning run in the league to 13 consecutive games. They take on a side that hasn’t won a domestic match since late September.
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What time does it start?
The game kicks off at 4pm on Sunday 3 December at the Etihad Stadium.
Where can I watch it?
The game will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League. Coverage starts at 3.30pm. Alternatively, follow our live blog above.
Team news:
Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Mangala, Danilo, De Bruyne, Delph, Silva, Sterling, Aguero, Sane.
West Ham United: Adrian, Zabaleta, Rice, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Fernandes, Kouyate, Obiang, Masuaku, Lanzini, Antonio.
Head to head:
West Ham United 0 Manchester City 4, Premier League, February 2017
West Ham United 0 Manchester City 5, FA Cup, January 2017
Manchester City 3 West Ham United 1, Premier League, August 2016
Form guide:
Manchester City: WWWWWW
West Ham United: LDLLDW
Odds:
Manchester City to win: 1/9
Draw: 11/1
West Ham United to win: 25/1
Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of Manchester City against West Ham. It's worth noting the last two time these teams met, City scored four and five goals without reply. You can see how this one pans out with live minute-by-minute coverage here.
Team news
Here's the Manchester City side that are looking to win their thirteenth game in a row.
Vincent Kompany drops to the bench. David Silva returns to the side having been rested in midweek, Danilo also returns to the side.
Team news
West Ham are without Joe Hart who is ineligible to face his parent club so Adrian starts. Marco Arnautovic and Andre Ayew drop to the bench, Michail Antonio and Edimilson Fernandes get the nod.
What a start Raheem Sterling has had this season, can he continue this form today?
Pablo Zabaleta captains West Ham for the first time this afternoon.
He played over 200 games for City and won two Premier League titles in his nine year spell with the club.
Just in case you are wondering why City are doing so well this season, on the bench this evening they have: Bravo, Kompany, Gundogan, Bernando Silva, Fernandinho, Jesus and Toure.
The teams are emerging from the tunnel with Mike Dean who is in charge for this one, what a treat.
1: We're off. Manchester City kick off the final Premier League fixture of the weekend.
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