West Ham won just one of their final eight games last season, losing five.
Manchester City won 14 of their 19 league trips last term, losing once.
The Hammer scored in all of their home league games in 2021/22.
City scored over two goals-per-game on average on their travels.
City start title defence in London

Manchester City kick off their Premier League title defence with a tough trip to West Ham on Sunday.

Boss Pep Guardiola has brought in Erling Haaland and Kalvin Phillips ahead of the new season but there have been a few big departures as well, with Raheem Sterling making the move to Chelsea.

The Hammers will feel they have a chance of gatecrashing the top four after coming in seventh last term, but they will struggle to get anything out of their opener.

Both teams capable of scoring

West Ham claimed a 2-2 draw when these sides met at this venue in May last season after opening up a 2-0 first half lead, although Riyad Mahrez missed from the spot late on as City fell short in their comeback bid.

The Hammers scored in all of their home league games last season and they’ve scored in each of their last four Premier League skirmishes with City so they should be able to find a way through, and a win for the visitors with both teams scoring looks a strong play for our main bet.

City can move on from Community Shield setback

The champions looked a little sluggish in their Community Shield loss to Liverpool but I’m expecting an improved showing on Sunday.

Liverpool were definitely the more motivated team in that game, and that may have been the wakeup call Guardiola’s men needed ahead of what is likely to be another fiercely contested title fight this season.

City scored an average of 3.25 goals per-game in their last four away days and over the entire season they averaged over two goals per-game on their travels so a 3-1 win for the visitors is my correct score selection.

Haaland had a day to forget against Liverpool as a couple of chances went begging but he can put that right wh



译文(自动翻译仅供参考):

西汉姆联上赛季最后八场比赛只赢了一场，输了五场。
曼城上赛季19次联赛中赢了14次，输了一次。
铁锤队在2021/22赛季的所有主场联赛中都取得了进球。
曼城在客场比赛中场均进球超过2个。
曼城在伦敦开始卫冕

曼城将在周日对阵西汉姆联的比赛中开启他们的英超卫冕之旅。

主教练瓜迪奥拉在新赛季前引进了埃尔林·哈兰德和卡尔文·菲利普斯，但也有几位大将离开，比如斯特林转会切尔西。

铁锤帮会觉得他们有机会在上个赛季第七名的情况下闯入前四，但他们将很难从首场比赛中得到任何东西。

两队都有得分能力

上赛季5月，当两队在这里相遇时，两队在上半场2-0领先的情况下取得了2-2的平局，尽管里亚德·马赫雷斯在后来的比赛中错失了机会，但曼城未能成功反击。

上赛季，铁锤帮在所有的主场比赛中都有进球，而且他们在过去四场与曼城的英超交锋中都有进球，所以他们应该能够找到出路，在两队都有进球的情况下，客队获胜看起来是我们的主要赌注。

城市可以从社区盾的挫折中走出来

在社区盾杯输给利物浦的比赛中，卫冕冠军看起来有点懒散，但我期待着周日的比赛有更好的表现。

在那场比赛中，利物浦绝对是一支更有动力的球队，这可能是瓜迪奥拉的队员们在本赛季可能会再次激烈争夺冠军的比赛之前所需要的觉醒。

曼城在过去4天的客场比赛中场均打进3.25球，整个赛季他们在客场比赛中场均打进2球以上，所以客队3-1获胜是我正确的进球选择。

哈兰德在对阵利物浦的比赛中错过了几次机会，但他可以弥补