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Manchester City vs West Ham United - Predictions, Stats & Odds

Premier League Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 17

Premier League - Gameweek 17

Saturday, 20 Dec 2025 • 15:00

Etihad Stadium (Etihad Campus, Manchester)

Manchester City

3 : 0

West Ham United

Goals

Erling Haaland
1 : 0
5'
5'Erling Haaland
1 : 0
Tijjani Reijnd...
2 : 0
38'
38'Tijjani Reijnders
2 : 0
Erling Haaland
3 : 0
69'
69'Erling Haaland
3 : 0

Lineups

Manchester City

PosPlayer
GK
Gianluigi Donnarumma
DEF
Ruben Dias
DEF
Joško Gvardiol
MID
Bernardo Silva
MID
Tijjani Reijnders
MID
Rayan Cherki
MID
Matheus Nunes
MID
Nico González
MID
Nico O'Reilly
FWD
Phil Foden
FWD
Erling Haaland

Substitutes

67'Rico Lewisfor Tijjani Reijnders
67'Savinhofor Rayan Cherki
67'Abduqodir Khusanovfor Nico González

West Ham United

PosPlayer
GK
Alphonse Areola
DEF
Kyle Walker-Peters
DEF
Jean-Clair Todibo
DEF
Max Kilman
DEF
Oliver Scarles
MID
Lucas Paquetá
MID
Mateus Fernandes
MID
Soungoutou Magassa
MID
Freddie Potts
FWD
Jarrod Bowen
FWD
Crysencio Summerville

Substitutes

78'Tomáš Součekfor Lucas Paquetá
79'Konstantinos Mavropanosfor Crysencio Summerville
79'Guido Rodríguezfor Mateus Fernandes
79'Callum Wilsonfor Freddie Potts
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
2Manchester City1712144116+2537
W
W
W
W
W
18West Ham United1734101935-1613
L
D
D
L
L

Last Games

Manchester City

@Crystal Palace
3 - 0
vsSunderland
3 - 0
@Fulham
5 - 4
vsLeeds United
3 - 2
@Newcastle United
1 - 2

West Ham United

vsAston Villa
2 - 3
@Brighton and Hove Albion
1 - 1
@Manchester United
1 - 1
vsLiverpool
0 - 2
@Bournemouth
2 - 2

Head-to-Head

14 Mar 2026
West Ham United1 - 1Manchester City
14 Mar 2026West Ham United
1 - 1
Manchester City
20 Dec 2025
Manchester City3 - 0West Ham United
20 Dec 2025Manchester City
3 - 0
West Ham United
04 Jan 2025
Manchester City4 - 1West Ham United
04 Jan 2025Manchester City
4 - 1
West Ham United
31 Aug 2024
West Ham United1 - 3Manchester City
31 Aug 2024West Ham United
1 - 3
Manchester City
19 May 2024
Manchester City3 - 1West Ham United
19 May 2024Manchester City
3 - 1
West Ham United

Premier League

Gameweek 17

20 Dec • 12:30
Newcastle United
Chelsea
2 - 2
20 Dec • 15:00
Bournemouth
Burnley
1 - 1
20 Dec • 15:00
Brighton and Hove Albion
Sunderland
0 - 0
20 Dec • 15:00
Manchester City
West Ham United
3 - 0
20 Dec • 15:00
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford
0 - 2
20 Dec • 17:30
Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool
1 - 2
20 Dec • 20:00
Everton
Arsenal
0 - 1
20 Dec • 20:00
Leeds United
Crystal Palace
4 - 1
21 Dec • 16:30
Aston Villa
Manchester United
2 - 1
22 Dec • 20:00
Fulham
Nottingham Forest
1 - 0

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.