First match ball for Manchester City today in London, which will win the second consecutive title with a victory, while in a different result it will do so next week in front of its fans against Aston Villa. It's what's left in Pep Guardiola's team after being eliminated by Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final.
The "citizens" terrorize the opposing defenses in their last games, scattering four and five as they did in the two recently with Newcastle and Wolves in Wolverhampton, reaching 94 goals in the attack, while their defense has conceded only 22. A defense that today may line up with more more absences as Laport and Fernandinho will decide at the last minute whether they will play or whether they will abstain like Walker and Ruben Diaz. In this case, Ake will be included in the starting lineup, who is not reliable at all.
West Ham have similar bitterness that they failed to qualify for the Europa League final and the only goal for the "hammers" is now to overtake the other team of Manchester to win their participation in the next tournament. If they do not succeed they will participate in the Conference League except unexpectedly as they are at +5 from the Wolves.
The highlight of the day for the hosts is the farewell to their iconic leader Noble who is ending his career, a 19-year career wearing only the colors of West Ham. One more reason for the match not to be indifferent for the Londoners who will play and for their leader.
In this year's championship they have scored in all the home games and won in this stadium Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea while in the League Cup they eliminated their current opponent on penalties after the 0-0 of the regular time. I do not see that they can do damage to their opponent again but with the shortcomings that City has I think West Ham can find a goal. Given that the away team will also score, we just wait for the home team to confirm 1.79 of the goal - goal.