Manc City v West Ham United FC

Barclays Premier League
Venue: City of Manchester Stadium Date: Sunday, 1 May Kick-off: 1610 BST


TEAM NEWS

Manchester City could recall Edin Dzeko after his winner at Blackburn.Captain
Carlos Tevez is back in England after having treatment on a hamstring
injury in Milan, but the Argentine is not ready for a first-team return.
West Ham are without midfielder Mark Noble, who suffered a stomach injury at Chelsea last weekend. Scott
Parker is almost certain to miss out because of an Achilles problem,
while Wayne Bridge in ineligible, but Matthew Upson is back after
illness.

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Manchester CityInjured/unavailable: Boateng & M Johnson (both knee), Given (shoulder), Richards & Tevez (both hamstring), K Toure (club suspension) West HamDoubtful: Parker (Achilles) Injured/unavailable: Bridge (ineligible to face parent club), Dyer (hamstring), Kurucz (knee), Noble (stomach), O'Neil (ankle), Stanislas (hernia)

MATCH PREVIEW

Bottom of the table West Ham head to Eastlands, where they have never
won a Premier League match, hoping to avoid a fifth consecutive defeat.

The Londoners desperately need someone to breathe life into their
relegation battle in the manner of Carlos Tevez, whose late flurry of
goals helped the club beat the drop in 2007. Scott Parker looks
their most likely saviour, but the Hammers captain is unlikely to
feature because of an Achilles problem. The only consolation is that
former Upton Park favourite Tevez, now Manchester City skipper, is also
sidelined by injury. West Ham co-owner David Sullivan said this
week that the club have only a "25-30%" chance of staying up, publically
questioning the commitment of some players. Only time will tell whether
such outspoken views fire up Avram Grant's side, or further undermine
morale. Manchester City boosted their Champions League hopes with
victory at Blackburn, where Edin Dzeko finally ended his goal drought
after failing to score in his first nine Premier League games. City look
well set for a top-four spot, but Roberto Mancini's men have not won
back-to-back league games since New Year's Day.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head• Manchester City have lost just one of their last 11 league and cup games against West Ham. • The Hammers have never won a Premier League match at Eastlands. Manchester City• City have not won back-to-back league games since New Year's Day. • They are unbeaten in seven league games at Eastlands since losing to Everton in December. • City's last six Premier League goals have been scored by six different players. West Ham• The Hammers have won only one away league game in 2011 (at Blackpool). • They have lost their last six Premier League matches in Manchester, failing to score in four of them. • West Ham have failed to win their last five games, losing the last four.

LEADING GOALSCORERS








Manchester CityTevez: 22 goals (19 league); Balotelli: 10 goals (6 league)








West HamCole: 11 goals (5 league); Piquionne: 9 goals (6 league)

MATCH OFFICIALS





Referee: Howard Webb Assistant referees: Darren Cann & Bob Pollock Fourth official: Mike Jones

LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS





Man City (W1-0 v Blackburn, a): Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany,
Lescott, Kolarov, De Jong, Barry, Adam Johnson (Dzeko 72), Yaya Toure,
Silva (Boyata 90), Balotelli (Vieira 83). Subs not used: Taylor, Milner,
Wright-Phillips, Jo.

West Ham (L0-3 v Chelsea, a): Green,
Jacobsen, Da Costa, Gabbidon, Bridge, Noble (Keane 59), Hitzlsperger,
Sears (Obinna 81), Spector, Cole (Piquionne 78), Ba. Subs not used:
Boffin, Tomkins, Kovac, Boa Morte.

cant see us getting any more from this than we did last week, nothing to see here, just move along please, just a dead football team, we'll bury it in May (Oh it is May)

Just took a look at the table & shit would this be a great day to get a win, drag us out of the bottom 3 & heap the pressure on those around us as we look to the next 3 winnable matches. Then I took a look at who is out today & realised I'd better hold this thought for the next hour as it will all go down hill rapidly once kick off time has passed.

fcuk that. Why do I bother.

Keane should of scored and it should of been 2 - 2 , useless prick

He's a has been dude......would he be playing for us if he was anything else?

Well one things for sure he,ll be gone at the end of May no matter what and good [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

jiggs wrote:He's a has been dude......would he be playing for us if he was anything else?

Thats why the twitcher sent him to us - its all part of his plan

I s'pose we were a bit unlucky today......showed a bit of fight at least.....and the fact that City pressed on for a third well into the final minutes of the game shows they were not confident that we couldn't score again....

So, fcuk all, except maybe a bit of pride in the way we at least gave it a go......

Played well for 70 mins, unfortunately we had already gifted them 2 goals.

We are what is technically know as Fcuked the last one is cos I am almost driven back to drink by this shower.