West Ham v Man City - Preview and possible lineups

West Ham: 

The hosts still have a rather lengthy casaulty list. Pedro Obiang, Winston Reid (both knee), Michail Antonio (hamstring) and Sam Byram (ankle) will all sit out whilst James Collins (hamstring) is a doubt for the home fixture. Joe Hart won't line up between the sticks due to his ineligiblity to play against his parent club.

Man City:

Apart from John Stones (thigh) and Sergio Aguero (knee), the 'Sky Blues' have a full squad after Benjamin Mendy made his return last weekend from a length injury lay-off.

West Ham manager David Moyes on stopping their opposition: 

"I don't think you can play Manchester City with one formation. You probably need to have two or three through the game because if you find a way to stop them or work them out, they'll overrun it.

"There's not a team where they have not had the possession or chances. For anybody to think that we are going to have that would be naive. We'll do our best to make it as hard as we can for them."

Man City head coach Pep Guardiola on breaking records:

"We had days off and now we train for West Ham. If the numbers help us to be more focused then that is perfect. Our main target is win the title and then we will talk to the club about the players - who will stay and who will go.  

"In summer, we will not think about back to back titles, but focus on pre-season and keep doing better and better as we go into the opening games. we have four  games left - we want to finish high.

"I said before that records will be broken and then those will be broken. Records aren't forever as one team in the future can break them - but it helps us to be focused in remaining games. We do what we have to do. It’s OK, it's nice but important."

Did you know?

City have lost just once in nine visits to the 'Hammers' in all competitions, winning five and drawing three. The solitary defeat came in October 2014. 

Form:

Prediction: 1-3

Possible lineups:

West Ham: Adrian; Rice, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Zabaleta, Masuaku; Kouyate, Noble, Mario, Lanzini; Arnautovic.

Man City: Ederson; Delph, Kompany, Otamendi, Walker; Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Silva; Sane, Sterling, Jesus.