Manchester City vs West Ham

Manchester City have won successive Premier League games for the first time since October, while they’ve netted four goals in a league game for the first time since August against Ipswich Town.

This is West Ham’s sixth Premier League defeat by a 3+ goal margin this season, more than any other side, while the Hammers have only done so more times in a Premier League season in 2017-18 (10), 2010-11 (8) and 1998-99 (7).  

Erling Haaland has scored nine goals against West Ham United for Manchester City, all coming in the Premier League. Only against RB Leipzig (12) has he scored more goals against a side in his top-flight club career in all competitions.

Man City have won 14 of their last 15 Premier League home games against West Ham (L1), including the last eight in a row since a 2-1 loss in September 2015.

West Ham are winless in their last 18 Premier League games against Man City, since a 2-1 away win in September 2015. Against no side have the Hammers had a longer winless run in their league history (also 18 vs Liverpool between 1983 and 1994).

West Ham have conceded at least once in each of their last 24 Premier League games against Man City – only against Sunderland have they had a longer run without a clean sheet in their league history (25 between 1923 and 1968), a run they ended with an 8-0 win with Geoff Hurst scoring six goals.

Manchester City have won their first league game in 17 of the last 18 calendar years, including each of the last 12 in a row since a 1-0 loss at Sunderland on New Year’s Day 2012.

West Ham haven’t lost their opening league game in any of the last seven calendar years (W4 D3), since a 2-0 loss to Man Utd in 2017. This is the first time they’re facing the reigning champions in their first league game of the year since 2006, and a 3-1 defeat to Chelsea.