West Ham host Manchester City at the Boleyn Ground

Currently sitting pretty in fourth place in the Premier League, West Ham have not just been getting good results but also playing some good, attractive football under manager Sam Allardyce, which has come as a surprise to many. Having been given instructions by the board at West Ham to get the team playing good football, Allardyce has responded and some key signings have helped with this change of playing philosophy.

Despite having defeated teams such as Crystal Palace and Burnley, games which they would expect to win, West Ham were unlucky not come away with something from Old Trafford and defeated Liverpool at home comfortably by three goals to one. bet365 still have the Hammers as outsiders for this match however, priced at 11/2 to take all three points away from Manchester City and that is the reason why the odds for a West Ham win are as such, the opposition are strong.

Although Manuel Pellegrini`s Manchester City served up another disappointing result in the Champions League this week, they remain in good form in the league and this is reflected in their odds of 4/7 with betfred to defeat West Ham at the Boleyn Ground. In addition to this, West Ham have only taken one point off Manchester City in their previous six games against the Premier League champions, which does not build confidence that they can upset them this time.

If they are to cause the visitors problems, West Ham will be looking towards the in form Diafra Sakho, who has hit the back of the net six times in his last seven matches and is available at 10/1 with bet365 to open the scoring in this game.

As far as Manchester City are concerned, it`s hard to look beyond Sergio Aguero, who is priced at 10/3 with william hill to get the first goal of the game and build on the impressive goals per minute record he has established in the Premier League. Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has still failed to find the sort of goal scoring form that enabled him to finish with 20 goals come the end of the 2013/14 season. However, with the talent he possesses, it can not be long before he doubles his goal scoring total of one for the current season and Toure is 7/1 with ladbrokes to get the first goal of the game.

So far this season, West Ham have found the back of the net in seven of their nine games and Manchester City in seven of their thirteen, therefore the yes in the `both teams to score market` has be worth a look and is available at 4/6 with bet365.

Manchester City have managed to score two or more goals in five of their last six away matches this season and this suggests that if West Ham are to get anything from the game, they will need to find the back of the net at least twice. Also, Manchester City have conceded two goals in half of their last four away matches in all competitions, which will encourage the West Ham forward line and a 2-2 draw can be backed at 16/1 with BetVictor. In addition to this, with Manchester City coming into the match as favourites, william hill offer 2/1 for both teams to score and Manchester City to win.

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