Manchester City vs West Ham Prediction: Fantastic Foden to continue fine form

Manchester City welcome West Ham United to Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon (15:00 GMT), and can temporarily go top of the Premier League with a win, before Arsenal's trip to Everton later that evening.

City have won each of their last four, while the Hammers are without a win in their last five and currently occupy a place in the drop zone. Read on for my Manchester City vs West Ham prediction, as well as the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Oscar Bobb tweaked his hamstring against Brentford in midweek and is set to join the likes of Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, John Stones and Jeremy Doku on the treatment table.

Meanwhile, Omar Marmoush and Rayan Ait-Nouri are away with their respective countries at the Africa Cup of Nations.

As for the Hammers, Lukasz Fabianski is still nursing a back problem, while Aaron Wan-Bissaka and El Hadji Malick Diouf are both away on international duty at AFCON.

Manchester City vs West Ham Odds

Unsurprisingly, City are 1/5 favourites for Saturday's encounter, giving them an implied win probability of 83.3%. The draw is 13/2 and a Hammers win is available at 12/1.

Erling Haaland is a 1/3 shot to score anytime, followed by Phil Foden at 11/10, while both teams to score is currently available at 4/5.

Phil Foden to score anytime @ 11/10

Phil Foden is back to his best in a City shirt, with the 25-year-old registering nine goal contributions across just 13 starts in the Premier League this term.

Aside from Haaland, the England international is City's main attacking threat, and has scored in each of his last four league outings, bagging twice in two of those games.

In addition, Foden has had a shot on target in each of his last four appearances in the Premier League, having multiple efforts on goal in three of these games, so backing him to score anytime on Saturday feels like a bet worth exploring.

Correct Score - Manchester City 3-0 @ 7/1

As mentioned in the introduction, City have the chance to take top spot, for a few hours at least, until Arsenal's match against Everton, and this is a real chance for the blue side of Manchester to turn the heat up on Mikel Arteta and his side.

When City are such huge favourites for a game, it can be difficult to find some value, but I think a correct score pick could be the way to go.

Pep Guardiola's men have won their last two league games 3-0, and they've won by that scoreline on three occasions at home.

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