{"id":412019,"date":"2011-04-29T11:52:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T11:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/man-city-v-west-ham\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T11:52:26","slug":"man-city-v-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/man-city-v-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City v West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 1 May 2011<\/p>\n<p>Barclays Premier League<\/p>\n<table summary=\"This table is for live text and stats\" caption=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Home Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Score<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Away Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\"><span>Time<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Man City<\/td>\n<td>v<\/td>\n<td>West Ham<\/td>\n<td>16:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"subrow\" colspan=\"4\"\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"team right\" id=\"homeTeamScorers\"\/>\n<td\/>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>MAN CITY<\/p>\n<p>WEST HAM<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Possession<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Man City<\/span> <span>50%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>West Ham<\/span> <span>50%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Barclays Premier League<\/strong><br \/><strong>Venue:<\/strong> City of Manchester Stadium <strong>Date:<\/strong> Sunday, 1 May <strong>Kick-off:<\/strong> 1610 BST<br \/><strong>Coverage:<\/strong> Watch live on Sky Sports 1 and highlights on Match of the Day 2; listen on BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Manchester 95.1FM and DAB and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>TEAM NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester City could recall Edin Dzeko after his winner at Blackburn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham are without midfielder Mark Noble, who suffered a stomach injury at Chelsea last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Manchester City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Injured\/unavailable<\/strong>: Boateng &#038; M Johnson (both knee), Given (shoulder), Richards &#038; Tevez (both hamstring), K Toure (club suspension)<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Ham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Doubtful<\/strong>: Parker (Achilles)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Injured\/unavailable<\/strong>: Bridge (ineligible to face parent club), Dyer (hamstring), Kurucz (knee), Noble (stomach), O&#8217;Neil (ankle), Stanislas (hernia)<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCH PREVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"231\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"2\">\n<tr readability=\"5\">\n<td width=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/0ca56104o.gif.gif\" width=\"5\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td readability=\"5\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m sure a few of the players are already looking at where they will be next season &#8211; their contracts are up, they&#8217;ll be off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/div>\n<p>West Ham co-owner David Sullivan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham co-owner David Sullivan said this week that the club have only a &#8220;25-30%&#8221; chance of staying up, publically questioning the commitment of some players. Only time will tell whether such outspoken views fire up Avram Grant&#8217;s side, or further undermine morale.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s men have not won back-to-back league games since New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCH FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Manchester City have lost just one of their last 11 league and cup games against West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Hammers have never won a Premier League match at Eastlands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 City have not won back-to-back league games since New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 They are unbeaten in seven league games at Eastlands since losing to Everton in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 City&#8217;s last six Premier League goals have been scored by six different players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Ham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Hammers have won only one away league game in 2011 (at Blackpool).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 They have lost their last six Premier League matches in Manchester, failing to score in four of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 West Ham have failed to win their last five games, losing the last four.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEADING GOALSCORERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tevez: 22 goals (19 league); Balotelli: 10 goals (6 league)<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Ham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cole: 11 goals (5 league); Piquionne: 9 goals (6 league)<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCH OFFICIALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Referee<\/strong>: Howard Webb<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistant referees<\/strong>: Darren Cann &#038; Bob Pollock<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fourth official<\/strong>: Mike Jones<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Man City<\/strong> (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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Ham<\/strong> (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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/0ca56104o.gif.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/eng_prem\/9470663.stm\" title=\"Man City v West Ham\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Man City v West Ham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u00a0 Sunday, 1 May 2011 Barclays Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Man City v West Ham 16:10 MAN CITY WEST HAM Possession Man City 50% West Ham 50% Barclays Premier League Venue: City of Manchester Stadium Date: Sunday, 1 May Kick-off: 1610 BST Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 1 and highlights on Match of the Day 2; listen on BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Manchester 95.1FM and DAB and local radio; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles TEAM NEWS Manchester City could recall Edin Dzeko after his winner at Blackburn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man City v West Ham - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/man-city-v-west-ham\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Man City v West Ham - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Sunday, 1 May 2011 Barclays Premier League Home Team Score Away Team Time Man City v West Ham 16:10 MAN CITY WEST HAM Possession Man City 50% West Ham 50% Barclays Premier League Venue: City of Manchester Stadium Date: Sunday, 1 May Kick-off: 1610 BST Coverage: Watch live on Sky Sports 1 and highlights on Match of the Day 2; 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