EPL: City face Hammers test

Man City vs. West Ham
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Kick off: 4pm

Manchester City will look to continue their impressive start to life under Pep Guardiola when they welcome out-of-form West Ham United to the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League today.
Man City have won both of their league fixtures this season in addition to two European ties, but West Ham were dumped out of the Europa League on Wednesday night and will enter this match short of confidence.
Despite Guardiola’s impressive work at both Barcelona and Bayern Munich, it had been questioned whether the Spaniard could make his mark in England.
It is still very early in his tenure, but the signs are good at this stage after leading Man City to four victories from their four competitive matches this season.
It was nervy start against Sunderland as they needed a late own goal to record a 2-1 victory, but they then thumped Steaua Bucuresti 5-0 in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier on August 16 to all but secure their spot in the group stages. As it transpired, a 1-0 win over Steaua on Wednesday night completed the job for the Premier League side.
It would be fair to say that the 4-1 victory over Stoke City last weekend flattered Man City, but they were worthy winners and as a result, they will enter the third week of Premier League matches top of the table on goal difference from Manchester United, who they meet on September 10 at Old Trafford.
However, West Ham’s new Olympic Stadium is beautiful and it should allow the Hammers to move to the next level, certainly financially, but there was huge embarrassment on Thursday night as Bilic’s side were dumped out of the Europa League by Astra Giurgui.
The two teams played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the playoff in Romania last week, before Astra recorded a 1-0 victory in the English capital to make the group stages and mean that West Ham have taken a big financial hit.
The Hammers made their Olympic Stadium Premier League debut against Bournemouth last weekend and in truth, it was a very disappointing affair as both teams struggled in the final third. Michail Antonio came up with a late winner for the hosts, however, to ensure that they would get off the mark ahead of a trip to Man City today.

Man City possible starting lineup: Caballero, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Stones, Kolarov, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Silva, Nolito, Aguero, Sterling.
West Ham possible starting lineup: Adrian, Byram, Collins, Reid, Masuaku, Noble, Kouyate, Antonio, Payet, Tore, Valencia.