Manchester City, the champions of the league, will be visiting West Ham of London in the third round of the English Premier League on Sunday, and the former seeks to achieve its third consecutive victory and will rely primarily on its giant Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who has scored 4 goals in two matches, topping the scorers' list.
Manchester City leads the Premier League table with 6 points after two matches, while West Ham is in ninth place with 3 points. After starting his tenure as West Ham coach with a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa, the Spaniard Julen Lopetegui celebrated his first victory last weekend away to Crystal Palace 2-0.
Manchester City and West Ham United's journey
Manchester City will play tomorrow's match against West Ham United with very high morale, as it tops the English Premier League table with 6 points in two matches, with two victories, and achieved its victory in the first round at the expense of Chelsea with a score of 2-0, and in the second round it swept its counterpart Ipswich Town with a score of 4-1.
While West Ham United is in ninth place in the Premier League table, with 3 points in two matches, with a win and a loss, as it lost the first match to Aston Villa 2-1, and in the second round achieved an exciting victory over Crystal Palace 2-0.
Manchester City vs West Ham match date
The match will be held on Saturday, August 31, at the London Olympic Stadium, and the match is scheduled to start at 7:30 (19:30) Doha and Mecca time.
BeIN Sports channels broadcast the English Premier League matches exclusively in the Middle East and North Africa, and the match will be broadcast live on (beIN Sports HD 1), with commentary by Ahmed Al-Balushi.
Manchester City expected lineup
Ederson, Luis, Akanji, Diaz, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Bernardo, Savinho, De Bruyne, Doku, Haaland.
West Ham expected lineup
Goalkeeper: Alphonso Areola.
Defense line: Vladimir Komal - Max Kilmann - Emerson Palmieri.
Midfield: Lucas Paqueta - Guido Rodriguez - Tomas Soucek.
Attack line: Garrido Bowen - Mohammed Kudus - Niklas Füllkrug.