Three of the past five winners of the EFL Cup have gone on to lift the Premier League too – including City under both managers that will be in the dugouts on Wednesday – and while Guardiola insisted that Liverpool are still favourites, the momentum appears to be behind the defending champions.Including Sunday’s shootout win over Chelsea at Wembley, City have now won each of their last six games and 14 of their last 15 across all competitions, whereas Liverpool have drawn four of their last five and have only won three of their nine outings so far in 2019.Guardiola’s concerns over his growing injury list are not without merit, though, and while his squad depth is the envy of almost every other manager in world football, the one player he arguably could not afford to lose was Fernandinho, who is expected to miss at least four games.
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Man City possible starting lineup:
Ederson; Danilo, Otamendi, Kompany, Zinchenko; De Bruyne, Gundogan, D Silva; Mahrez, Aguero, Sane
West Ham possible starting lineup:
Fabianski; Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Antonio, Noble, Rice, Snodgrass, Anderson; Arnautovic
Last matches: MANCHESTER CITY
24.02.19 EFL Chelsea Manchester City 0 : 1
(0 : 0)
21.02.19 CL Schalke Manchester City 2 : 3
16.02.19 FAC Newport Co Manchester City 1 : 4
10.02.19 PL Manchester City Chelsea 6 : 0
06.02.19 PL Everton Manchester City 0 : 2
Last matches: WEST HAM
22.02.19 PL West Ham Fulham 3 : 1
09.02.19 PL Crystal Palace West Ham 1 : 1
05.02.19 PL West Ham Liverpool 1 : 1
29.01.19 PL Wolves West Ham 3 : 0
26.01.19 FAC AFC Wimbledon West Ham 4 : 2
Head-to-head matches: MANCHESTER CITY – WEST HAM
24.11.18 PL West Ham Manchester City 0 : 4
29.04.18 PL West Ham Manchester City 1 : 4
03.12.17 PL Manchester City West Ham 2 : 1
04.08.17 CF West Ham Manchester City 0 : 3
01.02.17 PL West Ham Manchester City 0 : 4