West Ham United v Manchester City
Barclays Premier League
Saturday, 11 August, 2007
Upton Park
Kick-off: 3.00pm
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)
Team news:
Lucas Neill is set to miss the opening match of the Barclays
Premier League season after tweaking his knee ligaments in
training. Scott Parker is also set to miss out with a slight knee
injury of his own while fellow new signing Julien Faubert will be
sidelined for a few months with an Achilles injury.
New Manchester City signings Vedran Corluka and Valeri Bojinov
received international clearance yesterday and are available for
selection, while goalkeeper Joe Hart could make his League debut in
place of the injured Andreas Isaksson.
Background:
Alan Curbishley is set to begin his first full season in charge of
the Hammers, while Sven-Goran Eriksson takes charge of Man City for
their first League encounter.
Only a point separated the two sides in the League table last
season and both will be hoping to fare better this campaign.
Manchester City have won only one of their last 10 opening fixtures
of the Barclays Premier League season.
Stats:
Last five League meetings at Upton Park:
30/12/2006 West Ham United 0 Manchester City 1 (Beasley)
15/04/2006 West Ham United 1 (Newton) Manchester City 0
21/09/2002 West Ham United 0 Manchester City 0
11/11/2000 West Ham United 4 (Lomas, Sinclair, Pearce, Di Canio)
Manchester City 1 (Prior)
23/03/1996 West Ham United 4 (Dani, Dicks, Dowie 2) Manchester City
2 (Quinn 2)
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