Pep Guardiola remains perfect in his early run in the Premier League and looks to continue that trend on Sunday as Manchester City hosts a difficult West Ham United side at 11 a.m. E.T. from the Etihad Stadium on NBCSN or live online at NBCSports.com.
Joe Hart has been the talking point for weeks now at City, but with the new signing of Claudio Bravo finalized earlier this week the attention turns to whether or not the Englishman will be offloaded before the transfer window closes next week.
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West Ham needed a late winner a week ago to edge Bournemouth at home, however, Slaven Bilic’s side has battled hard in both of their fixtures to start the season.
The Hammers will be extremely undermanned on Sunday as Dimitri Payet headlines the group of players that haven’t travelled with the team to Manchester. Striker Andy Carroll won’t be at the Etihad either, leaving West Ham lacking with depth up front.
Enner Valencia and Cheikhou kouyate will play key roles for the Hammers as they look to fill the voids left by Payet and Carroll.
Meanwhile, City will keep Will Caballero in net while Bravo finishes his transition into the squad. Nolito also gets the start alongside Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero up front, which will give West Ham fits defensively.
LINEUPS
Manchester City - Caballero, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Stones, Clichy, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Nolito, Aguero.
Bench - Hart, Fernando, Nasri, Kolarov, Delph, Iheanacho, Navas.
West Ham - Adrián, Ogbonna, Reid, Masuaku, Collins, Noble, Kouyate, Antonio, Tore, Enner Valencia, Fletcher.
Bench - Randolph, Byrum, Burke, Oxford, Obiang, Lanzini, Calleri.
