The last thing that West Ham United need right now is a serious injury to one of their key players. However, things do not look good for Jarrod Bowen. The last matchday was bad enough in that they got obliterated by Liverpool, 5-0, but it also saw Bowen get hurt, and it will be a while until he returns.
Man City vs West Ham FYIs
Kickoff: Sat. Jan 4,ย 3pm, Etihad Stadium
Starting XI Predictions for Both Sides: go here
PL Position, Form:ย Man City 6th, 31 pts,ย DLLDWย ย West Hamย 13th, 23 pts, WDDWL
Google Result Probability: Man Cityย 73%ย ย Drawย 15%ย West Hamย 12%
Team News for Both Sides
“Let’s see,” said manager Julen Lopetegui, earlier today. “He’s [not] going to be out for a few days for sure. Unfortunately for us, he has an injury, and now he has to recover. I prefer not to give a number of days, but we’ll see how things develop.”
Lopetegui also gave an update today on Lukasz Fabianski, and his concussion situation: “We have to wait ten days to fulfil the Premier League protocol, after that he will be ready to help us.”
Otherwise the situation remains the same with the Irons. Shifting over to City, not much as changed. The only real news to cover here concerns who has not YETย been ruled out for this one.
Matheus Nunes and Ederson, both of which have undisclosed injuries, could be passed fit to feature here. Meanwhile John Stones (foot injury) could be cleared…but who knows?
The Stones situation seems to have a lot of obfuscation surrounding it.
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