Find out everything you need to know ahead of City's first Premier League fixture of 2025, facing West Ham United.

WHEN AND WHERE

We host the Hammers in the Premier League on Saturday 4 January with the game scheduled for kick-off at 15:00 (UK).

The game will not be shown on live TV in the UK, but you can also keep across all of the action via the Official Man City App, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

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MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from Manchester in one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 13:45 (UK).

Joleon Lescott, Jill Scott and Marlon Harewood will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action. 

During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison while our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

Short highlights from the match will be available from 19:00 (UK), whilst extended highlights from the encounter and a full-match replay available on CITY+ can be accessed from midnight.

TEAM NEWS

City have named an unchanged side for Saturday’s Premier League home clash with West Ham United

For our first match of 2025, manager Pep Guardiola retains the starting eleven that helped secure a 2-0 win away at Leicester last Sunday.

Kevin De Bruyne is again named as skipper for what will be his 400th career appearance for the Club.

Matheus Nunes makes a return to the matchday squad and is named on the bench.

Ederson, Ruben Dias and John Stones don’t feature this afternoon as they continue on their individual recovery from recent injuries.

Meanwhile, long-term absentees Rodri and Oscar Bobb also remain unavailable for selection.

Teams

CITY XI: Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Haaland

Subs: Carson, Walker, Grealish, Doku, Gundogan, Nunes, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee

WEST HAM XI: Areola, Coufal, Todibo, Kilman, Wan-Bissaka, Alvarez, Soucek (C), Paqueta, Kudus, Fullkrug, Summerville

Subs: Foderingham, Cresswell, Soler, Mavropanos, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Irving, Scarles

PREVIOUS MEETING

Our last home encounter with West Ham secured history for the Club, as our 3-1 win meant we became the first ever men’s team to win four Premier League titles in a row.

Phil Foden took just 79 seconds to fire us into the lead before doubling our advantage when he turned in Jeremy Doku’s pinpoint cross in the 18th minute.

West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus pulled a goal back with a stunning overhead kick just before half-time before Rodrigo’s elegant finish restored our two-goal lead.

It secured the 10th top-flight title in our history and sixth in seven seasons.

In the reverse fixture earlier this season at the London Stadium in August, Erling Haaland struck a hat-trick to inspire us to a 3-1 win.

LAST TIME OUT

City returned to winning ways to end 2024, as Savinho and Erling Haaland got the goals to beat Leicester City at the King Power Stadium in Guardiola‘s 500th match in charge of the Club.

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Meanwhile, West Ham went down 5-0 home to Liverpool.

Goals from Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diogo Jota did the damage at the London Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

The officials for Matchweek 20 be announced here: https://www.premierleague.com/referees 

GLOBAL TV LISTINGS

Supporters around the world can find out how to tune in to watch the match live by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

Listings correct as of Monday 30 December.

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