LIVE: West Ham vs. Manchester City

07.08.2022, 16:54 sportingnews.com

It is not hard to imagine Pep Guardiola and his players being less than thrilled with their destination on the opening weekend of the 2022/23 Premier League season. Most had considered Manchester City's trip to West Ham United little more than a formality in their final away game of 2021/22 after Liverpool had dropped points on the final stretch of the tight title race. As it was, European qualifiers West Ham took a 2-0 lead before City replied twice and spurned a late chance to win the game when Riyad Mahrez missed a penalty. After Liverpool escaped with the same 2-2 scoreline at Fulham on Sunday, City and expected debutant Erling Haaland have an added incentive to get their campaign underway with a victory. The Sporting News is following the match live and providing live score updates and commentary. MORE: Teams in Premier League 2022/23: List of clubs, fixtures, key dates for start of new season Goals: 1 hour 40 mins to KO: "I'll be lying on a beach next year — Craig Dawson will be marking Erling Haaland," Mark Noble joked when the West Ham hero bade a fond farewell at the end of last season. The following month's fixture announcement was an example of life coming at Dawson fast, but the experienced defender has certainly bought into the challenge going by his pre-match Twitter activity. But what will the nature of that challenge be, as City and Haaland begin the work of trying to mesh what appear, on the surface, to be contrasting styles? There was much guffawing at Haaland's performance and, in particular, his late miss in last weekend's Community Shield defeat to Liverpool, but Wayne Rooney certainly does not count himself among the naysayers. "Manchester City's detractors enjoyed seeing Erling Haaland fail to score in the Community Shield. His misses were played over and over on social media and there were headlines about his 'false start'," he wrote in his Sunday Times column. "I saw the game differently. I saw City's big signing confirm why he is going to get a lot of goals in England and will, in my opinion, prove the difference in the title race." See you later @ErlingHaaland. pic.twitter.com/2QoqPIM9rY— Craig Dawson (@CraigDawson15_) 2 hours to KO: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage of West Ham vs. Manchester City. Pep Guardiola's champions have been able to have a look at all the contenders to their crown over the course of the weekend and will launch their bid for a fifth Premier League in six seasons with a few new signings in tow. New £30 million defender Nayef Aguerd has undergone surgery on an ankle injury he sustained in West Ham's preseason match against Rangers and is expected to be out for three months. Towering £35m Italy striker Gianluca Scamacca might only be fit for a place on the bench, meaning the onus is likely to be on Jarrod Bowen to repeat his two-goal heroics from the corresponding fixture in May. West Ham predicted lineup (4-5-1): Fabianski (GK) — Dawson, Zouma, Johnson, Coufal — Masuaku, Rice, Soucek, Benrahma, Fornals — Bowen West Ham subs (9): Areola (GK), Lanzini, Downes, Coventry, Vlasic, Ashby, Mubama, Baptiste, Okoflex Haaland, who became the most high-profile signing of the close season when he joined City from Borussia Dortmund for £51m, is expected to make his Premier League debut. He scored against Bayern Munich in pre-season but misfired during last weekend's 3-1 Community Shield defeat to Liverpool. Aymeric Laporte is a notable absentee, with Guardiola having to mull over which of John Stones or Nathan Ake will partner Ruben Dias at centre-back. Man City predicted lineup (4-3-3): Ederson (GK) — Walker, Dias, Ake, Cancelo — Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne — Foden, Haaland, Mahrez Man City subs (9): Ortega (GK), Phillips, Gundogan, Mbete, Palmer, Wilson-Esbrand, Alvarez, Grealish, Delap MORE: How many teams have won three Premier League titles in a row? Manchester City chasing rare feat in 2022-23 West Ham host Manchester City at the London Stadium in London, UK. It kicks off at 4.30 p.m. BST on Sunday, August 7. UK: The match will be televised and streamed by Sky Sports in the UK. USA: West Ham vs. Man City will be only be televised by Telemundo in Spanish, and that channel is streamed by fuboTV. The English-language broadcast is available only via stream on NBC streaming platform Peacock. Canada: Every Premier League game in Canada streams live and on demand exclusively via fuboTV. Australia: Fans in Australia can stream matches live and on demand on Optus Sport.