West Ham United vs Manchester City, 2025-26 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueMan City hand Arsenal huge boost with draw at West Ham
Manchester City 's title bid was left in tatters after a 1-1 draw at relegation-threatened West Ham left them nine points behind leaders Arsenal.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jean-Clair Todibo.
- 4': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by El Hadji Malick Diouf.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodri.
- 5': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mateus Fernandes.
- 7': Handball by El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham United).
- 10': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jean-Clair Todibo.
- 11': Handball by Omar Marmoush (Manchester City).
- 11': Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for handball.
- 11': Foul by Jean-Clair Todibo (West Ham United).
- 11': Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jean-Clair Todibo.
- 21': Foul by Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United).
- 21': Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Attempt missed. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
- 23': Offside, Manchester City. Omar Marmoush is caught offside.
- 24': Erling Haaland (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Foul by Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham United).
- 27': Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri with a cross.
- 30': Offside, Manchester City. Omar Marmoush is caught offside.
- 30': El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City).
- 31': Goal! West Ham United 0, Manchester City 1. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Omar Marmoush.
- 33': Offside, West Ham United. Valentín Castellanos is caught offside.
- 35': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Abdukodir Khusanov.
- 35': Goal! West Ham United 1, Manchester City 1. Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross following a corner.
- 36': Foul by Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
- 36': Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 39': Foul by Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham United).
- 39': Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United).
- 41': Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Attempt missed. Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Erling Haaland.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Foul by Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United).
- 45'+1': Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rodri.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, West Ham United 1, Manchester City 1.
- 45': Second Half begins West Ham United 1, Manchester City 1.
- 48': Attempt missed. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
- 55': Foul by Axel Disasi (West Ham United).
- 55': Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Offside, West Ham United. Valentín Castellanos is caught offside.
- 60': Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Cherki replaces Omar Marmoush.
- 60': Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri.
- 61': Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Mads Hermansen (West Ham United). Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
- 61': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mads Hermansen.
- 61': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Pablo.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Guéhi.
- 63': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Valentín Castellanos.
- 63': Attempt missed. Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross following a corner.
- 64': Substitution, West Ham United. Soungoutou Magassa replaces Pablo.
- 65': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by El Hadji Malick Diouf.
- 66': Attempt missed. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 67': Attempt saved. Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Mads Hermansen (West Ham United).
- 67': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mads Hermansen.
- 68': Attempt missed. Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross following a corner.
- 70': Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
- 73': Foul by Valentín Castellanos (West Ham United).
- 73': Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City).
- 74': Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Antoine Semenyo.
- 75': Substitution, West Ham United. Adama Traoré replaces Valentín Castellanos.
- 75': Substitution, Manchester City. Tijjani Reijnders replaces Bernardo Silva.
- 76': Foul by Soungoutou Magassa (West Ham United).
- 76': Rodri (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Soungoutou Magassa (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
- 78': Attempt saved. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Mads Hermansen (West Ham United).
- 82': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Soungoutou Magassa.
- 83': Foul by Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United).
- 83': Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 83': Attempt saved. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top right corner by Mads Hermansen (West Ham United).
- 84': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mads Hermansen.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdukodir Khusanov.
- 85': Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
- 85': Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Foul by Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United).
- 87': Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Foul by Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United).
- 89': Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 89': Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
- 90': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
- 90': Attempt saved. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) header from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner by Mads Hermansen (West Ham United). Assisted by Rodri with a headed pass.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly.
- 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United).
- 90'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+4': Offside, West Ham United. Adama Traoré is caught offside.
- 90'+4': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jean-Clair Todibo.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Marc Guéhi.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
- 90'+6': Substitution, West Ham United. Mohamadou Kanté replaces Jarrod Bowen.
- 90'+6': Foul by Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham United).
- 90'+6': Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, West Ham United 1, Manchester City 1.
- 0': Match ends, West Ham United 1, Manchester City 1.
Statistics
 MNC |
WHU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 15 | Corner Kicks | 1 |
| 0 | Saves | 5 |
| 71.5 | Possession | 28.5 |
| 24 | SHOTS | 1 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 1.0 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 684 | Accurate Passes | 224 |
| 755 | Passes | 304 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 10 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 33 | Crosses | 6 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 39 | Long Balls | 48 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 13 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 15 |
| 8 | Tackles | 25 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 34 |
| 16 | Clearances | 34 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: London Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 62,459
Venue: London Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 62,459
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 38 | +44 | 85 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 38 | +42 | 78 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 38 | +19 | 71 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 38 | +7 | 65 |
Line-Ups
West Ham United (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mads Hermansen (GK) |
| 15 | Konstantinos Mavropanos |
| 4 | Axel Disasi |
| 25 | Jean-Clair Todibo |
| 18 | Mateus Fernandes  |
| 28 | Tomás Soucek |
| 12 | El Hadji Malick Diouf |
| 29 | Aaron Wan-Bissaka |
| 11 | Valentín Castellanos |
| 19 | Pablo |
| 20 | Jarrod Bowen |
Manchester City (4-1-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) |
| 15 | Marc Guéhi |
| 45 | Abdukodir Khusanov |
| 16 | Rodri |
| 21 | Rayan Aït-Nouri |
| 27 | Matheus Nunes |
| 20 | Bernardo Silva |
| 33 | Nico O'Reilly |
| 42 | Antoine Semenyo |
| 7 | Omar Marmoush |
| 9 | Erling Haaland |
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