West Ham vs. Man City Betting Tips: 14/1 Bet Builder for top-four clash

The return of the Premier League provides us with an early top-four clash this weekend as 4th-placed West Ham host defending champions and early pacesetters Man City at the London Stadium on Saturday (3pm).

BoyleSports have an array of markets and Bet Builders on offer for the tasty match-up, with Jack Kitson analysing their odds to provide us with his two best bets for the game, including an attractive price in the anytime goalscorer market and a 18/1 Bet Builder.

No one will be particularly surprised that Man City are glued to the summit of the table after four gameweeks.

Pep Guardiola's troops have pocketed maximum points from matches against Burnley, Newcastle, Sheffield United, and Fulham.

Two points and three places behind are West Ham, who have registered three wins and a draw so far. A fourth win on the spin for David Moyes' men will propel them above City.

Erling Haaland already leads the Premier League top goalscorer standings - shock - with six goals in four matches, which includes a hat-trick in the 5-1 demolition of Fulham before the international break. The Man City man is unsurprisingly odds-on at 4/6 to net once again when City make the trip to London this weekend.

In the home dressing room, West Ham have their own sharpshooter Jarrod Bowen in sparkling form. The 26-year-old has raced out of the blocks this term with three goals and an assist in four matches - the 3-1 victory over Chelsea is the only match he hasn’t found the back of the net in - and has impressed not only through his eye for goal, but movement, acceleration, and spatial awareness.

Stretching back to the end of last season, Bowen has accrued five goals in his last seven matches in all competitions, including that famous winner in the Europa Conference League Final.

BoyleSports have opted to boost Bowen’s odds from 4/1 to an attractive-looking 5/1 to continue his hot streak in front of goal on Saturday.

With so many high-quality attacking players on this pitch this weekend, I more than like the look of Both Teams To Score at 8/11 to kick-off our three-pronged 18/1 Bet Builder.

West Ham's four matches have contained 13 goals with BTTS landing in each, which stretches to seven in succession if taking the backend of last season into account.

BTTS has been green-ticked in four of Man City’s six games in all competitions, including their last two league clashes against Sheffield United and Fulham.

We’ve already spoken about the early season goalscoring records of fast-starting Haaland and Bowen, but one player we haven’t mentioned yet is Julian Alvarez, who has stamped 90 minutes on the board in all four matches this season, during which he’s scored two goals and bagged an assist.

The World Cup winner is firmly in Guardiola’s plans right now, rewarding his manager's faith with some very promising form. He's therefore the second addition to our Bet Builder at 13/8 to score against a West Ham side that have conceded in all four games.

No Premier League player has accumulated more yellow cards this season than West Ham’s Emerson, who already has three bookings against Luton, Chelsea, and Bournemouth.

This doesn’t exactly put the left-back in a promising position ahead of the visit of Man City where - depending on Pep Roulette - he will come up against an immense attacking force featuring the likes of Haaland, Alvarez, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Bernardo Silva, and Jack Grealish. 

It could well be an unpleasant afternoon for the card-happy defender who, given both his record and Saturday’s opponents, represents decent value at 10/3 to add another yellow to his collection.

Combine these three bets together to form a 18/1 Bet Builder with BoyleSports.