Manchester City and West Ham United are getting ready for a matchup in the Capital One Cup semifinals on Wednesday at Etihad Stadium in the opening set of their games and the first leg starts up at 2:45 pm ET/7:45 pm local time and is streaming online and comes after City pulled to a 1-1 draw with Blackburn in the FA Cup and after Manchester United lost against Sunderland in their semis matchup.
Manchester City comes into the match playing well in the Premier League and while West Ham has not come up with a win since back in November, the club has said they will not underestimate the team and despite their loss in the FA Cup, it could be a tough match on Wednesday. West Ham comes into the match 19th on the league table, while Man City is in second place and this will be the first leg before the return in a couple weeks and comes before the EPL weekend schedule. Manchester City won their last Premier League match against Swansea City away and Swansea is riding high now after winning against Manchester United and in the coming weeks the club has matches with Chelsea, Tottenham and Cardiff City and then later in February is the Champions League clash with Barcelona.
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After playing the next leg of the Capital One Cup with West Ham, Man City has a tough stretch against Tottenham at White Hart Lane and then the club hosts Chelsea and that match could shake up the top of the league table. Man City and Manchester United will play at Old Trafford later in the season and West Ham comes into this match after losing to Nottingham in the FA Cup and before that the club lost against Fulham and they have had a tough time finding positive results in the Premier League.
Some of the top matches in the Premier League this weekend has Chelsea and Hull City playing at Kingston Communications Stadium in the early game and some other matchups include Cardiff City and West Ham, Everton and Norwich as well as Tottenham taking on Crystal Palace before Manchester United and Swansea meet again after their match and this one will be at Old Trafford. The Sunday matchups have Newcastle United and Man City playing at St. James Park in the early game before Stoke City hosts Liverpool and then on Monday Aston Villa hosts Arsenal in an anticipated match.
The Premier League table has Arsenal at the top after the busy holiday schedule and the Gunners are in first place over Manchester City and Chelsea in the top three spots, while Liverpool and Everton round out the top five with Tottenham in sixth place. The Spurs are in sixth ahead of Manchester United and they have moved up the table despite struggling recently and they are ahead of Newcastle and Southampton ahead of Hull City and Aston Villa.
