Manchester City are still smarting over the unlucky defeat at Old Trafford and we are yet to see if they will be able to recover from such a disappointing loss. West Ham, on the other hand, continued the poor run of results as they were eliminated from the Carling Cup by Bolton and the Hammers desperately need one good result to kick-start their season.

Manchester City enter the match after the thoroughly exciting derby with Manchester United, which they lost by conceding in the 6th minute of injury time. The hosts will now try to make amends for the derby defeat, but Fulham are definitely not without chances at the City of Manchester Stadium.

The Manchester derby is always an exciting affair but this match will be a whole lot different than the previous ones, mostly because the teams have never been more evenly matched. United managed to rediscover their form after the poor start of the season and they enter the match in high spirits, but the Citizens are also brimming with confidence after four straight league wins.

Manchester City kept the 100% record with a win at Fratton Park but this game will be the first real test for Mark Hughes’ side. Arsenal lost the first derby game even though they outplayed Manchester United, thus both teams will have something to prove in this match.

Portsmouth are yet to win their first points in the Premier League and they now seem as one of the main candidates for the drop. Pompey face another difficult task as they host in-form Manchester City, who are looking to extend the winning run.

Manchester City started with a win over Blackburn and the Citizens are eager to prove they are serious contenders for the top 4 place. Wolves recovered well from the opening defeat to West Ham and beat Wigan, thus they enter the match in high spirits.

A debut goal from Emmanuel Adebayor set City on their way but they were made to work hard for their opening day victory.

Mark Hughes will embark on what could be a historic league campaign for Manchester City at Ewood Park, against his former club Blackburn. Rovers endured some tough times last term and things are not looking promising at the moment either. The visitors are slight favourites but City have never been too convincing on the travels.

Mark Hughes’ team will be looking to end this very disappointing season with a win and Bolton look like a very good opponent for this to happen. The Trotters are struggling away from home and they are definitely much weaker team than City.

Arsenal are in very good form lately, having won the last three games in all competitions and they are hot favourites to win this match. City are doing well at home but they are struggling to bring any points from the travels and their poor away record is likely to continue.