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Three may return for City plus Hammers team news

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola could recall Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy and John Stones  to the squad which meets the Hammers for Wednesday night’s re-arranged fixture with the Irons.

An according to the Manchester Evening News  Leroy Sane is continuing to step up his fitness whilst Raheem Sterling is definitely unavailable with a hamstring injury.

The report adds that the manager has been  tasked with keeping the focus on the game this week after the news that City have been banned from the Champions League for two years, subject to appeal.

UEFA ruled on Friday that City had been in ‘serious breach’ of Financial Fair Play and EFA Club Licensing regulations, as well as failing to cooperate in the investigation.

The Hammers, meanwhile, are likely to parade new signing Jarrod Bowen who will have had a long wait to make his debut for the club.

Mark Noble has revealed how excited he is at the former Hull City man’s training ground attitude and ability whilst on loan Tomas Soucek is set to make his second appearance.

However, it’s unlikely that we will see Felipe Anderson or Andriy Yarmolenko who, whilst having recovered from injury, are earmarked to become involved in the Southampton game.

However, there may be a remote chance of the Brazilian providing a cameo appearance against City according to   some sources.

The Hammers will be determined to try making an impact on the game after defeats for Villa,  Norwich and Bournemouth. U

nlikely though many feel it would be, a point would be sufficient for the team to leapfrog Aston Villa and out of the relegation zone.

Stranger things have been known but we have to go with the general view of the match and predict  a 2-0 City win.

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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