Pep Guardiola clearly loves the EFL/Carabao Cup and has won it four consecutive times – from 2017/18 to 2020/21.
Man City have not lost a single EFL Cup match since 2017/2018.
City will be looking for their 5th consecutive trophy and 9th in total, when they face West Ham at London Stadium on Wednesday night, October 27 at 7:45 pm.
David Moyes is hoping to upset City’s record after beating Manchester United 1-0 to advance to this round of 16 to knock out City.
Man City are the favourite for the cup but David Moyes current team fears no one and this is not a forgone conclusion.
City has beaten West Ham all of the five last matches played between these two sides.
These two clubs have scored against each other in 3 of their last 5 matches.
The Hammers last League cup encounter came in 2014 when West Ham lost 3-0 while a FA Cup clash in 2017 ended 5-0 against the Irons.
West Ham’s last win in all competitions came in 2015 when Victor Moses and Diafra Sakho made it a 2-1 win at the Ethiad stadium.
The year before that it was Morgan Amalfitano and Diafra Sakho on the West Ham score sheet to mak 2-1 at the Boleyn Ground.