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A look at the early injury news surrounding West Ham and Manchester City ahead of their Premier League clash.
The Iron have a serious chance of beating relegation having moved level on points with Nottingham Forest, but they will need to hang in there through two tough games on the bounce that will see them face City and Aston Villa.
City fell further behind in the Premier League title race in their last league outing, and they will be desperate to close the gap on Arsenal. But since then, they have been in FA Cup and Champions League action themselves.
City will be favourites here, but given West Ham’s recent form, this game has the potential to be a prediction-wrecker, especially at the recently revitalised London Stadium. Here we round up the early injury news surrounding both teams coming into this one.
Mateo Kovacic - Out
Guardiola has said: “We think Mateo will be ready for the World Cup, probably even earlier. It's a complex injury and treatment; things are monitored daily. Recovery is going well...”
Josko Gvardiol - Out
Gvardiol has a calf injury that will keep him out until the end of April.
Pablo Felipe - Doubt
Santo said before the Fulham game: “No, not yet, he has joined individual programmes, part of the session. Assessing day-by-day.” Pablo has a chance of returning here, but we will have to wait and see what Santo says in his press conference to know more.
Lukasz Fabianski - Out
Fabianski is back in training but it will take some time to be ready to play, and he is not likely to be one of the top two options in any case.
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