Manchester City welcome West Ham United to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon in their first contest of the new calendar year.Pep Guardiola and his City players will be hoping for a much more

Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Liverpool today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

LB: Kostas Tsimikas —Tsimikas, if either as a starter or off the bench, would tally his 100th appearance for Liverpool. CM: Ryan Gravenberch —Gravenberch patrols the midfield, but he'll have to be careful. Another yellow card would see him miss the Manchester United game.

Follow live coverage as Southampton face West Ham United today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

Liverpool will be without the services of key midfielder against West Ham United in the Premier League on Sunday. The Reds stretched their lead at the summit of the league table following a 3-1 win over Leicester City at Anfield on Boxing Day.

Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests. This week, he takes on musician Emma-Jean Thackray, who is a Leeds fan. Is anyone going to be able to stop Liverpool?