The referee for Man City vs West Ham this weekend has been officially announced as John Brooks. City can seal the league title if they beat the Hammers at the Etihad- Pep Guardiola’s men are two points ahead of Arsenal going into the final day of the 2023/24 season.
Has Brooks refereed a City v West Ham game before?
Yes, Brooks was in charge of City vs West Ham in May 2023 (22/23 season). That game saw City win 3-0, with goals from Nathan Ake, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden.
The Premier League has officially announced Michael Oliver as the referee for Arsenal’s final league game of the 2023/24 season. The Gunners trail Man City by two points going into the final day of the campaign and need to beat Everton & hope that City slip up in their own game against West Ham.
Interestingly, Everton are yet to lose a game with Oliver as the referee in 2023/24. The Toffees have won 13 league games all season, and 3 of those 13 have come under Oliver.
Everton record with Oliver as referee in 2023/24 (3 wins, 1 draw)
Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Spurs vs Man City (Crowd attendance of 61,065 on May 14, 2024). Two high xG goals from Man City, and Spurs were left ruing a miss from Heung-Min Son in the 86th minute.
xG Spurs 0.85-2.14 Man City shots map (Actual score TOT 0-2 MCI)
0-1 Haaland first goal vs Spurs xG 0.95
0-2 Haaland second goal vs Spurs xG 0.80
Son missed chance vs Man City xG 0.26
A bulk of City’s xG came from the two Haaland goals- their next best chance apart from that went to Foden (16th minute xG 0.15) and De Bruyne (47th minute xG 0.11)
Apart from Son’s chance, Spurs had half chances for Bentancur (6th minute) and Kulusevski (71st minute)
Spurs vs Man City 0-2 Match Stats for comparison
(THFC stats on left; MCI match stats on right)
As you can see Spurs edged possession and were ahead in most of the other metrics.