Manchester City vs Fulham Preview

Manchester City vs Fulham

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Date: 5th October 2024

Kick-off time – 15:00 GMT

Manchester City will look to get back to winning ways in the Premier League when they welcome Fulham to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

The league defending champions are used to winning. However, they are winless in two games after back-to-back draws against Arsenal and Newcastle United.

So they come into this tie sitting in second place after relinquishing the top spot to Liverpool. They are unbeaten in 29 league matches (W23, L6) – and demolished Slovan Bratislava in midweek Champions League action so there’s every chance they’ll be back on the winning trail here.

Doing so in this game is likely, especially as it comes at the Etihad Stadium where City have not been beaten inside 90 minutes in 49 competitive matches. They can become just the fourth English top-flight side to reach the half-century mark here. Fulham appears to be the perfect opponent, as City has won each of the last 16 head-to-head meetings—the longest winning run any one English side has managed against another in history.

Meanwhile, Fulham will arrive at the Etihad in good mood after their own brilliant start to the campaign. After defeat on the opening night to Manchester United, Marco Silva’s men have remained unbeaten in the Premier League (W3, D2), making this their joint-best start to a top-flight season.

The Cottagers sit in the top six as a result and could move into the top four if they can get a famous victory here. Three of their four Premier League H2H wins have come on this ground. However, an 18-match winless run against Pep Guardiola’s side in this competition (D3, L15) means that there’s plenty of history for them to overcome to pull off a huge upset.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

April 7, 2025
Leicester City 20:00 Newcastle United
April 12, 2025
Manchester City 12:30 Crystal Palace
Brighton & Hov… 15:00 Leicester City
Nottingham Forest 15:00 Everton
Southampton 15:00 Aston Villa
Arsenal 17:30 Brentford
April 13, 2025
Chelsea 14:00 Ipswich Town
Liverpool 14:00 West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 14:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:30 Manchester United
April 14, 2025
AFC Bournemouth 20:00 Fulham
April 16, 2025
Newcastle United 19:30 Crystal Palace
April 19, 2025
Brentford 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Crystal Palace 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Everton 15:00 Manchester City
West Ham United 15:00 Southampton
Aston Villa 17:30 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 31 22 7 2 72 30 +42 73
2 Arsenal 31 17 11 3 56 26 +30 62
3 Nottingham Forest 31 17 6 8 51 37 +14 57
4 Chelsea 31 15 8 8 54 37 +17 53
5 Manchester City 31 15 7 9 57 40 +17 52
6 Aston Villa 31 14 9 8 46 46 +0 51
7 Newcastle United 29 15 5 9 49 39 +10 50
8 Fulham 31 13 9 9 47 42 +5 48
9 Brighton & Hov… 31 12 11 8 49 47 +2 47
10 AFC Bournemouth 31 12 9 10 51 40 +11 45
11 Crystal Palace 30 11 10 9 39 35 +4 43
12 Brentford 31 12 6 13 51 47 +4 42
13 Manchester United 31 10 8 13 37 41 -4 38
14 Tottenham Hotspur 31 11 4 16 58 45 +13 37
15 Everton 31 7 14 10 33 38 -5 35
16 West Ham United 31 9 8 14 35 52 -17 35
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 9 5 17 43 59 -16 32
18 Ipswich Town 31 4 8 19 31 65 -34 20
19 Leicester City 30 4 5 21 25 67 -42 17
20 Southampton 31 2 4 25 23 74 -51 10

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