MY ACCOUNT
– City have scored at least three goals in seven of their last 10 PL games
– City have won with over three goals in four of their last five meetings against Fulham
– Recommended bet: Back Manchester City to win and over 2.5 goals
Following their midweek defeat of leaders Arsenal, Manchester City can reclaim top spot in the Premier League with a win at Fulham on Sunday.
Pep Guardiola’s men are now just two points behind the Gunners with two games in hand, meaning their fifth title in six years is within sight.
Three points at Craven Cottage are not guaranteed, but City have beaten the Whites 13 times in a row dating back to 2012.
Fulham came close to ending that awful sequence in November when it took a 95th-minute Erling Haaland penalty to drag 10-man City back to the top of the table on a day of high drama at the Etihad Stadium.
Team news
Fulham could be without Willian again after the Brazilian, who was originally named in the starting XI ahead of their defeat at Aston Villa on Tuesday, suffered an injury in the pre-match warm-up.
Harry Wilson should shake off a knock to feature but the Cottagers remain without the suspended Aleksandar Mitrovic and injured defender Layvin Kurzawa.
As for City, Guardiola will have the same squad available as against Arsenal with Nathan Ake the only absentee through injury.
The stats
City have won their past 13 meetings with Fulham in all competitions, only ever having longer winning runs against Watford (15) and West Brom (14).
They have also netted at least twice in each of their past 14 clashes with the Cottagers in all competitions.
Haaland’s 33rd strike of the season established a new 38-game Premier League record, surpassing Mohamed Salah’s tally of 32 in 2017-18.
The Norwegian marksman is now only two goals behind Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer’s record of 34 goals across an entire Premier League campaign (1993-94 and 1994-95 respectively) when 42 matches were played.
Fulham remain on course to record their highest Premier League placing in over 10 years, having last finished inside the top 10 in 2011-12 (ninth).
Prediction
City’s seemingly inexorable march to another title will continue at Craven Cottage. If the record of Guardiola’s side against the Gunners looked scary, then their total dominance of Fulham in the last decade should leave the hosts fearing another loss on Sunday.
Silva will set his side up to hide their weaknesses but City can be like hungry piranhas picking at opponents until they eventually give in.
They have scored 32 goals and conceded just five across their last nine games in all competitions, including three against Bayern and four apiece against Liverpool and Arsenal.
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