Fulham v Man City

The Premier League weekend gets underway as title-chasing Man City head south to face Fulham.

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Manchester City will be camped in the capital this week and the title-chasing Cityzens face the first of two successive tests in London when they visit Craven Cottage on Saturday.

A victory for the champions over the Cottagers in the lunchtime kick-off would allow City to replace rivals Arsenal at the summit of the Premier League table with just two games left to contest as they close in on a fourth-straight title.

Mid table Fulham meanwhile, have little other than pride to play for, though a run of just one win in seven assignments suggests they already have one eye on their summer holidays.

Fulham v Man City Best Bets

➡️ Both teams to score @ 1.75 on bet365
➡️ Erling Haaland to score anytime @ 1.57 on bet365

📂 Fulham v Man City Cheat Sheet

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You can find Fulham v Man City match stats, on my bet builder stats tool, along with official line-ups one hour before kick-off.

⚔️ Fulham v Man City Head-to-Head

The head-to-head record from this fixture has been outrageously one-sided in Manchester City’s favour and the champions have won each of their last 15 encounters with the Cottagers since February 2012.

When the teams last met at the Etihad Stadium in the campaign’s infancy in September, Man City produced a surgical display to beat Fulham 5-1, netting five goals from just seven attempts in Manchester.

That modest tally remains City’s lowest shot count for a home game in the Premier League this season and despite dominating 67.9% of the ball, Pep Guardiola’s troops also lost the corner battle to Fulham (5-4) on a strange afternoon from a statistical standpoint.

Norwegian goal-machine Erling Haaland bagged the first of his two Premier League hat-tricks for the campaign in that rout, and the 23-year-old also impacted the scoresheet both home and away against the Cottagers last season.

Argentinean attacker Julian Alvarez also managed to get in on the goalscoring act in each of Man City’s last three skirmishes with Fulham.

Interestingly, both of Haaland’s goals against Fulham last term were hit from the penalty spot and the prolific striker also converted a spot kick against the Londoners in September.

In fact, City have been awarded a penalty against Fulham in each of the clubs’ last seven meetings in league and cup since January 2020. 

📊 Fulham Form and Stats

Fulham pocketed a useful point following a 0-0 draw at Brentford in their last outing, however, they probably deserved to collect all three having created 1.30 in xGF to Brentford’s 0.60.

The Cottagers have been a little unfortunate in general of late and despite winning the xG battle in four of their last five Premier League fixtures, they managed to record just a single victory.

A run of just one win in eight league matches overall means their campaign is ending with a whimper, and despite some promising performances, they are on course to regress in terms of position, goals and points when compared to last season (10^th).

Fulham have been doing the majority of their good work on home soil this term and nine of their 12 Premier League victories were forged at Craven Cottage, while only three clubs have kept more clean sheets at home than Marco Silva’s side (six). Among their most notable scalps at the Cottageare Arsenal (2-1, December) and Tottenham Hotspur (3-0, March).

Silva’s side have been averaging 1.41 goals per game this season, which is a middling figure for the division. Fulham also ranks ninth for average corners won per fixture (5.75), while only five teams have been conceding fewer at the opposite end (4.92).

Solid individual campaigns from keeper Bernd Leno, left back Antonee Robinson, former Man City youngster Tosin Adarabioyo and key midfield destroyer Joao Palhinha have been key contributors to Fulham’s strong defensive showing.

📊 Man City Form and Stats

Manchester City’s run of six successive wins and incredible haul of 16 victories and four draws from their last 20 Premier League fixtures begs the question – are we witnessing a genuine title race or another procession?

City fell short on the continent this season, though domestic dominance would offer a decent consolation prize and Pep Guardiola’s trophy-hungry outfit are heavy favourites to get their hands on English football’s crown jewels again in 2023/24.

Man City have dropped just two of the last 27 points on offer to them on the road since mid December, with their only slight setback coming in a 1-1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield on March 10^th.

Guardiola’s juggernaut rattled the net at least three times in five of their last eight away matches, while City clocked a combined 15.5 in xGF across their last six Premier League fixtures alone.

Wins in their last three league games against Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham would clinch a record-setting fourth Premier League title in a row for City, and Manchester giants are firmly on course to breach the 90-goal barrier for the sixth time in seven Premier League campaigns.

Averaging just 1.48 cards and 7.70 fouls per game, City are also in the running to be the division’s cleanest team, though it stands to reason that a team averaging 65.9% possession per run-out would have fewer opportunities to clip ankles.

Erling Haaland is likely to score fewer Premier League goals than he did last season (36), though the Nordic hitman is still the front-runner for the Golden Boot in 2023/24 and has found the net in each of City’s last four league fixtures.

💰 Fulham v Man City Best Bets 

Manchester City are as short as 1.25 to beat Fulham for the 16^th time in a row in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off, which offers little appeal, though a more attractive option could be backing both teams to score at 1.75 with bet365.

The Cottagers managed a consolation goal in each of their last three meetings with City since their promotion back to the Premier League in 2022, while six of the Cityzens’ last nine away assignments in the division have also produced action at both ends.

Elsewhere, it could be worth piggybacking on Erling Haaland’s late-season hot streak. The 23-year-old has notched in each of City’s last four league games and in each of his last three appearances against Fulham. Good value can be found backing Erling Haaland to score anytime at 1.57 with bet365.

A bigger price alternative also catches the eye in bet365’s niche markets for Saturday’s clash. With Haaland netting from the spot in each of his last three run-outs against the Cottagers and City being awarded a penalty in each of their last seven encounters with Fulham overall, backing the champions to score a penalty again at 3.40 could be an option with a smaller stake.

* I recommend waiting for confirmed team line-ups before placing any bets.

* All odds displayed correct at the time of publishing.