Fulham vs Manchester City: TV channel, kick-off time, prediction, team news, predicted line-up, odds and more
A look ahead to the Premier League fixture at Craven Cottage
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City's visit of Fulham kicks off the return of the Premier League after the latest international break.
Pep Guardiola’s side will be looking to overtake first-place Liverpool once again as they currently sit two points behind the Reds but with a game in hand after their involvement in the FA Cup quarter-finals during the last round of league fixtures.
City, who will be hoping for a 12th straight win in all competitions, will be confident of retaking the lead in the title race, with Liverpool, who take on Spurs at Anfield this weekend, not in action until Sunday.
Fulham meanwhile sit second from bottom and are staring relegation in the face after collecting just 17 points from 31 games, with their winless run in all competitions stretching as far back as January.
That form, which includes seven straight defeats and just four goals scored, has left Scott Parker's side s 13 points off Sean Dyche's Burnley in 17th.
What time does it start?
Fulham vs Manchester City kicks off at 12:30pm (GMT).
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Premier League and Main Event from 11:30am. Sky Sports subscribers can also watch the match via the Sky Go app.
The match will also be available on Now TV by grabbing a day pass for just £7.99 https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online
Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.
Predicted line-ups
Fulham: Rico; Fosu-Mensah, Chambers, Ream, Bryan; Anguissa, Seri, Cairney; Babel, Mitrovic, Sessegnon
Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Danilo; Fernandinho, Gundogan, David Silva; Sterling, Aguero, Sane
Head-to-head…
Manchester City 2 (Diaz x2) Fulham 0, League Cup, November 2018
Manchester City 3 (Sane, D. Silva, Sterling) Fulham 0, Premier League, September 2018
Manchester City 5 (Y. Toure x3, Fernandinho, Demichelis) Fulham 0, Premier League, March 2014
Fulham 2 (Richardson, Kompany og) Manchester City 4 (Y. Toure, Kompany, Navas, Milner), Premier League, December 2013
Manchester City 2 (D. Silva x2) Fulham 0, Premier League, January 2013
Form guide…
Fulham: LLLLLL
Manchester City: WWWWWW
Odds…
Fulham to win: 22/1
Manchester City to win: 2/15
Draw: 19/2
Prediction…
Fulham 0-3 Manchester City
Recent results and the league table in general suggest City will win this at a canter.
Guardiola has had a number of his stars performing at their best in recent weeks, and that was before the return of Kevin de Bruyne, Vincent Kompany, Fernandinho and John Stones to training this week.
Meanwhile, Fulham are in dire straits, and their inability to muster a draw from either the Chelsea or Liverpool game has allowed fellow strugglers to take advantage and has seen the gap between the London club and safety grow.
If the likes of Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane maintain their goalscoring form with England and Germany recently in this game, this will be a comfortable victory for City.
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