📏 Form Guide

Fulham

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Fulham, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-3 Premier League triumph vs Brentford.

In that game, Fulham managed 50% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Fulham, the goals were scored by Raúl Jiménez (16'), Tom Cairney (68') and Harry Wilson (70'). Brentford had 11 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Bryan Mbeumo (22') and Yoane Wissa (43') scored for Brentford.

It has not been often in recent games where Fulham haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Fulham have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 10 goals along the way. Such a trend might not be carried forward into this game, though.

Pre-game facts show that Fulham:

• have not registered a win against Manchester City in their last 19 matches in the league. What a terrible run without a win that has been.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Manchester City

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Manchester City head into the clash following a 3-1 Premier League win with the eclipse of Bournemouth in their previous outing.

In that game, Manchester City managed 58% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Manchester City, goals were scored by Omar Marmoush (14'), Bernardo Silva (38') and Nico González (89'). Bournemouth got 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Daniel Jebbison (96') scored for Bournemouth.

A sequence of very capable displays from the Manchester City defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their last 6 outings overall. Over that same period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 8.

Analysis of their past results shows that Manchester City:

• haven't been beaten by Fulham when they have played them away from home in the previous 12 matches in the league. An fantastic away run.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into past results between these clubs stretching back to 05/02/2022 reveals that these encounters have not been kind to Fulham. They have not been able to get any wins whatsoever whereas Manchester City have just been too good for them, running out winners in 100 per cent of those games played.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 26 in total which averages out at 4.33 goals per meeting.

The previous league match featuring these sides was Premier League match day 7 on 05/10/2024 when it ended Manchester City 3-2 Fulham.

On that day, Manchester City managed 58% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Mateo Kovačić (32', 47') and Jérémy Doku (82').

Fulham got 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Andreas Pereira (26') and Rodrigo Muniz (88') scored.

The referee was Peter Bankes.

📋 Team News: Fulham

Harrison Reed (Calf injury), Reiss Nelson (Hamstring injury), Rodrigo Muniz (Achilles tendon problems) and Timothy Castagne (Ankle surgery) will not be taking part for Fulham boss Marco Silva.

It looks as if The Cottagers should employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Bernd Leno, Kenny Tete, Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson, Sasa Lukic, Sander Berge, Alex Iwobi, Harry Wilson, Adama Traore and Raul Jimenez.

ℹ️ Team News: Manchester City

There’s a good chance that The Citizens appear most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation using Ederson Moraes, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Josko Gvardiol, Nico Gonzalez, Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Omar Marmoush, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Fulham would be disappointed if they were not to find the net against this Manchester City lineup, although just one goal possibly won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We are therefore anticipating a 1-2 victory for Manchester City after 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 14:01 25/05/2025