Man City To Parade ‘ Killer Squad’ Against Fulham Today
MANCHESTER City manager, Pep G uardiola, will have a fully- fit squad to choose from in their tie a way a t Fulham this afterno on. Ederson r ecovered fr om a minor shoulder pr oblem to start in goal last weekend. Fulham midfielder Harr ison Reed has r eturned to tr aining after missing last weekend's draw a t Br entford. T osin Adarabioyo has been left out of the squad in r ecent games after rep ortedly turning down a new contract.
Head- to - head, Fulham haven't won a Pr emier League home game against Manchester City in 11 attempts since 2005. Manchester City have won the past 15 meetings in all competitions. No team has e ver beaten another in 16 suc cessive comp etitive matches in English football history.
Manchester City ha ve scored in 31 successive fixtures versus Fulham since a 0 - 0 Premier
League draw at Etihad Stadium in 2004.
Fulham have won just one of their last seven Premier League games ( D3, L3), while they're winless in each of their last three at Craven Cottage ( D1, L2).
They have lost 16 league games this campaign, equalling their total from last season.
Fulham's tally of nine topflight home wins is their most in a season since 2011- 12.
Joao Palhinha has 13 Premier League yellow cards this season, one shy of the record he already shares with eight other players. No- one has been booked 14 times in multiple seasons.
Marco Silva has lost all nine Premier League matches versus Manchester City - no manager has ever lost their first 10 fixtures in the division against a single opponent. Manchester City are on a club record run of 32 c onsecutive wins, ex cluding p enalty shootouts, since a 1- 0 Premier League defeat at Aston Villa in December.
I t is the fourth- long est unbeaten run in all c ompetitions by an English top - flight team.
If City win each of their final three league games the y are guaranteed to b ecome the first club to win four suc cessive English top- flight titles. Rodri is unbeaten in his last 71 app earances for Manchester City, excluding p enalty sho otouts, since a 1- 0 Premier Le ague defe at a t Spurs in Februar y 2023.
Julian Alv arez has scored in all three of his Premier League appearances against Fulham. Erling Haaland is on track to become the first player to win the Golden Bo ot in his first two Premier League seasons - he has 25 goals, four ahead of Cole Palmer.