Fulham vs Manchester City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th April 2023
Fulham welcome Manchester Cityon Sunday in the Premier League, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 34 match.
One spot behind the leader of the table, Manchester City have claimed 73 points after 31 rounds, while Fulham have amassed 45 points and are now ranked as number 10 in the Premier League standings.
We are bound to see an exciting game this coming Sunday as both Fulham and Manchester City are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.
Fulham are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 12 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.2 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 13 goals, or an average of 1.3 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.
Ahead of their coming Premier League match, Manchester City look in excellent goal-scoring shape. In their previous ten games, they hammered in an average of 2.9 goals a game. A highly respectable total of 29 goals, while also letting in eight goals. The latter leaves an average of 0.8 per outing, in which they managed two clean sheets.
The last time the pair played each other Manchester City came away as 2-1 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind on Sunday.
Fulham vs Manchester City Prediction
Fulham Form
Fulham are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Everton by 1-3, before beating Leeds by 2-1. The winning streak came to an end against Aston Villa, who ran out 1-0 winners. Fulham claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost three, scored five goals and conceded seven.
Manchester City Form
Manchester City look well suited to take on any opponent with seven points to show off from three matches. They started off drawing 1-1 with Bayern Munich, before downing first Sheffield United by 3-0, then Arsenal in a 4-1 win. In their last six Premier League away matches, Manchester City won four, as they've also drawn and lost once, scoring 13 while also conceding five times.
With Manchester City looking strong, we expect them to get the better of Fulham, and with goals flowing freely, the hosts could be in for a hammering.
Manchester City earned nine wins and 29 points in their last 15 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They scored 37 and conceded 21 goals in these. Fulham claimed 13 wins, six draws as well as 13 defeats in the Premier League this season. Manchester City have a record of 23 wins, four draws and four defeats in the Premier League.
Fulham vs Manchester City Stats
- In the last 14 Fulham home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Fulham have conceded in the last 8 matches in a row
- Fulham have lost 5 of the last 7 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Fulham have conceded in 10 of the last 12 home matches
- Fulham have lost 6 of the last 8 matches
- Manchester City have not lost the last 16 matches in a row
- Manchester City have scored in 31 of the last 33 matches
- Manchester City have won 7 of the last 8 matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- Manchester City have won 11 of the last 12 matches
- Manchester City have won 10 of the last 12 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
Fulham vs Manchester City Squads
Fulham Squad
The 45-year-old coach of the home team, Marco Silva, will select the lineup against Manchester City from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:
Bernd Leno (0/30), Marek Rodak (0/2), Antonee Robinson (0/29), Cedric Soares (0/7), Issa Diop (1/19), Kenny Tete (0/26), Layvin Kurzawa (0/3), Shane Duffy (0/4), Tim Ream (1/32), Tosin Adarabioyo (1/19), Andreas Pereira (4/32), Daniel James (2/21), Harrison Reed (3/31), Harry Wilson (2/23), Joao Palhinha (3/29), Neeskens Kebano (0/14), Sasa Lukic (0/7), Tom Cairney (0/27), Tyrese Francois (0/1), Aleksandar Mitrovic (11/21), Bobby Reid (4/31), Manor Solomon (4/13), Vinicius (2/23), Willian (3/22).
Manchester City Squad
Here is the full squad of the away team. The 52 year-old Manchester City manager Guardiola will select his starting XI from these players:
Ederson (0/31), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), Aymeric Laporte (0/8), Benjamin Mendy (0/0), John Stones (2/19), Kyle Walker (0/20), Manuel Akanji (0/24), Nathan Ake (0/23), Rico Lewis (0/10), Ruben Dias (0/23), Sergio Gomez (0/8), Bernardo Silva (4/29), Cole Palmer (0/11), Ilkay Gundogan (4/27), Jack Grealish (5/25), Kalvin Phillips (0/7), Kevin De Bruyne (7/29), Maximo Perrone (0/1), Phil Foden (9/25), Rodri (2/30), Erling Haaland (33/29), Julian Alvarez (7/24), Riyad Mahrez (5/23).
Fulham vs Manchester City Team News
At the time of writing, Fulham have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Manchester City on Sunday. Aleksandar Mitrovic gets a day off from the Fulham squad, as he serves out a suspension.
Shane Duffy and Neeskens Kebano are all absent from the Fulham squad that faces Manchester City at Craven Cottage.
Manchester City have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Fulham this coming Sunday. Benjamin Mendy is ineligible for selection in the Manchester City squad, as he is suspended.
Jack Grealish, Ruben Dias and Julian Alvarez all face a spell on the sidelines for Manchester City due to various injuries.
Fulham vs Manchester City Lineups
Fulham vs Manchester City H2H
The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, The Sky Blues came away with a 2-1 win. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at Craven Cottage. Manchester City generally enjoy playing Fulham against whom, they won ten of the last ten encounters. However, the latter did well to secure a 2-1 win the last time the pair faced off. The bookies have Manchester City to win this match at best price odds of 2/7.
Fulham vs Manchester City Results
Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Manchester City come visiting Fulham. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet seven times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 3/4 with the bookies.
Fulham vs Manchester City Betting Tips
It is a great season for Aleksandar Mitrovic, who currently has 11 league goals to his name during this season. Fulham will rely on his services to gun down Manchester City.
Fulham claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing three. Manchester City won five of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost two of the games in this run. Does the value lie with over or under 2.5 goals, when it comes to home matches for Fulham? Over 2.5 happened five times in their last 10 at Craven Cottage. It came out five times in 10 league matches away for Manchester City.
In the last ten encounters between Fulham and Manchester City over 2.5 goals came out seven times, as Fulham averaged 0.4 goals a game. Manchester City scored an average of 2.8 goals in these, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Fulham’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Manchester City. They performed an average of 3.6 goals in these.
