Looking to avoid a run of three consecutive Premier League games without a win, defending champions Manchester City host Fulham at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The two sides will meet for the first time in almost five months, with the Citizens comfortably winning 4-0 at Craven Cottage at the end of last season.
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Manchester City will be without Rodri (anterior cruciate ligament injury) for the rest of the season, while Oscar Bobb (broken leg), Nathan Ake (muscle injury) and Kevin De Bruyne (groin injury) are also out, with the latter two expected to return after the international break.
After making six changes in midweek, Guardiola is expected to recall several key stars, including goalkeeper Ederson and centre-back Ruben Dias, while Kyle Walker could return at right-back if Rico Lewis is introduced into midfield again.
Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish will all push for starting places in midfield, while Haaland, who has scored five goals in four Premier League games against Fulham, is expected to lead the attack.
For Fulham, the only injury concern is with striker Carlos Vinicius, who is recovering from a "small calf injury" and is a doubt for Saturday's trip to the Etihad.
Silva is unlikely to make too many, if any, changes to his starting line-up, with a back four of Kenny Tete, Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey and Antonee Robinson set to continue to protect goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
Sander Berge and Harrison Reed will compete for a recall in midfield, replacing Sasa Lukic, while Adama Traore - who scored twice for Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad in 2019 - is likely to keep Reiss Nelson waiting for a starting opportunity on the right wing.
Latest Man City vs Fulham expected lineup
Manchester City:
Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol; Lewis, Kovacic; Bernardo, Foden, Grealish; Haaland
Fulham:
Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Berge, Pereira; Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jimenez
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After being held to a 1-1 draw by Newcastle United for the second successive Premier League game last weekend, Manchester City bounced back with a thoroughly dominant 4-0 win over Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
City had 28 shots, 73 per cent possession and three hits on goal in a one-sided first half, but goals from Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland and James McAtee – the first scorer for the first team – helped the Citizens secure their first three points in the expanded Champions League.
Manager Pep Guardiola believes his side are "improving step by step" in attack and was particularly pleased to see the team return from Slovakia injury-free, while a number of players also got valuable minutes.
Man City have one final Premier League game at home to Fulham before the international break and they could move four points behind leaders Liverpool if they beat Crystal Palace in their early game before Guardiola and his men face the Cottagers.
The reigning champions will be confident of victory on Saturday, having won their last 16 meetings with Fulham in all competitions - the longest winning streak by a team against another in English football history. Should City avoid defeat, they will extend their incredible unbeaten home run to 50 games.
Fulham have made their best start to a Premier League season since 2003, amassing 11 points from their first six games, which has seen them climb to sixth in the table, just three points behind Man City in second.
Since losing to Manchester United in their opening game of the new season, the Cottagers have produced a run of five games unbeaten in the top flight, winning their last two against Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest.
Raul Jimenez scored his 50th Premier League goal and third in his last three games - netting from the penalty spot just five minutes into the second half - as Fulham secured a slim 1-0 win at Forest last weekend.
However, the Mexico striker put himself in a difficult situation after robbing teammate and designated penalty taker Andreas Pereira of the ball, something that "won't happen again" under coach Marco Silva, who revealed that Jimenez apologised following the incident.
The incident was quickly dealt with by Fulham, who now prepare for a challenging trip to Man City this weekend. That said, the Cottagers have recorded three of their four Premier League wins over the Citizens at the Etihad, most recently a 3-1 win in April 2009 under Roy Hodgson. Fulham are not to be underestimated after a bright start to the season, and City pundit Steven McInerney of Esteemed Kompany has admitted that he is “concerned” that the pace of Fulham’s attacking players could expose the hosts on the counter-attack.
Man City have conceded in each of their last five league games and their defence could be breached again by an in-form Fulham side, but we still believe Guardiola's men will score more goals than their opponents and extend their impressive winning run against Silva's side.
Man City vs Fulham score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Man City vs Fulham match:
- Sportsmole: Man City 3-1 Fulham
- WhoScore: Man City 2-0 Fulham
- Our prediction: Man City 3-1 Fulham
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