Fulham vs Manchester City predicted line-ups: Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero both expected to start
A look ahead to the Premier League fixture at Craven Cottage
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City will look to seize the initiative in the title race once more when they visit lowly Fulham.
Pep Guardiola’s men trail Liverpool by two points with a game in hand on the Reds, and the champions will be confident of making it 12 consecutive victories in all competitions.
Fulham meanwhile have collected a mere 17 points from 31 games, leaving them 13 points off safety.
The hosts have already gone down to Chelsea and Liverpool earlier this month, losing 2-1 on both occasions at the Cottage.
But Parker will hope that the spirited displays, albeit in patches, against both of those top-six displays could inspire them to an unlikely victory here to kickstart a potential survival bid.
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
Form guide…
Fulham: LLLLLL
Manchester City: WWWWWW
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
Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.
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
Odds…
Fulham to win: 22/1
Manchester City to win: 2/15
Draw: 19/2
Prediction…
Fulham 0-3 Manchester City
Man City could have four players returning from injury on Saturday, with John Stones, Kevin de Bruyne, Vincent Kompany and Benjamin Mendy all partaking in light training this week.
With no significant injuries suffered on international duty, numbers are coming back into Guardiola's squad at the right time and they will prove to be too strong for Fulham here.
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