Preview & Prediction: Fulham FC vs Manchester City FC

In the upcoming Premier League clash on May 11, 2024, Fulham FC squares off against Manchester City FC. Their last encounter saw Manchester City take the win with a 4-2 scoreline. Analyzing their historical encounters, Fulham and City have faced each other 25 times, with Fulham winning twice, Manchester City securing victory 18 times and the remaining 5 ending in a draw. At present, Fulham’s home performance is average, while City is displaying fantastic form on their away games.

Typically, head-to-head bouts between these two have seen an average of 3.6 goals, and ‘Both Teams to Score’ (BTTS) has happened 64% of the time. This Premier League season has seen Fulham score an average 1.61 points per home game, whereas Manchester City has averaged a stronger 2.24 points per away game. Based on these statistics, match day might edge in favor of the away side, Manchester City.

Key Insights:

– Manchester City has a dominant track record against Fulham, having won 18 out of 25 previous matches. On the other hand, Fulham has only managed to secure victory in 2 matches.
– The last meeting between these teams resulted in a victory for Manchester City, with a final score of 4-2 over Fulham.
– Match outcomes between Fulham and Manchester City generally result in high scoring games, averaging 3.6 goals.
– With a significant percentage of 64%, there’s a high probability that both teams will score (BTTS).
– This season, Fulham has averaged 1.61 Points Per Game in home turf matches, indicating a mediocre performance.
– This season’s away match performance of Manchester City has been far superior than Fulham’s home form, averaging 2.24 Points Per Game.
– The forthcoming match is critical for Fulham to improve their home form, however, the challenge will be substantial against Manchester City’s exceptional away form.
– With Fulham’s fairly average home form against Manchester City’s excellent away performance, betting odds will likely favor Manchester City.

Match Forecast:

– Manchester City FC is likely to dominate possession and control the game in Fulham FC’s half due to their play style and the fact that Fulham spends more time playing in their own half.
– With their individual skill quality and proficiency in creating chances using through balls, Manchester City FC can break down the defenses of Fulham FC frequently.
– Fulham FC’s strength lies in protecting leads and attacking down the wings. Thus, if they manage to score the first goal, it could become difficult for Manchester City FC to recover.
– Manchester City, known for their long shots and direct free kicks, might exploit Fulham’s defense, which is reportedly weak against long shots.
– Despite Manchester City’s weakness at aerial duels, Fulham may not exploit this due to their chosen style of play, which primarily involves playing wide and using the offside trap.
– Manchester City FC known for rotating their first eleven, could use substitutes strategically to their advantage keeping the Fulham FC defense on their toes.
– The defensive set-piece mastery of Manchester City could limit scoring opportunities for Fulham FC who will have to rely more upon open play dominance.

It’s highly probable that Man City will net a long distance goal. Similarly, there’s a very high chance that Man City will predominantly dictate the play in the opponent’s half of the field.

Match Facts:

– The scoreline 1-2 in favour of Manchester City has been the most frequent result when Fulham FC hosts the matches, with this result occurring three times.
– In their face-offs, a 1-1 scoreline has been the most frequent, happening five times.
– In the recent 16 encounters at Fulham FC’s home, Manchester City has had 9 victories while Fulham FC captured one. There were six instances where the matches ended in a draw. The goal difference, favouring Manchester, was 33-18.
– In their 37 showdowns, Manchester City has come out victorious 22 times and Fulham FC 4 times, with 11 draws. The goal difference was 85-36 in favour of Manchester City.
– Fulham FC savored their last home victory against Manchester City in 2005.
– Manchester City managed to win both games against Fulham FC in the previous season (2-1 away and at home).
– Manchester City has triumphed in their last five Premier League matches.
– Of all the goals they’ve scored, Fulham FC has managed to score 24% between the 76th to 90th minute.
– Manchester City has scored 23% of their goals in the timeframe of the 61st to 75th minute.
– Manchester City is on a streak of three uninterrupted wins and hasn’t lost in their last 14 away matches.
– Fulham FC hasn’t been able to secure a victory in their previous 15 games against Manchester City, and in 6 out of their 18 home Premier League games, they failed to score.
– Manchester City was unable to score in 2 of their 17 away Premier League matches this season.
– Rodrigo Muniz leads Fulham FC with 9 goals whereas Erling Haaland has netted 21 times for Manchester City.
– For Fulham FC, 8 goals have been assisted by Andreas Pereira while Julian Alvarez has 9 assists for Manchester City.
– Joao Palhinha has the most yellow cards (13) at Fulham FC whereas 8 has been received by Rodri of Manchester City.
– Manchester City has managed to not concede any goals in 3 matches consecutively.
– Manchester City has consistently scored a goal in the last 8 matches.
– During the first half, Manchester City wins 50% of their matches and Fulham FC 29%.
– In their last face-off, Manchester City emerged victorious and won by a margin of 4 goals.
– When Fulham FC has a lead of 1-0 at home, they conquer 92% of their games. Conversely, if they are down 0-1, they only manage to win 8% of the games.
– When Manchester City is ahead 0-1 away, they win 80% of their games but if they are down 1-0, they still manage to scoop up 54% of their matches.
– In the Premier League, Manchester City has a better performance track record than Fulham FC.
– In the last five matches, Manchester City has a superior track record and didn’t lose any of the recent 5 encounters against Fulham FC.
– In these clashes, Fulham FC hasn’t won any, Manchester has won five and there were no draws.
– On average, Fulham FC scores 0.8 goals against Manchester City while Manchester City scores 3.2 goals against Fulham FC.
– An average of 4 goals has been noted in their confrontations, with 2.2 being the average number of goals in the first half.
– When at home, Fulham FC usually scores 1.59 goals against Manchester City who scores 2.42 goals on average while away.
– Neither of the teams conceded a goal in their last match.