Duo remain sidelined along with Oscar Bobb and Rodri
Manchester City vs Fulham
Competition: F.A. Premier League
Date: 3.00pm, Saturday 5th October 2024
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Referee: Peter Bankes Assistants: E Smart, N Greenhalgh Fourth Official: O Langford VAR: G Scott
Odds: City 2/9, Draw 11/2, Fulham 11/1
Tickets: Sold out
TV: Match of the Day
Manchester City
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Squad (from): Ederson, Ortega, Carson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Gvardiol, Akanji, Lewis, Kovacic, Grealish, Gundogan, Silva, Nunes, Foden, McAtee, Haaland, Doku, Savinho
Injured: Rodri, Bobb, Ake, De Bruyne
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Form guide: WDWDD
Fulham
Manager: Marco Silva
Squad (from): Leno, Benda, Borto, Tete, Bassey, Andersen, Castagne, Diop, Robinson, Reed, Wilson, Cairney, Berge, Pereira, Lukic, King, Sessegnon, Smith-Rowe, Jimenez, Muniz, Traore, Iwobi, Nelson, Godo
Injured: Cuenca, Vinicius
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Form guide: WWDDD
Erling Haaland is available for the visit of Fulham, despite being substituted in the midweek win against Slovan Bratislava. Kevin De Bruyne, Nathan Ake, Oscar Bobb and Rodri remain sidelined through injury.
“Erling is fine,” Pep Guardiola said at Friday's press conference.
“Everyone else except Nathan, Kevin, Rodri and Oscar. The rest are OK.”
The Blues have won their last 16 games against Fulham, but Guardiola is not underestimating tomorrow's opponents.
“Marco Silva has already spent a few years there in London and they bought interesting players there, especially [Joachim] Andersen and other experienced guys.
“It’s always a team that creates a lot of problems. They have a lot of weapons, speed - [Alex] Iwobi, the form he is playing, the speed from Adama Traore always creates a problem, the structure defensively, that is my only concern.
“What they do, not what happened in the past.”
City won their last home game against Fulham, with goals from Julian Alvarez, Nathan Ake, and an Erling Haaland hat-trick. Overall City have won 41 of the 74 games played against the Cottagers, with 16 draw and 17 defeats.
Predicted line-up: Ederson, Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo, Grealish, Savinho, Haaland
Score prediction: City 2 Fulham 1