Manchester City and Fulham are going to clash on Saturday the 2nd of September at 3:00 pm in the 4th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Manchester at the Etihad Stadium. The referee will be Michael Oliver.

Manchester City sits in the 2nd position in the standings with 9 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Sheffield United in its last match in the Premier League.

Manchester City won the last 3 consecutive matches. Until now it has never lost a single match this season (Premier League)​.

Fulham is in the 12th position in the table with 4 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Arsenal in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won once and drawn twice.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Manchester City​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
11 May
Fulham-Manchester City
0-4
4-1-4-1
04 May
Manchester City-Wolverhampton Wanderers
5-1
4-1-4-1
28 Apr
Nottingham Forest-Manchester City
0-2
3-2-4-1
25 Apr
Brighton & Hove Albion-Manchester City
0-4
4-2-3-1
13 Apr
Manchester City-Luton Town
5-1
4-1-4-1
06 Apr
Crystal Palace-Manchester City
2-4
4-1-4-1
03 Apr
Manchester City-Aston Villa
4-1
4-1-4-1
31 Mar
Manchester City-Arsenal
0-0
3-2-4-1
10 Mar
Liverpool-Manchester City
1-1
3-2-4-1
03 Mar
Manchester City-Manchester United
3-1
3-2-4-1
24 Feb
AFC Bournemouth-Manchester City
0-1
4-2-3-1
20 Feb
Manchester City-Brentford
1-0
4-1-4-1
17 Feb
Manchester City-Chelsea
1-1
4-2-3-1
10 Feb
Manchester City-Everton
2-0
4-1-4-1
05 Feb
Brentford-Manchester City
1-3
4-2-3-1
31 Jan
Manchester City-Burnley
3-1
4-2-3-1
13 Jan
Newcastle United-Manchester City
2-3
4-2-3-1
30 Dec
Manchester City-Sheffield United
2-0
4-2-3-1
27 Dec
Everton-Manchester City
1-3
4-2-3-1
16 Dec
Manchester City-Crystal Palace
2-2
4-2-3-1
10 Dec
Luton Town-Manchester City
1-2
3-2-4-1
06 Dec
Aston Villa-Manchester City
1-0
3-2-4-1
03 Dec
Manchester City-Tottenham Hotspur
3-3
3-2-4-1
25 Nov
Manchester City-Liverpool
1-1
4-2-3-1
12 Nov
Chelsea-Manchester City
4-4
3-2-4-1
04 Nov
Manchester City-AFC Bournemouth
6-1
3-2-4-1
29 Oct
Manchester United-Manchester City
0-3
4-2-3-1
21 Oct
Manchester City-Brighton & Hove Albion
2-1
4-2-3-1
08 Oct
Arsenal-Manchester City
1-0
4-2-3-1
30 Sep
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Manchester City
2-1
4-2-3-1
23 Sep
Manchester City-Nottingham Forest
2-0
4-2-3-1
16 Sep
West Ham United-Manchester City
1-3
4-2-3-1
02 Sep
Manchester City-Fulham
5-1
4-2-3-1
27 Aug
Sheffield United-Manchester City
1-2
4-2-3-1
19 Aug
Manchester City-Newcastle United
1-0
4-2-3-1
11 Aug
Burnley-Manchester City
0-3

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (3 times).

Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Fulham with the following players: Ederson, Joško Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Julián Álvarez, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Erling Haaland.

If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Manchester City would be 26.45.

Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Manuel Akanji and John Stones because of injury.

Zack Steffen and Kevin De Bruyne will definitely miss the match.

Fulham​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
11 May
Fulham-Manchester City
0-4
4-2-3-1
04 May
Brentford-Fulham
0-0
4-2-3-1
27 Apr
Fulham-Crystal Palace
1-1
4-2-3-1
21 Apr
Fulham-Liverpool
1-3
4-2-3-1
14 Apr
West Ham United-Fulham
0-2
4-2-3-1
06 Apr
Fulham-Newcastle United
0-1
4-2-3-1
02 Apr
Nottingham Forest-Fulham
3-1
4-2-3-1
30 Mar
Sheffield United-Fulham
3-3
4-2-3-1
16 Mar
Fulham-Tottenham Hotspur
3-0
4-2-3-1
09 Mar
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Fulham
2-1
4-2-3-1
02 Mar
Fulham-Brighton & Hove Albion
3-0
4-2-3-1
24 Feb
Manchester United-Fulham
1-2
4-2-3-1
17 Feb
Fulham-Aston Villa
1-2
4-2-3-1
10 Feb
Fulham-AFC Bournemouth
3-1
4-2-3-1
03 Feb
Burnley-Fulham
2-2
4-2-3-1
30 Jan
Fulham-Everton
0-0
4-2-3-1
13 Jan
Chelsea-Fulham
1-0
4-2-3-1
31 Dec
Fulham-Arsenal
2-1
4-2-3-1
26 Dec
AFC Bournemouth-Fulham
3-0
4-2-3-1
23 Dec
Fulham-Burnley
0-2
4-2-3-1
16 Dec
Newcastle United-Fulham
3-0
4-2-3-1
10 Dec
Fulham-West Ham United
5-0
4-2-3-1
06 Dec
Fulham-Nottingham Forest
5-0
4-2-3-1
03 Dec
Liverpool-Fulham
4-3
4-2-3-1
27 Nov
Fulham-Wolverhampton Wanderers
3-2
4-2-3-1
12 Nov
Aston Villa-Fulham
3-1
4-2-3-1
04 Nov
Fulham-Manchester United
0-1
4-2-3-1
29 Oct
Brighton & Hove Albion-Fulham
1-1
4-3-3
23 Oct
Tottenham Hotspur-Fulham
2-0
4-3-3
07 Oct
Fulham-Sheffield United
3-1
4-3-3
02 Oct
Fulham-Chelsea
0-2
4-2-3-1
23 Sep
Crystal Palace-Fulham
0-0
4-3-3
16 Sep
Fulham-Luton Town
1-0
4-3-3
02 Sep
Manchester City-Fulham
5-1
4-3-3
26 Aug
Arsenal-Fulham
2-2
4-2-3-1
19 Aug
Fulham-Brentford
0-3
4-2-3-1
12 Aug
Everton-Fulham
0-1

Fulham has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (2 times or 66.67%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-3-3 (once).

Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Bernd Leno, Antonee Robinson, Issa Diop, Tim Ream, Kenny Tete, Harrison Reed, João Palhinha, Andreas Pereira, Harry Wilson, Bobby Reid and Raúl Jiménez.

If the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Fulham would be 28.91.

Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva will probably not be able to employ Tom Cairney because of injury.

Saša Lukić, Stefan Payne and Willian will definitely miss the match.