Manchester City have a chance to move to the top of the Premier League table when they head to Fulham for the early kick-off on Saturday.
With current leaders Arsenal playing Manchester United on Sunday, City can leapfrog them and mathematically end Liverpool’s hopes of taking the title before both of their rivals play.
Fulham sit in 13th spot and have little left to play for, but the Cottagers should be up for this fixture against the defending champions as it will be their final home game of the campaign.
- MAN CITY TO WIN AND BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
- ERLING HAALAND TO SCORE 2+ GOALS
- ANDREAS PEREIRA TO HAVE 1+ SHOTS ON TARGET
City Could Concede In Victory
Manchester City come into this game as the clear favourites and it is hard to envisage them slipping up against Fulham, who are drifting towards a mid-table finish and have won just one of their last seven.
City have won their last six league games and even their harsh European exit at the hands of Real Madrid didn’t derail their domestic goals, as they overcame Chelsea in the last four of the FA Cup immediately after that defeat and then went on to crush Brighton 4-0.
The Citizens have a great record against Fulham having won each of the last 15 meetings between these sides in a run stretching back to 2012, but the Cottagers can at least strike in defeat here.
Fulham have scored in each of their last four losses to Pep Guardiola’s side and they’ve only failed to score in one of their last seven at home - scoring 12 goals during that run.
City have conceded 18 goals in 17 away games so far and were unable to deny Wolves a consolation effort last time out.
Fulham will continue to press forward even if they do fall a few goals behind in their last outing at Craven Cottage of the campaign and they can at least get on the scoresheet against the title favourites.
Haaland Can Add To Goals Haul
The Golden Boot battle had been shaping up nicely until last weekend, when Erling Haaland effectively ended the contest with a four-goal haul against Wolves.
City’s star forward can remove any lingering doubts as to where that individual honour will end up on Saturday by scoring at least twice against Fulham.
The Norwegian hit a hat-trick in the reverse fixture earlier in the season and has scored multiple goals on 10 separate occasions this season for club and country - so back him to terrorise the Cottagers’ backline once again.
ERLING HAALAND TO SCORE 2+ GOALS
Pereira Offers Value In Shots
With City the clear favourites to win, there is plenty of value to be found in the player markets when it comes to the Fulham squad and a shot on target for Andreas Pereira is an interesting option.
The Brazilian has a modest three Premier League goals to his name this term but he isn’t afraid to try his luck, averaging 1.4 attempts per-game in this competition.
Pereira sees exactly half of his shots either on target or blocked and has had at least two attempts in four of his last six games.
Pereira could be a good attacking outlet for the hosts here and he can test the keeper at least once.
ANDREAS PEREIRA TO HAVE 1+ SHOTS ON TARGET
