Fulham at Manchester City

Fulham travels to the Etihad to take on Manchester City. Kickoff is Saturday at 10am on Peacock.

Manchester City - two words that spell certain doom for Fulham going back 13 years now. A string of 16 consecutive losses across all competitions. It is a small moral victory that Fulham has even managed to score in the last couple visits to City. But maybe Saturday is when that run finally ends? City is coming off of two consecutive draws, while Fulham is coming off of two consecutive wins against previously unbeaten teams. With Manchester City playing without Rodri and De Bruyne, could Fulham possibly add a third unbeaten team to their win list?

While you can make an argument that this is the best chance Fulham has to get a win against Manchester City in years, let's face it, a loss is still the most likely outcome for Fulham. In fact, we may want to remember Fulham's current sixth place position because there is a good chance it is the high-water mark for this season.

Since Fulham is blessed with a healthy squad, expect another unchanged side for Fulham in Marco's if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it approach to football. They will need their best performance of the season to get a result, but if they manage to deliver, they have a shot at some kind of result.

 

I love your optimism. I'm personally glad the kid has a game during this one so I don't have to watch it live. Hope I regret saying that.

 

Big City Blues.

This one is going to be ugly… even if Fulham get a result. I see either a big blowout (ala last season’s penultimate match) or a park the bus kind of slog that somehow yields Fulham a point.

 

All that firepower and we were undone by the lowly Mateo Kovacic.
Frustrating, but at the end of the day they’re still Citeh and will be as long as the oil money flows and Pep’s in charge. I don’t think anybody’s afraid of them anymore though. If we can shore up the defense, not just against them, but everybody, I think we can score enough goals to win matches against the top five or six or whomever. We have the ability to turn the tables on them in the season ender at the Cottage.

 

In Vegas, so haven’t seen anything, but Shaka Hislap said it was a one man Adama choke show, when he absolutely blew 3 chances that at minimum he should’ve scored 2..