Manchester City – Fulham: Etihad to keep the pressure on 
Barely back from that rollercoaster at Anfield, City have no time to breathe. They host Fulham with one clear aim: keep the heat on Arsenal in the title race. At the Etihad the gulf looks obvious, but the Premier League has a habit of ruining neat storylines.
Manchester City: the champions wake up 
Minutes earlier at Anfield City watched the title drift away. Down and rattled, Pep Guardiola’s men still found the mental steel to turn Liverpool over in a place where they’d won just once in ten visits under him.
Bernardo Silva’s late equaliser and Erling Haaland’s stoppage-time penalty changed everything. The win drags City back to six points behind Arsenal, with a chance to cut that gap further before the Gunners go to Brentford.
Coming home to the Etihad couldn’t be better timed. City’s home form is brutal — 44 points from 51 in their last 17 league visits. In front of their crowd they’re 11 league matches unbeaten and know how to crank it up when the pressure builds.
Their record versus Fulham only adds swagger. City have won the last 19 meetings in all competitions against the Cottagers, including 16 straight in the league — a run you don’t see often in English football.
Another telling stat: City haven’t lost a midweek league game at home since 2010. Put simply, a Wednesday at the Etihad rarely ends in a shock.
Fulham: European ambitions under pressure 
Fulham are still very much in the fight for European spots, but the engine has started to splutter. Three defeats in four matches have stalled Marco Silva’s side — they’re down to 10th and four points off the top seven.
At the weekend the Londoners threw away a game they looked to have under control against Everton. Leading at half-time, they fell away after the hour and lost to a Bernd Leno own goal. Frustrating, and symptomatic of a lack of cutting edge when it counts.
The away numbers don’t inspire confidence. Fulham have won just three of 44 league trips against teams starting the day in the top three. And against Manchester City, Marco Silva’s record is brutal: 13 meetings, 13 defeats.
Recent visits to the blue half of Manchester have been a nightmare — eight consecutive losses and a heavy scoreline to show for it. There’s a sliver of hope: Fulham have stunned City at the Etihad before, but that’s the rare exception, not the rule.
Likely Lineups
Manchester City :
Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Guehi, Ait-Nouri; Rodri, O’Reilly; Bernardo, Cherki; Semenyo, Haaland
Fulham :
Leno; Tete, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson; Iwobi, Berge; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Chukwueze; Jimenez
Football Prediction Manchester City vs Fulham
Manchester City to win by two goals or more
The memory of the first meeting — wild and disjointed — points to another open game. Fulham won’t come just to shut up shop, and City thrive against teams that try to play.
Given the momentum, the head-to-head and City’s solidity back home, a slip looks unlikely. Manchester City should win with authority and keep the pressure on Arsenal in the title fight.
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