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Champions have not dropped points against Fulham in 13 years

Manchester City vs Fulham LIVE!

The champions welcome Fulham to the Etihad Stadium looking to get back to winning ways after dropping four points across their previous two Premier League games. A last-gasp equaliser against Arsenal avoided a costly loss in the title race, but Anthony Gordon’s penalty to earn Newcastle a point last time out saw Liverpool overtake City and go into top spot in the table.

City have a fearsome record against Fulham, winning their last 16 on the bounce across all competitions and last dropped points to the Londoners all the way back in 2011. Follow the game from the Etihad Stadium LIVE below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog.

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3 minutes ago

Smith Rowe on Fulham bench

Emile Smith Rowe drops to the bench as Marco Silva brings Sander Berge into his midfield for Fulham’s trip to Manchester City.

Smith Rowe not starting is a surprise after impressing with two goals following his £34m move from Arsenal this summer.

But perhaps Silva feels he needs the more defensively-minded Berge against the champions today.

Otherwise it’s the same side that beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 last weekend.

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7 minutes ago

Foden starts for City

Phil Foden will make his first Premier League start of the season against Fulham.

Pep Guardiola makes five changes to the Manchester City side than won 4-0 against Slovan Bratislava in midweek.

Ederson replaces Stefan Ortega in goal while Josko Gvardiol comes in for John Stones.

In midfield Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish come in with Matheus Nunes, Savinho and Jeremy Doku dropping out.

Erling Haaland starts up front.

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16 minutes ago

Fulham confirmed team

Fulham XI: Leno; Tete, Bassey, Andersen, Robinson; Lukic, Iwobi, Berge, Pereira, Traore; Jimenez.

Subs: Benda, Castagne, Diop, Reed, Cariney, Wilson, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Muniz.

20 minutes ago

Man City confirmed team

Man City XI: Ederson; Lewis, Akanji, Dias (c), Gvardiol; Kovacic, Gundogan, Silva, Foden, Grealish; Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Carson, Walker, Stones, Doku, Savinho, Nunes, McAtee.

26 minutes ago

Etihad ready

The state is set at the Etihad for a cracking game of Premier League football.

We’ll have the team news shortly...

36 minutes ago

Pep talk for Gundo

Pep Guardiola admitted Ilkay Gundogan’s performance against Newcastle was “one of the worst” he had ever seen from the midfielder.

Gundogan struggled during Manchester City’s 1-1 draw at St James’ Park, but got his first goal since rejoining the club from Barcelona during the 4-0 win over Slovan Bratislava on Tuesday.

And Guardiola was pleased for the Germany international, who played in a deeper role as he continues to experiment with replacements from Rodri.

“We know he can do it,” Guardiola told TNT Sports. “Strong mentality. The game in Newcastle was not really good, maybe one of the worst I have ever seen with him in the last eight or nine years but this happens. This is why he has to play.

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1 hour ago

Head to head (h2h) history and results

Fulham have not beaten Manchester City in any competition since all the way back in April 2009, when Clint Dempsey scored twice in a 3-1 comeback win at the Etihad.

City have won 19 of the 22 contests since then, including 16 in a row to make clear the sheer scale of the task facing the Cottagers this weekend.

Man City wins: 41

Fulham wins: 17

Draws: 16

1 hour ago

Man City vs Fulham prediction

Back-to-back Premier League draws is hardly panic stations from a City perspective, but it’s certainly well below their usual sky-high standards and they won’t want to lose any more ground in the early title battle with both Liverpool and Arsenal currently full of confidence.

Fulham will head to the Etihad boosted by their extremely optimistic start to the season, though you fear they could have to weather a ferocious storm from the outset as the hosts look to build on their Champions League exploits in Slovakia and reassert some domestic dominance.

Silva’s side certainly won’t roll over, but City are an absolute juggernaut on home soil and should have more than enough to get the job done comfortably here.

Man City to win, 3-0.

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1 hour ago

Fulham team news

Fulham coach Marco Silva reported no new injury concerns in his pre-match press conference on Thursday.

Summer signing Jorge Cuenca will be out until after the international break with an ankle problem, while Carlos Vinicius remains unavailable with a calf injury.