Manchester City will look to go a massive 17 points clear at the top of the Premier League table on Saturday night. With neither Leicester nor Man United in action until Sunday, Pep Guardiola’s side can further widen the gap between themselves and the rest if they beat Fulham.
It won’t be the easiest of tasks for the league leaders, with the Cottagers having improved dramatically of late, particularly in defence where they have kept four clean sheets in their last six games. That said, City are the highest scorers in the top flight this season and put five past Southampton in midweek.
Fulham have every right to be confident in their own approach, though, with a 1-0 win over Liverpool last week leaving them level on points with Brighton heading into this weekend. As the Seagulls are another side not in action until Sunday, Fulham know any kind of positive result will be enough to take them temporarily out of the bottom three.
With 10 games to go for Parker’s side, every result is vital, though this will be the biggest test of their survival credentials yet.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.
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When is the match?
The game kicks off at 8pm on Saturday, 13 March at Craven Cottage.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate, while subscribers can stream the match via the BT Sport app and desktop website.
What is the team news?
Fulham are still without longer-term midfield absentee Tom Cairney, but sub goalkeeper Marek Rodak is their only other absentee.
A rare occurrence for this season sees Manchester City have a full squad to choose from, with not a single player injured or otherwise absent.
Predicted line-ups
FUL - Areola; Tete, Andersen, Tosin, Aina; De Cordova-Reid, Lemina, Reed, Lookman; Cavaleiro, Maja
MCI - Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko; Silva, Rodri, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling
Odds
Fulham - 19/2
Draw - 17/4
Man City - 7/18
Prediction
The home side have done well to claw back ground on the teams outside the drop zone and this match won’t define whether they survive or not. City to win, but Fulham to ensure the goal difference doesn’t take too much damage. Fulham 0-2 Man City.
