Manchester City will look to go back to the top of the Premier League table when they travel to heavy relegation favourites Fulham.
Pep Guardiola’s men trail Liverpool by two points, but a win for the champions in Saturday’s early kick-off would see them move back into pole position in the title race ahead of Jurgen Klopp’s side.
Fulham meanwhile lie 13 points adrift of safety after their return to the top flight this season, with Scott Parker’s side having collected a mere 17 points from 31 games.
The hosts have already faced two of the top six sides already this month, and despite spirited displays in parts against both Chelsea and Liverpool, the Cottagers went down 2-1 on both occasions.
But Parker will hope that they can produce a more consistent dogged display and possibly take advantage of potentially weary City players returning from international duty to start an unlikely escape from the drop.
What time does it start?
Fulham vs Manchester City kicks off at 12:30pm (GMT).
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Premier League and Main Event from 11:30am. Sky Sports subscribers can also watch the match via the Sky Go app.
The match will also be available on Now TV by grabbing a day pass for just £7.99.
Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.
Predicted line-ups
Fulham: Rico; Fosu-Mensah, Chambers, Ream, Bryan; Anguissa, Seri, Cairney; Babel, Mitrovic, Sessegnon
Manchester City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Danilo; Fernandinho, Gundogan, David Silva; Sterling, Aguero, Sane
Form guide…
Fulham: LLLLLL
Manchester City: WWWWWW
Head-to-head…
Manchester City 2 (Diaz x2) Fulham 0, League Cup, November 2018
Manchester City 3 (Sane, D. Silva, Sterling) Fulham 0, Premier League, September 2018
Manchester City 5 (Y. Toure x3, Fernandinho, Demichelis) Fulham 0, Premier League, March 2014
Fulham 2 (Richardson, Kompany og) Manchester City 4 (Y. Toure, Kompany, Navas, Milner), Premier League, December 2013
Manchester City 2 (D. Silva x2) Fulham 0, Premier League, January 2013
Odds…
Fulham to win: 22/1
Manchester City to win: 2/15
Draw: 19/2
Prediction…
Fulham 0-3 Manchester City
Man City could have four players returning from injury on Saturday, with John Stones, Kevin de Bruyne, Vincent Kompany and Benjamin Mendy all partaking in light training this week.
With no significant injuries suffered on international duty, numbers are coming back into Guardiola’s squad at the right time and they will prove to be too strong for Fulham here.
