Fulham vs Manchester City Prediction: Citizens to dig deep again

Fulham welcome Manchester City to Craven Cottage on Tuesday (19:30 GMT, Sky Sports+) in the Premier League. The hosts made it successive wins in a row as they won at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

City had to dig deep to beat Leeds United 3-2 at home last time out and this is set to be another tough contest for them. Read on for my Fulham vs Manchester City predictions, accompanied by the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Antonee Robinson (knee) and Rodrigo Muniz (hamstring) remain out of action for Fulham due to injury.

Boss Marco Silva could field an unchanged side here after their impressive away performance at Tottenham. One area he may tweak is midfield, with Alex Iwobi occupying a deeper role in recent weeks.

If the Cottagers head coach wants a bit more physicality in the middle of the park, Sasa Lukic may come back into the fold. Iwobi or Josh King could be the player to drop down to the bench if that were the case.

Premier League Odds

Man City duo Gianluigi Donnarumma and Bernardo Silva are both one yellow card away from a suspension heading into this clash.

Mateo Kovacic continues his recovery following ankle surgery, while fellow midfielder Rodri is still building up his fitness.

Pep Guardiola could go with an attacking quartet of Jeremy Doku, Phil Foden, Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland.

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Fulham vs Manchester City Odds

Fulham have won back-to-back matches in the league, as well as their past two home fixtures. They are 4/1 to prevail here.

The Cottagers drew here against City's rivals Manchester United back in August and the stalemate is valued at 3/1.

Man City are 4/6 (implied probability of 60%) to collect the three points, which they have managed in three of their previous four games in the top flight. They have also won each of the last 18 competitive encounters with Fulham.

City striker Haaland has six goals in as many appearances against the hosts and he is 7/10 to strike anytime on Tuesday.

Match Result & Both Teams To Score - Man City & Yes @ 21/10

Not many people would have predicted Leeds scoring twice at the Etihad, but fortunately for City they were able to grab a last-gasp winner through Foden. I think there are still a lot of question marks regarding Man City's defence ahead of their trip to Craven Cottage - where Fulham have been performing strongly.

The Cottagers have won four of their six Premier League fixtures here this season, with just one defeat so far. This is going to be another tough test for Guardiola's men but given the amount of individual quality the visitors have - I believe they will have the tools to inflict a rare home defeat upon Fulham.

The hosts will make them work for it, though, and I predict that both teams will get on the scoresheet, which has been the case in three of City's past four victories across all competitions.

Player To Receive A Card - Raul Jimenez @ 10/3

With Muniz out injured, Raul Jimenez is the only recognised striker available for Fulham and the 34-year-old is having to cover a heavy workload at the moment. Things aren't dropping for him in terms of goals right now, with just two from his first 12 league appearances of the campaign.

The Mexican forward actually has the same number of goals as he does yellow cards, which he has picked up in the last two games against Sunderland and Spurs. The 34-year-old is very aggressive when leading from the front and he never shies away from getting stuck in when a ball is there to be won.

Against a City side that like to try and knock the ball around quickly, I think he will have a lot of ground to cover and plenty of challenges to throw in. I do believe that he will be drawn in on a couple of occasions and I predict we will see him go into the book again.

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