Fulham vs Manchester City (Premier League): Match Preview, Team News, Stats, Head to Head, How to Watch | OneFootball

Manchester City embark on a trip to Craven Cottage and take on Fulham in the final fixture of the 2024/25 campaign – one last dance in blue and white for Kevin De Bruyne.

Last time out, City earned a huge three points under the lights in their final home game at the Etihad Stadium this season, emerging 3-1 victors over visitors AFC Bournemouth on Tuesday night.

Omar Marmoush got the Blues off the mark early on in quite spectacular fashion as the Egyptian struck a speculative effort from the best part of 30-yards, which flew with incredible precision and power into the top left corner.

City’s lead was doubled after superb tenacity from Bernardo Silva, who won the ball back just outside the area and played a quick and incisive one-two with İlkay Gündoğan, with the former receiving the ball and drilling a shot low and hard from close range.

Mateo Kovačić gave the Blues a scare in the 65th minute after he was dismissed following denial of a clear goal-scoring opportunity whilst trying to atone for a defensive error. But numbers were soon levelled, as Lewis Cook was dismissed for a poor tackle on Nico.

Despite the chaos, City controlled the game well for what remained of the second period before the aforementioned Spaniard sealed the three points after excellent close control allowed him to get the better of the Cherries’ back line and fire a shot into the far side netting.

However, poor defending from Rúben Dias allowed Daniel Jebbison to grab a consolation goal for the visitors, but it was trivial nonetheless, and Manchester City secured a huge victory in the top-five race.

City’s opponents on Sunday afternoon come into the contest in variable form with two wins and three losses from their last five but emerged 2-3 victors away at the Gtech Community Stadium against Brentford last time out.

In the context of league standings, this game is absolutely vital to Pep Guardiola’s men, and they still need a point to mathematically secure UEFA Champions League football for the 2025/26 campaign.

The Blues sit third in the division, two points clear of Newcastle, Chelsea and Aston Villa below them, and so must avoid defeat to ensure they are in control of their destiny; otherwise, it is in the hands of other results.

For Fulham, they sit 10th – four points behind Brighton in 8th – so this game is somewhat of a non-event, as their aspirations of continental football are now impossible, but there is no doubt Marco Silva will want to give his home fans something to celebrate in their final fixture.

Here is everything you need to know ahead of Manchester City’s final game of the 2024/25 season!

Match Details

Manchester City travel to Craven Cottage this Sunday afternoon to face Fulham, with kick-off scheduled for 16:00 GMT.

Match Officials

The Premier League has confirmed that Andy Madley will oversee Manchester City’s visit to Fulham in the final match week this campaign.

Check out the full list of match officials below!

Team News

For the home side this weekend, Timothy Castagne, Harrison Reed, Reiss Nelson and Rodrigo Muniz are all sidelined for Fulham ahead of this match and are expected to be absent until July.

As for Manchester City, Pep Guardiola’s burden of injury woes that has given the Catalan a torrid time at points this campaign has finally started to lighten, as only John Stones is set to miss out through injury – making it over three months out for the Englishman.

Mateo Kovačić is however ruled out through suspension following his red card on Tuesday night.

Head to Head

In the last contest between these two sides, Manchester City emerged victorious by a 3-2 scoreline at the Etihad Stadium.

A close-range strike from Andreas Pereira gave the Cottagers the lead inside half an hour before two very similar quality strikes from the edge of the area by Mateo Kovačić gave Manchester City the lead in the 47th minute.

Jérémy Doku seemed to put the seal on things after a stunning effort from the left flank found the top corner, giving City a buffer. Rodrigo Muniz pulled one back with two minutes left to play, but it was not enough, and City had done their job and just about earned the three points.

Historically, Manchester City have had the better of the West London side, as in the 57 previous meetings the Blues have won 36, drawing 11 and losing the remaining 10.

Statistics

Fulham are winless in 19 Premier League meetings with Manchester City (D3 L16), losing the last 14 in a row. Their last victory was in April 2009 at the Etihad Stadium under Roy Hodgson.

Manchester City have won each of their last 17 meetings with Fulham in all competitions, the longest winning run one English league side has had against another in history.

Fulham have won just one of their 16 Premier League home games against Manchester City (D5 L10), beating them 2-1 in November 2005 under Chris Coleman.Fulham beat Luton 4-2 on the final day last season, having failed to win their last league game in any of the six previous seasons (D1 L5).

Manchester City have won their final Premier League game in nine of the last 11 seasons, with the exceptions being a 1-1 draw at Swansea (2015-16) and a 1-0 loss at Brentford (2022-23).

How To Watch

For United Kingdom-based viewers, this game is not one of the many fixtures that have been elected to be televised on the final day, but coverage will remain regionally available on BBC Radio Manchester.

For viewers in the United States, the game is available to stream on ESPN3 and Peacock, with action getting underway from 11:00 EST.

Check out the full global TV listings here!

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