It's the FA Cup: Manchester City and Fulham face off

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manchester City & Fulham face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Manchester City form and stats

Manchester City was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the FA Cup.

Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Manchester City so far, with 28 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Manchester City travelled for their previous game, a trip to Southampton that ended 1-1. Laporte was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.22 out of 10. The defender Laporte scored one goal and won 9 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match, Manchester City won a home game hosting Chelsea (1-0).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Manchester City as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Brentford are visiting.

Manchester City are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Etihad Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 32 goals in 11 matches. From these home matches, Manchester City have conceded only 6 goals.

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Fulham form and stats

Fulham's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 4th round.

Fulham have an excellent away record in the Championship so far with 8-3-2 from 13 games.

Fulham played 1-1 against Blackpool in their previous match. Cairney got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Cairney hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 48 total).

Preceding that game was the away Championship victory against Stoke City with the score of 3-2.

A quick return to home after this game, as Fulham are hosting Millwall in the Championship only three days away.

Fulham create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 37 goals in 13 travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: ten - zero - zero (Manchester City wins - draws - Fulham wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
28 goals
FulhamF. Carvalho
F. Carvalho
8 goals
FulhamN. Kebano
N. Kebano
8 goals

Manchester City missing players

Fulham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester City Fulham
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   12 25
19 9   Won W   7 14
3 0   Drew D   3 7
3 1   Lost L   2 4
60 28   Scored S   31 62
21 8   Conceded C   11 23
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 76%
60% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 52%
36% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 44%
24% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   42% 36%
52% 40%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
40% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 36%
12% 10%   Failed to Score F T   8% 16%
 
8.2 8.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6.1
2.7 1.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.2
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
18.5 18.7   Shots (avg) S (   14.4 15.7
7.1 8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 6.1
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 41%
 
6.8 6.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 9.5
2.7 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 23 18 3 2 55 14 11 9 1 1 32 6 12 9 2 1 23 8 41 57
2 Liverpool 22 14 6 2 58 19 10 7 3 0 25 6 12 7 3 2 33 13 39 48
3 Chelsea 24 13 8 3 48 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 12 7 3 2 21 8 30 47
4 Manchester United 22 11 5 6 36 30 11 6 1 4 18 15 11 5 4 2 18 15 6 38
5 West Ham United 23 11 4 8 41 31 11 5 2 4 22 18 12 6 2 4 19 13 10 37
6 Arsenal 21 11 3 7 33 25 11 7 2 2 18 8 10 4 1 5 15 17 8 36
7 Tottenham Hotspur 20 11 3 6 26 24 10 7 1 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 10 14 2 36
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 10 4 7 19 16 10 4 2 4 8 8 11 6 2 3 11 8 3 34
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 6 12 4 23 23 11 3 5 3 10 11 11 3 7 1 13 12 0 30
10 Leicester City 20 7 5 8 34 37 11 5 2 4 19 16 9 2 3 4 15 21 -3 26
11 Aston Villa 21 8 2 11 28 32 10 4 2 4 17 16 11 4 0 7 11 16 -4 26
12 Southampton 22 5 10 7 26 34 11 3 7 1 14 10 11 2 3 6 12 24 -8 25
13 Crystal Palace 22 5 9 8 31 34 12 4 5 3 21 15 10 1 4 5 10 19 -3 24
14 Brentford 23 6 5 12 26 38 12 4 1 7 14 17 11 2 4 5 12 21 -12 23
15 Leeds United 21 5 7 9 24 40 11 3 4 4 13 17 10 2 3 5 11 23 -16 22
16 Everton 20 5 4 11 24 35 10 4 1 5 15 17 10 1 3 6 9 18 -11 19
17 Norwich City 22 4 4 14 13 45 11 2 2 7 7 20 11 2 2 7 6 25 -32 16
18 Newcastle United 21 2 9 10 21 43 11 1 6 4 14 23 10 1 3 6 7 20 -22 15
19 Watford 20 4 2 14 23 40 11 2 1 8 11 25 9 2 1 6 12 15 -17 14
20 Burnley 18 1 9 8 16 27 7 1 4 2 8 8 11 0 5 6 8 19 -11 12
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
6 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
7 Huddersfield Town 29 12 9 8 38 34 14 7 4 3 20 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
11 Sheffield United 26 11 6 9 35 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 15 6 4 5 18 21 3 39
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 29 9 11 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 15 4 4 7 13 18 -2 38
14 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
15 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Birmingham City 29 8 9 12 32 44 14 5 4 5 17 19 15 3 5 7 15 25 -12 33
18 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
19 Swansea City 27 8 8 11 28 35 13 5 4 4 15 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 27 7 5 15 30 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 14 4 4 6 19 28 -18 26
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 28 8 12 8 28 28 14 6 6 2 18 13 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 15
24 Barnsley 27 2 8 17 17 42 13 2 4 7 8 16 14 0 4 10 9 26 -25 14

Manchester City:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
6 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
7 Huddersfield Town 29 12 9 8 38 34 14 7 4 3 20 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
11 Sheffield United 26 11 6 9 35 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 15 6 4 5 18 21 3 39
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 29 9 11 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 15 4 4 7 13 18 -2 38
14 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
15 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Birmingham City 29 8 9 12 32 44 14 5 4 5 17 19 15 3 5 7 15 25 -12 33
18 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
19 Swansea City 27 8 8 11 28 35 13 5 4 4 15 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 27 7 5 15 30 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 14 4 4 6 19 28 -18 26
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 28 8 12 8 28 28 14 6 6 2 18 13 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 15
24 Barnsley 27 2 8 17 17 42 13 2 4 7 8 16 14 0 4 10 9 26 -25 14

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