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Manchester City vs Fulham Prediction & Betting tips
The fourth round draw in the English FA Cup has given the top teams feasible tasks. Premier League leader Liverpool, for example, will travel to Shrewsbury for the third division on Sunday, Chelsea will face Hull City and Manchester City will also be the clear favorite against Fulham according to the odds.
Because the title defense in the championship for the “Citizens” can hardly be realized, the men of Pep Guardiola are now primarily focusing on the two cup competitions and, of course, on the Champions League. In view of the increased priority, it is difficult to imagine that the reigning champions will be naked against a second division team.
The “Cottagers” are still aiming for immediate promotion to the Premier League and have recently presented themselves in good shape. The Londoners were able to win four of the most recent seven championship matches (two draws, one bankruptcy). Most of all, the defensive was convincing.
We dare before the unequal duel Manchester City vs. Fulham predicted that the favorites’ success would not be as high as the betting providers suspect. The most well-known bookmakers call a handicap line of -3, which means that a home win with a four goal difference is considered quite likely. In our eyes, however, the quotations for a narrow victory by the host should be examined more closely.
Manchester City:
Manchester City is currently far from the gala form of bygone days. The star ensemble by Pep Guardiola has by no means been as dominant throughout the season as it was in the master years. Again and again, the sky blue afford unnecessary dropouts against opponents of lower quality.
Even during the week, the “Citizens” struggled to a lackluster 1-0 work victory against the strong promoted Sheffield United. The offensive fell short of their own expectations and was not able to undo the deep defensive of the “blades” for long stretches of the game.
ManCity will continue on Sunday. In the fourth round of the FA Cup, the home game against Fulham is on the program. There is of course nothing to shake about the clear favorite role of the Champions League round of 16, although the question of the amount of victory is interesting.
While some experts assume that the Premier League ranks second will shoot the second division out of the stadium, we think a scarce success is more likely. The background is the fact that the Guardiola team has a tiring Premier League match on Tuesday in their legs and will also be challenged again in the semi-final second leg of the League Cup on Wednesday.
The Catalan coach will make changes to his starting line-up accordingly and possibly spare one or the other top performer. It should also be mentioned that the second best home team on the English Beletage only scored more than three goals in two of twelve Premier League games. In five of the eight successes, even a bet on a maximum of three goals in the course of the game would have been successful.
Against this background, we feel that the odds for the under 3.5 between Manchester City and Fulham are set too high. The underdog will certainly not choose the very big risk in the game and instead rely on a compact defensive. Thus, the “Citizens” could face a real test of patience, at the end of which a 1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0 or 2: 1 appears on the scoreboard at the Etihad Stadium.
Ilkay Gündogan, Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva or David Silva, who were all on the bench in Sheffield from the start, are expected back in the starting line-up. On the defensive, the former Bayern coach could again rely on the talents Garcia and Harwood-Bellis. By the way, already in round three, ManCity was not spilling glory. The 4: 1 win against the fourth division club Port Vale was so clear only thanks to two late goals.
Fulham:
In the run-up to the Bundesliga match between Dortmund and Cologne, Markus Gisdol jokingly announced on Friday evening that he wanted to park the team bus in the gate, among other things to prevent Borussia’s new wonder striker Erling Braut Haaland from scoring.
As is well known, the “Citizens” now have several outstanding attacking players, which should make the task for the Fulham Football Club bus much more difficult. With all efforts to find interesting metaphors, anything but a defensive approach by the second division would come as a surprise to the title aspirant.
In the past few weeks they have impressively demonstrated that the “Cottagers” can defend themselves. For three championship games, the Londoners have not conceded a clean sheet. Two close 1-0 wins at Hull and at home against Middlesbrough were followed by a goalless draw at Charlon Athletic.
Another “clean sheet” on Sunday seems unlikely, but at least the number of goals conceded should be limited. In the third round of the FA Cup, third place in the table in the second division, who has justified hopes of being able to return directly to the Oberhaus, defeated a first division team with Aston Villa (2-1).
The underdog has nothing to lose at the weekend. Everyone expects a clear defeat, which is why the capitals can play completely free. Although the last competitive game of the “Whites” was only a few days ago, it can be assumed that ex-professional Scott Parker will send his best team onto the field in view of the fact that his team has a week’s break after the cup game becomes. Top scorers Mitrovic and Le Marchand are not available.
Manchester City vs Fulham head to head matches
30.03.19 PL Fulham Manchester City 0 : 2
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