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CRAVEN COTTAGE, LONDON —Manchester City can apply some pressure to Arsenal in the Premier League title race, but only if they put poor recent away form behind them at Fulham.
Pep Guardiola's side needed an injury-time winner from Phil Foden to see off struggling Leeds United at the weekend, and Arsenal's 1-1 draw at Chelsea means they are five points behind the Gunners, who host Brentford on Wednesday.
However, City have lost their past two away matches at Newcastle United and Aston Villa and have only won once on the road in the Premier League since their 4-0 triumph at Wolves on the opening weekend.
Fulham won 2-1 at Tottenham at the weekend. The Cottagers have lost the past seven editions of this fixture on home turf and last beat City in west London in 2005.
Fulham vs. Man City live score
Pregame Goal scorers
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Venue: Craven Cottage, London
Referee: Craig Pawson
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Predicted lineups:
Fulham (4-2-3-1, right to left): Leno (GK) — Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon — Berge, Lucic — Wilson, King, Iwobi — Jimenez
Man City (4-1-4-1, right to left): Donnarumma (GK) — Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly — Nico — Savinho, Lewis, Foden, Marmoush — Haaland
Fulham vs. Man City live updates, highlights, and commentary
1 hr 30 mins before kickoff: City will end up just two points behind Arsenal if they win in west London tonight, with the Gunners not in action until they host Brentford tomorrow. Anything less and there will be legitimate questions over whether a squad that has undergone a hasty refit over the past two transfer windows is really ready to mount a credible title challenge. During their golden period under Pep Guardiola, City would unfussily bank games like this and move onto the next one. The Catalan has never done anything but win at Craven Cottage.
However, City appear to have neither the capability or desire to control games as they once could. They claimed a sparkling 4-0 win at Wolves on the opening weekend of the season, but that now exists in the context of the Molineux outfit still been winless in the league with a couple of doors of the Advent calendar open. Since then, a grinding 1-0 win at Brentford is City's only Premier League success on the road and they have lost their past two at Aston Villa and Newcastle.
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2 hours before kickoff. Hello and welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage of Fulham vs. Manchester City in the Premier League.
Fulham vs. Man City kick off time
This Premier League match kicks off in London, UK at 7:30 p.m. local time.
Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories:
Date Kickoff time
USA/Canada Tue, Dec 2 2:30 p.m. ET
USA/Canada Tue, Dec 2 11:30 a.m. PT
UK Tue, Dec 2 7:30 p.m. GMT
Australia Wed, Dec 3 6:30 a.m. AEDT
India Wed, Dec 3 1:00 a.m. IST
Fulham vs. Man City lineups, team news
Fulham boss Marco Silva has no new injury concerns.
Full-back Antonee Robinson and striker Rodrigo Muniz remain sidelined.
Sasa Lucic returned from the bench at Tottenham and could come in to provide some extra heft in midfield.
****Fulham predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1, right to left):****Leno (GK) — Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon — Berge, Lucic — Wilson, King, Iwobi — Jimenez
Fulham subs: Matchday squads released one hour and 15 minutes before kickoff
Rodri remains out and, with Mateo Kovacic a long-term absentee, Guardiola's options in terms of freshening up central midfield are limited. Rico Lewis might join Nico Gonzalez and weekend matchwinner Phil Foden in the engine room.
Savinho and Omar Marmoush could rotate in to freshen up Guardiola's wide attacking options.
Abdukodir Khusanov, John Stones, Nathan Ake and Rayan Ait-Nouri are all options if Guardiola wishes to alter a back four that was unchanged in the Premier League throughout November.
Man City predicted starting XI (4-1-4-1, right to left): Donnarumma (GK) — Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly — Nico — Savinho, Lewis, Foden, Marmoush — Haaland
Man City subs: Matchday squads released one hour and 15 minutes before kickoff
Fulham vs. Man Citylive stream, TV channel
Here is how to watch the match in some of the world's major regions:
Region TV Streaming
USA USA Network, UNIVERSO NBC Sports App and website, UNIVERSO NOW
Canada — Fubo
UK Sky Sports Main Event Sky GO, Sky Sports website
Australia — Stan Sport
India — JioHotstar