Fulham vs Manchester City preview: Kovacic suspended for trip to Craven CottageBlues need just one point to secure qualification for next season's Champions League
Fulham vs Manchester City
Competition: F.A. Premier League
Date: 4.00pm, Sunday 25th May 2025
Venue: Craven Cottage, West London
Referee: Andrew Madley Assistants: S Burt, C Taylor Fourth Official: J Simpson VAR: J Brooks
Odds: Fulham 4/1, Draw 10/3, City 8/13
Tickets: Sold out
TV: Match of the Day
Fulham
Manager: Marco Silva
Squad (from): Leno, Benda, Tete, Bassey, Andersen, Cuenca, Diop, Robinson, Wilson, Cairney, Berge, Pereira, Lukic, King, Sessegnon, Smith-Rowe, Jimenez, Traore, Vinicius, Iwobi, Willian, Godo
Injured: Castagne, Reed, Carvalho
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Form guide: WLLWL
Manchester City
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Squad (from): Ederson, Ortega, Carson, Dias, Ake, Reis, Gvardiol, Akanji, Khusanov, Lewis, Grealish, Gonzalez, Rodri, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, Nunes, Echeverri, Foden, Bobb, McAtee, Marmoush, Haaland, Doku, Savinho
Injured: Stones
Doubtful: None
Suspended: Kovacic
Form guide: WLDWW
Mateo Kovacic is suspended for the trip to Fulham after being sent off against Bournemouth. John Stones misses out again through injury, but other than that Pep Guardiola has an almost fully fit squad to choose from.
The Blues need just one point to confirm their qualification for next season's Champions League, or hope that other results fall in their favour, and Guardiola said that his players will be fully focused on the task in hand.
“Arriving in the last games, it depends on you, it depends on us, yes it’s better. Pep Guardiola said at Friday's press conference.
“We have to look at ourselves. We need one point to be in the Champions League next season and we have to go to win against a top side.
“The situation is clear, to play in the Champions League we have to take a result there and that’s what we’re going to do.
“See today, tomorrow in training who’s fit, how we are going to play, different shapes and different ways and see how the players are more fit and focused and go to London to take the result we need.”
City won their last game at Craven Cottage 4-0, with goals from Josko Gvardiol (2), Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez. Overall City have won 42 of the 75 games played against the Cottagers, with 16 draw and 17 defeats.
Predicted line-up: Ederson, Nunes, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol, Gundogan, Gonzalez, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Marmoush, Haaland
Score prediction: Fulham 1 City 2
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