Manchester City – Fulham SOCCER PICKS
Manchester City and Fulham meet at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, in a match for the English League Cup round of 16. The recent history of direct confrontations between the two teams favors Manchester City: in the last 10 matches the locals registered 2 draws and 8 wins, one of them this season, when they beat Fulham in this stadium 3-0.
Manchester City:
The Manchester City part for this game with a victory as a visitor, by 0-1, in the displacement to the field of Tottenham: Mahrez was the author of the only goal of the game. It should be noted that the home team occupies the 1st position of the English championship, with 26 points won. In the last match for the League Cup, Manchester City beat Oxford by 0-3.
At the level of performance, Manchester City scored on average 2.5 goals and suffered on average 0.3 goals in the last 10 games played in several competitions, demonstrating enormous quality in both sectors. 70% of these matches ended with Over 2.5 Goals on the scoreboard.
The best period of the Manchester City is between the 61 ‘and the 90’ of game, moment in which it marked 10 goals and it did not suffer any. In the last 10 games, he opened the scoring in 7 and always maintained the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘. Sergio Agüero is the best marker of Manchester City in all competitions, with 9 goals scored.
Fulham:
Fulham come into this game with a home defeat against Bournemouth, by 0-3, thus registering the fourth consecutive defeat in official games. It should be noted that visitors are still in the descent zone of the English championship. To reach this phase of the League Cup, Fulham beat Exeter and Millwall.
In terms of goals, in the last 10 games, the outside club scored on average 1.2 goals and suffered an average of 2.2 goals per game, that is, unlike the opponent shows huge weaknesses in the two sectors. 70% of the matches mentioned above ended with Over 2.5 Goals at the end of the 90 ‘. In the last 10 games it is possible to verify that Fulham opened the scoring four times, but in only two of these games was winning at the end of the 90 ‘.
It is important to underline that the worst period of the visitors is between the 61 ‘and the 95’, when they suffered 11 goals and scored only 3. Mitrovic is the great highlight of this formation, with 5 goals scored.
