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Manchester City vs Fulham Preview
October 5, 17:00 (MSK), Manchester, Etihad Stadium
English Championship, Round 7

Manchester City host Fulham on their home field as part of the 7th round of the Premier League. This confrontation promises to be interesting: on the one hand, the Citizens are trying to get back on track after two failures in the championship, and on the other, Fulham has shown unexpectedly good results at the beginning of the season.

Manchester City
The current champion of England has slowed down a bit. In the last two matches, Pep Guardiola's men have lost four points: draws with Arsenal (2:2) and Newcastle (1:1) showed that the loss of Rodri is affecting City's game. In particular, in the match against Newcastle, the team had difficulties under high pressure from the opponent and often lost the ball in their own half of the field. As a result, the Citizens lost the lead in the Premier League.

However, things are going better on the continental arena. In the Champions League, Manchester City confidently defeated Slovan away (4:0), and one of the key figures was Phil Foden, who scored a goal and made an assist for the first time this season. The Englishman seems to have regained his form and is ready to help the team restore its position in the championship.

Fulham
Marco Silva's charges have been impressive this season. Having collected 11 points in six matches, the Cottagers occupy sixth place in the standings, just three points behind Manchester City. In the last round, Fulham inflicted their first defeat of the season on Nottingham Forest (1:0), where the only goal of the match was scored by Raul Jimenez, converting a penalty. However, this has drawn criticism from Marco Silva, as Andreas Pereira has been appointed as the regular penalty taker. However, Jimenez's goalscoring performance and his partnership with Adama Traore have been admirable. The duo have already scored many goals together at Wolves and are now once again terrifying Premier League defenders.