Man City vs Fulham preview: Can Citizens enter FA Cup last 16 easefully?

Manchester City welcome Fulham for a place in this season’s FA Cup fourth round. The defending champions were made to sweat against Port Vale last time out, but would ultimately run out 4-1 winners.

Match Information

Competition: FA Cup

Venue: Etihad Stadium

Kick-off: UTC 2020/01/26 13:00

Team News

Manchester City have close to a full-strength squad available for their FA Cup clash with Fulham at the Etihad Stadium.

Winger Leroy Sane is now their only major absentee with the knee injury that has kept him out for most of the season.

Defender Aymeric Laporte returned to action after almost five months out with a 78-minute run-out at Sheffield United in midweek.

Claudio Bravo, who has started all domestic cup matches so far this season, is likely to play in goal.

Manchester City and Fulham haven't faced in the FA Cup since January 1914, a gap of 106 years.

Fulham have lost their last eight matches against Man City in all competitions, most recently a 2-0 defeat in the Premier League in March 2019.

Man City have won their last seven FA Cup matches, scoring 30 goals and conceding just four since a 1-0 defeat to Wigan in February 2018.

Fulham, who eliminated Aston Villa in the third round, haven't knocked out two top-flight sides in the same FA Cup season since 2002-03, when they beat Birmingham and Charlton.

In domestic cup competitions against lower-league opposition, Man City's Phil Foden has been directly involved in nine goals in eight appearances (6 goals, 3 assists).

Predicted Line-ups

Scoreline prediction

Man City 3-0 Fulham