Played
January 19, 2013 11:00 PM SGT
Etihad Stadium — Manchester
Referee: J. Moss
Attendance: 47286
January 19, 2013 11:00 PM SGT
Etihad Stadium — Manchester
Referee: J. Moss
Attendance: 47286
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| Man City | 1.25 | 1.00 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.25 | 1.05 | 1.10 | 1.22 |
| Draw | 6.00 | 56.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 51.00 | 6.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 6.38 |
| Fulham | 10.00 | 81.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 351.00 | 11.50 | 50.00 | 32.00 | 13.72 |
Manchester City - Fulham Preview: Mancini's men look to close gap at the summit of the Premier League
The champions will be looking to apply pressure on title rivals Manchester United with a win over the Cottagers - a side struggling under Dutch manager Martin Jol
By Rhys Turrell
Getty Images
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MANCHESTER CITY
 Hart Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy Barry, Milner Nasri, Tevez, Silva Dzeko |
FULHAM  Schwarzer Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Richardson Baird, Karagounis Kacaniklic, Ruiz, Duff Berbatov |
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini will have captain Vincent Kompany available after the Belgium defender saw his red card from last Sunday's 2-0 win at Arsenal rescinded.
Samir Nasri is in contention after serving a three match ban for the dismissal he received at Norwich, whilst Argentina striker Sergio Aguero (hamstring) may return from the injury he picked up on New Year's Day.
Micah Richards and Maicon (both knee) are out, along with Jack Rodwell (hamstring).
Fulham will include Dimitar Berbatov for the trip to the Etihad, after the Bulgaria striker was rested for the narrow FA Cup win over Blackpool on Tuesday.
Bryan Ruiz and Steve Sidwell (both hamstring) are also available.
Simon Davies (hip), Kerim Frei (groin) and Mahamadou Diarra (knee) are all out.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
Manchester City have won 65 of the last 67 games when they have been leading by two goals - the others both ended in draws.
- City defender Pablo Zabaleta has made more tackles (67) than anyone else at the Etihad Stadium. He averages one every 22.5 minutes.
- The reigning Premier League champions are averaging 1.12 points per goal in the top flight this season.
- Fulham have scored almost a quarter (23%) of their 31 Premier League goals this season in the final 10 minutes of matches.
- The Cottagers are in a bad spell of form - they have won just three of their last 16 matches in all competitions.
- Summer signing Dimitar Berbatov (pictured, right) is the club's leading goalscorer this season - he has seven goals to his name. He is 9/1 to score the first goal of the match with bet365.
- Chris Baird makes the joint-highest number of interceptions per game (3.6) in the Premier League.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Manchester City 3-0 Fulham
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Manchester City 3-1 Fulham
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| England - Premier League (EPL) | Jan 19, 2013 | Manchester City 2 - Fulham 0 |
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| England - Premier League (EPL) | Sep 29, 2012 | Fulham 1 - Manchester City 2 |
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| England - Premier League (EPL) | Feb 5, 2012 | Manchester City 3 - Fulham 0 |
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| England - Premier League (EPL) | Sep 18, 2011 | Fulham 2 - Manchester City 2 |
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| England - Premier League (EPL) | Feb 27, 2011 | Manchester City 1 - Fulham 1 |
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| May 19, 2013 | Manchester City 2 - Norwich City 3 | EPL |
| May 15, 2013 | Reading 0 - Manchester City 2 | EPL |
| May 12, 2013 | Manchester City 0 - Wigan Athletic 1 | FA |
| May 8, 2013 | Manchester City 1 - West Bromwich Albion 0 | EPL |
| May 4, 2013 | Swansea City 0 - Manchester City 0 | EPL |
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| May 19, 2013 | Swansea City 0 - Fulham 3 | EPL |
| May 12, 2013 | Fulham 1 - Liverpool 3 | EPL |
| May 4, 2013 | Fulham 2 - Reading 4 | EPL |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Everton 1 - Fulham 0 | EPL |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Fulham 0 - Arsenal FC 1 | EPL |
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| 1 | Joe Hart | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Vincent Kompany | Defender |
| 5 | Pablo Zabaleta | Defender |
| 22 | Gael Clichy | Defender |
| 33 | Matija Nastasic | Defender |
| 7 | James Milner | Midfielder |
| 14 | Javi García | Midfielder |
| 18 | Gareth Barry | Midfielder |
| 21 | David Silva | Striker |
| 10 | Edin Dzeko | Striker |
| 32 | Carlos Tévez | Striker |
| 30 | Costel Pantilimon | Goalkeeper |
| 6 | Joleon Lescott | Defender |
| 13 | Aleksandar Kolarov | Defender |
| 8 | Samir Nasri | Midfielder |
| 17 | Jack Rodwell | Midfielder |
| 16 | Sergio Agüero | Striker |
| 45 | Mario Balotelli | Striker |
| 1 | Mark Schwarzer | Goalkeeper |
| 5 | Brede Hangeland | Defender |
| 18 | Aaron Hughes | Defender |
| 20 | Sascha Riether | Midfielder |
| 4 | Steve Sidwell | Midfielder |
| 26 | Giorgos Karagounis | Midfielder |
| 11 | Kieran Richardson | Midfielder |
| 16 | Damien Duff | Midfielder |
| 21 | Ashkan Dejagah | Striker |
| 9 | Dimitar Berbatov | Striker |
| 11 | Bryan Ruiz | Striker |
| 38 | Neil Etheridge | Goalkeeper |
| 14 | Philippe Senderos | Defender |
| 6 | Chris Baird | Defender |
| 28 | Matthew Briggs | Defender |
| 31 | Alexander Kacaniklic | Midfielder |
| 10 | Mladen Petric | Striker |
| 20 | Hugo Rodallega | Striker |
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