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Manchester City take on the visitors Fulham at the City of Manchester Stadium in the 1/8-finals fixture of the EFL Cup. The match will be played in the eponymous city Manchester on Thursday, November 1st.
Manchester City have won twelve of the fifteen matches they have already had this season. Furthermore, they have scored at least one goal in fourteen of them and have scored twice and more in eleven of them. The only team that`s been able to concede zero from the Citizens recently has been Liverpool. Quite frankly, both teams were trying to play as safe as possible in that game. Interestingly, all of the home fixtures the team of Pep Guardiola has had this season had the same pattern. Manchester City had a 63% ball possession at least in each of them and made 24 shots at least in each of them. No team has managed to concede zero at the City of Manchester Stadium so far this season. Thereby it will be almost impossible for Fulham to allow zero goals from the Sky Blues on Thursday. Furthermore, the Cottagers conceded at least one goal in each of their last seven league games. They have also had a Premier League fixture against the Citizens exactly recently and have lost it with a 0-3 score. In their last three matches Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur with a 1-0 score, Shakhtar Donetsk with a 3-0 score in their UEFA Champions League group stage fixture and Burnley with a 5-0 score. In the 1/16-finals fixture of the EFL Cup the Sky Blues beat Oxford United with a 3-0 score.
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Even though Fulham was enhanced with a lot of new players last summer they have been showing poor performances constantly so far this Premier League season. However, the Cottagers have managed to score at least once in nine of the twelve games they have already had there. The team of Slavisa Jokanovic also handled with their opponents in the EFL Cup quite easily in the previous rounds. Most importantly, they have managed to get a 35% ball possession and to make nine shots on goal in their recent Premier League fixture against Manchester City. That`s been the best result among the teams that have faced the Citizens at the City of Manchester Stadium this season. Considering that the Whites had created some goal attempts in that game they should create a lot more on Thursday. The task will be a bit easier for them this time because the Sky Blues will use a lot of their reserve players in the upcoming game most likely. If the Cottagers don`t allow Manchester City to dominate the game they will have a chance of going through to the next round of the EFL Cup. In their last three matches Fulham lost to Bournemouth with a 0-3 score, to Cardiff City with a 2-4 score and to Arsenal with a 1-5 score. In the 1/16-finals fixture of the EFL Cup the Lily Whites beat Millwall with a 3-1 score.
Manchester City are likely to score some goals in the upcoming fixture without a doubt. They have been scoring 2.6 goals a match on overage this season. Thereby it won`t be a hard task for them to find a key for the defense of the Cottagers. However, the Cottagers themselves should score some goals on Thursday too. Even though they have been on a failing streak in the Premier League recently they will be highly motivated for their upcoming EFL Cup game. All of the key players for them such as Andre Schurrle, Jean Michael Seri, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Luciano Vietto are going to be in the squad of the team most likely. Thereby both teams should score some goals on Thursday.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score.
