Team News
Ederson, Ruben Dias, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish and Bernardo all return, while Stefan Ortega Moreno, John Stones, Matheus Nunes, Jeremey Doku and Savinho all make way.
Teams
CITY | Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias (C), Gvardiol, Kovacic, Gundogan, Bernardo, Foden, Grealish, Haaland
Subs: Ortega Moreno, Carson, Walker, Stones, Doku, Savinho, Nunes, McAtee
FULHAM | Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Berge, Pereira, Traore, Iwobi, Jimenez
WHEN AND WHERE
We host the Cottagers at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday 5 October, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 15:00 (UK).
The game will not be shown on live TV in the UK so make sure you keep across all of the action via the Official Man City App, as well as the key moments on Twitter: @ManCity.
Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.
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MAN CITY APP COVERAGE
Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from the Etihad in one place.
Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at 13:45 (UK).
We will have guests Paul Dickov and Kit Symons on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action.
During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison while our text commentary continues.
Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.
Short highlights from the match are available from 19:00 [UK] while extended highlights, as well as a full-match replay [available on CITY+] can be accessed from midnight.
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PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW
In his pre-match press conference, Guardiola provided an update on the squads fitness ahead of our meeting with Fulham.
He said: “Erling [Haaland] is fine.
“Everyone else [is fine] except Nathan [Ake], Kevin [De Bruyne], Rodri and Oscar [Bobb]. The rest are OK.
“Kevin is not ready for tomorrow.”
PREVIOUS MEETING
Our last home game against Fulham in September 2023 saw Erling Haaland bag a hat-trick, with Nathan Ake and Julian Alvarez also on target in an impressive 5-1 victory, which maintained our 100% winning start to the season.
We faced them again later that season in May, and emerged 4-0 victors with Josko Gvardiol scoring twice, added by Phil Foden and Alvarez goals.
LAST TIME OUT
Our last league encounter was a tense 1-1 draw against Newcastle at St James’ Park last weekend.
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We were also in action in the Champions League on Tuesday night, securing a convincing 4-0 away victory over Slovan Bratislava thanks to goals from Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland and James McAtee.
As for Fulham, they ended Nottingham Forest’s unbeaten start to the campaign last weekend, with Raul Jimenez netting a penalty in an impressive away victory for Marco Silva’s side.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Bankes.
Assistants: Eddie Smart, Nick Greenhalgh.
Fourth official: Oliver Langford.
VAR: Graham Scott. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.
GLOBAL TV LISTINGS
Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.
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