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Manager Pep Guardiola says Manchester City have no fresh injury problems to contend with. Kevin de Bruyne, Nathan Ake, Rodri and Oscar Bobb are all unavailable. Fulham head coach Marco Silva reported no new fitness concerns at Thursday's pre-match press conference. Jorge Cuenca and Carlos Vinicius remain sidelined by injuries. Head-to-head Manchester City's current run of 16 successive wins against Fulham in all competitions is the longest ever recorded by one English league side against another. Fulham are winless in 18 league matches against City (D3, L15), though three of their four Premier League wins in this fixture have come at the Etihad Stadium - in 2006, 2008 and 2009. City have won, and scored, a penalty in each of the past six Premier League meetings, the longest such run in the competition’s history. Manchester City Pep Guardiola’s side have played back-to-back top-flight fixtures without a win for the first time since March. But they are unbeaten in 29 league matches (W23, D6), one shy of equalling a club record set between April 2017 and January 2018. Manchester City are also undefeated in 49 home games in all competitions since losing to Brentford in November 2022 (W40, D9), with last season’s Champions League exit to Real Madrid on penalties classified as a draw. The only English top-flight teams to avoid defeat in at least 50 consecutive home matches in league and cup are Liverpool (85 games between 1978-1981), Chelsea (74, 2006-2008 and 58, 2004-2006) and Sunderland (50, 1890-1893). City have failed to keep a clean sheet in eight consecutive Premier League home games, one shy of a club record set in 2015. Pep Guardiola has won each of his 11 matches as a manager against Fulham in all competitions, with City scoring 33 goals and conceding just four in those fixtures. Erling Haaland has scored 60 goals in 52 games in all competitions at the Etihad Stadium and is already the fourth highest scorer since the venue opened in 2003. Kyle Walker could make his 400th Premier League appearance. Fulham The Londoners have won back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since March and are unbeaten in five matches (W3, D2) – they have not had a longer undefeated top-flight run since February 2021. They are vying to record consecutive top-flight clean sheets for the first time since last December. Fulham and Liverpool are the only clubs yet to concede more than once in a Premier League game this season. Marco Silva has lost all 10 of his Premier League matches against Manchester City, a record for most games as a manager against a particular opponent without picking up a single point. Raul Jimenez has scored nine goals in his past 10 league starts and has netted in three consecutive Premier League games for the second time in his career. Jimenez has scored all eight penalties he’s taken in the Premier League; only Yaya Toure (11 of 11), Cole Palmer (10 of 10) and Dimitar Berbatov (nine of nine) have netted more without missing in the competition’s history. Andreas Pereira has created 20 chances in the top flight this season, second only to Dwight Mc Neil. Last Updated 1st October 2024 at 21: 01 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions Manchester City have won each of their last 16 meetings with Fulham in all competitions, the longest winning run one English league side has had against another in history. Three of Fulham’s four Premier League wins against Manchester City have come at the Etihad Stadium (2006, 2008 and 2009). However, they’re winless in their last 18 against them in the league (D3 L15), losing each of the last 13 in a row. Manchester City have won a penalty in each of their last six Premier League meetings with Fulham, the longest run one side has had against another in the competition’s history. The Citizens have scored all six of these spot kicks in this run. Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 49 home games in all competitions (W40 D9) since a 2-1 loss to Brentford in November 2022. They would be the fourth different English top-flight team to go 50+ without defeat at home after Liverpool (85 between 1978-1981), Chelsea (74, 2006-2008 and 58, 2004-2006) and Sunderland (50, 1890-1893). Man City are unbeaten in their last 29 Premier League games (W23 D6), and if they avoid defeat in this match it will equal their longest run without defeat in their league history (30 games between April 2017 and January 2018). Since losing their opening Premier League game of the season 1-0 at Man Utd, Fulham are now unbeaten in their last five (W3 D2). They last had a longer run without defeat in the competition between August and October 2010 (7). Man City have drawn their last two Premier League games despite opening the scoring in both (2-2 v Arsenal, 1-1 v Newcastle). The last time they failed to win three consecutive league games despite scoring first in each was in December/January in 2003-04 (D2 L1). Erling Haaland has scored 60 goals in just 52 games in all competitions at the Etihad Stadium for Manchester City. He’s already the fourth-highest goalscorer at the ground since it opened in 2003. If he plays, this will be Man City defender Kyle Walker’s 400th Premier League game, the 44th different player to reach this milestone. Whatever the result in this game, Walker would have the joint-highest win rate of any player with 400 appearances in the competition (64%, level with Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville). Only Dwight Mc Neil (21) has created more chances than Fulham’s Andreas Pereira in the Premier League this season (20). Five of these chances have been for Rodrigo Muniz, who has had more shots on target without scoring so far than any other player in the Premier League this term (5). © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.