Football / Bunker Nuggets

Man City v Fulham, 15:00

• City are in fifth place with 17 points, seven more than the Cottagers with both sides having played eight matches 
• City have scored 16 goals, twice as many as Fulham but defensively it is a lot closer with City conceding nine one fewer than the visitors
• City have scored three times in the last 10 minutes of matches whilst Fulham have yet to find the net in this period 
• City have only conceded three goals at home this season  
• City started the season with four straight wins but since then have only won one in four and have drawn their last two 
• City are unbeaten at home with three wins scoring eight and conceding three
• In four matches on the road Fulham have a win and a draw to go with two defeats
• Fulham have twice taken the lead this season and won on each occasion, whilst six times they have conceded the first goal and only once come back to win
• City have fallen behind three times this season and not once have they come back to win, drawing twice and losing at Old Trafford    
• The five times City have taken the lead they have gone on to win 
• Craig Bellamy is joint leading scorer for City on four along with Emmanuel Adebayor but only one has come at Eastlands
• Three times Adebayor has been first scorer in a match
• Danny Murphy is Fulham’s leading scorer on the road with both his goals this season away from Craven Cottage
• Fulham are defending a four match unbeaten run against City 
• Overall in the series both sides have four wins and six matches have ended as draws
• Fulham have won on their last two trips to the City of Manchester stadium and in three of their last four visits there
• Overall at City Fulham have three wins to City’s two and two matches have been drawn

Only been one 0-0 draw in 16 matches between the two sides