Fulham vs Man City LIVE commentary: Citizens must win in west London to keep title race in their hands – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Manchester City travel to west London this weekend to face Fulham as the Premier League title race heats up, and it’s live on talkSPORT.

The Citizens know that if they win their last three league matches, they will be crowned champions.

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Pep Guardiola’s men are in their usual late-season form and head into this one having beaten Wolves 5-1.

Meanwhile, the Cottagers are safe from relegation for the second year running.

But Arsenal will hope Marco Silva’s men are still fired up and ready to fight in their final home game of the campaign.

Fulham vs Man City: race for the Golden Boot

Erling Haaland is on course to win the Golden Boot for a second consecutive season.

The Man City striker leads the rest of the chasing pack by four after a superb individual performance against Wolves last week.

Haaland scored four goals, including an excellent header and a superb left-footed finish, to extend the gap to Cole Palmer and Alexander Isak.

It’s hard to see how either will catch up now, with Haaland looking sharp again.

The Norwegian hopes to finish the season in style before his summer.

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• Fulham have won just one of their 15 Premier League home matches against Manchester City (D5 L9), beating them 2-1 in November 2005 under Chris Coleman.
• Manchester City have won their last 15 meetings with Fulham in all competitions – this is the longest joint winning streak one team has had against another in the history of competitive English football, with the Citizens also having 15 matches against Bournemouth and Watford.
• Man City have scored in all 15 of their Premier League away games against Fulham – the most a team has faced another on the road with a 100% goalscoring record in the competition, along with Manchester United in Middlesbrough.

Fulham vs Man City: team news

The home side should be able to field a strong team, with Harrison Reed the only doubt.

Other than that, they have a full team to choose from.

City have even fewer injury problems with all the players available to Guardiola.

But with a match against Tottenham early next week, it would be no surprise if the boss decided to tinker with things.

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• Fulham have won just one of their last seven Premier League matches (D3 L3), while they are winless in each of their last three games at Craven Cottage (D1 L2). .
• Manchester City are undefeated in their last 20 Premier League matches (16 wins, 4 draws). They have won each of their last six games in a row, scoring 4+ goals five times during that stretch.
• Away, Manchester City face four more shots per game (10.1) than in Premier League home games this season (6.1). Only four teams have a bigger gap in the competition this season. However, the Citizens also have the highest average shots per away game (17.8) this season.

Fulham vs Man City: What was said?

Former Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman can see City winning all of their remaining matches to win the Premier League title.

Speaking on his Seaman Says podcast, he said: “If I’m honest, I can’t see Man City not winning every game.

“The only difficult game I see is Spurs away and the form Spurs are in at the moment is as bad as Manchester United.

“Arsenal need them to draw or lose obviously. If they draw then you’re going to look at the goal difference. But I just don’t see them drawing.

“I hope Arsenal beat Man United, which will always be a tough game, and then we’ll see what happens on the final day. Strange things can happen under that kind of pressure.”

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• Erling Haaland has scored five goals in his three Premier League matches against Fulham, netting a hat-trick in Man City’s 5-1 win in the reverse fixture this season. He scored a penalty in all three games, with no player having ever scored from the spot in four consecutive Premier League appearances against a specific opponent.
• Man City’s Erling Haaland has been involved in 11 goals in 11 Premier League games in London, scoring nine and assisting two. So far, he has failed to score or assist in three of his 11 matches in the capital.
• Rodri has not lost any of the last 47 Premier League games he has played in for Manchester City; only three players have had a longer unbeaten streak in the history of the competition: Sol Campbell (56 from November 2002 to October 2004), Kolo Touré (48 from May 2003 to October 2004) and Thierry Henry (48 from May 2003 to October 2004). .
• Rodri has scored six goals in his last eight Premier League games for Man City. He has provided two assists in a match twice in this series (against Man Utd and Wolves), having failed to score multiple goals in any of his first 161 appearances in the competition.

Fulham vs Man City: date and how to follow

This Premier League match will take place on Saturday May 11.

Kick-off at Craven Cottage is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.

talkSPORT will have live and exclusive coverage from west London, with Reshmin Chowdhury your host.

Comments will come from Sam Matterface and former Arsenal player Martin Keown.

talkSPORT.com will also host a live blog to keep you up to date with all the action.

To tune in to talkSPORT via the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, via your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.