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Such has been the strides forward City have made from the shadows of their domineering City rivals, that if they were to win their two games in hand over current leaders (after Saturday) Chelsea, then they would be on level points. On paper City boss Mark Hughes has collected together a team full of attacking potential, yet their goals total is a lot less than the four teams above them in the Premier League. They are not as free scoring on the pitch as they are on paper, but they have lost only one match this season and that is where they can draw a lot of strength from. Their defence has been standing up really well.

So that will be bad news for Fulham as they have scored fewer that what the leaders Chelsea have conceded in 10 matches. Fulham are currently in 13th position in the league, but that could be a little flattering as they are only three points ahead of 18th placed Hull. Being involved in the UEFA Super League, they are a couple of games behind other teams around them in the league, but they need to start finding a source of goals from somewhere. They gave a good account of themselves in their midweek European fixture, when they held the illustrious Italian club Roma to a 1-1 draw. Fulham have been doing better in Europe than they have in the league, largely by resting senior players who are shouldering the burden of Premier League survival.

Manchester City blew two points last week when they could only manage a draw at Wigan in the league. Kolo Toure and Craig Bellamy, one of City’s joint top scorers, were missing from that game, but should be back to take their places in the starting eleven on Sunday if late fitness tests go well. There was hope that Robinho would be seeing some action soon, but he has suffered a setback in his injury recovery. The Cottagers have a couple of injury worries, as Simon Davis and striker Andrew Johnson will both be missing from the line up, and top scorer (with two league goals) Danny Murphy is a doubt too.

This is the start of a run of games against teams which City will be expected to win, furthering their charge into the Big Four. One reason why Fulham struggle so much, is that they are not good travellers. In four seasons they have only managed eight wins on the road, but strangely have had the most success at Manchester City. One of those things which may influence a bet, but it is hard to see anything other than a home win on Sunday, as City have won all of their home games this season, and are running on six consecutive home wins from the end of last season.

Manchester City to win: 5/11 at Coral
Draw: 10/3 at Skybet
Fulham to win: 15/2 at Skybet

Betting Advice: The power of Adebayor, Tevez and Bellamy (if he plays) should be more than enough to take down Fulham. City desperately want the win in order to show the Big Four that they really do mean business after all of their summer spending. There is no better way to show it than by putting another three points on the board. Fulham just do not have the scoring power at the moment, and the City defence is well organised. Could be worth doubling up a City win with an Arsenal win on Sunday.
Manchester City to win 3-0: 9/1 at Bet365