Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Manchester City's home clash with Fulham at the Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City team news
Forward Raheem Sterling is fit for Manchester City's Premier League clash with Fulham on Saturday after recovering from a back injury.
Sterling withdrew from the England squad for last week's matches against Spain and Switzerland with the problem.
City are still without long-term absentees Kevin De Bruyne (knee) and Claudio Bravo (achilles) and full-back Danilo has been troubled by an ankle problem since the summer. It remains to be seen if winger Leroy Sane has done enough to earn a recall.
Provisional squad: Ederson, Muric, Grimshaw, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Kompany, Laporte, Mendy, Zinchenko, Delph, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Foden, Sterling, Sane, D Silva, B Silva, Mahrez, Diaz, Aguero, Jesus.
Fulham team news
Fulham must again do without captain Tom Cairney for the Premier League trip to Manchester City.
The midfielder continues his recovery from a foot injury suffered against Burnley before the international break.
Midfielder Neeskens Kebano (ankle) and defender Tim Ream (thigh) are also not yet available for Cottagers boss Slavisa Jokanovic.
Provisional squad: Bettinelli, Odoi, Le Marchand, Fosu-Mensah, Mawson, McDonald, Schurrle, Seri, Zambo, Mitrovic, Vietto, Fabri, Chambers, Christie, Bryan, Sessegnon, Johansen, Kamara.
Manchester City and Fulham - Key match stats
*Stats supplied by Opta
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League encounters with Fulham (W7 D3 L0), winning each of the last five in a row.
Manchester City have never won six consecutive Premier League games versus a single London team, also winning five in a row against Crystal Palace.
Fulham have only won four of their previous 26 Premier League games against the reigning champions (W4 D4 L18), and none of the last nine (W0 D2 L7).
Manchester City haven’t lost a Premier League home game against a newly promoted team since losing 0-2 versus Reading in February 2007. The Citizens have won 29 and drawn four since that defeat in 2007.
The last newly promoted team to defeat a Pep Guardiola side in league competition were Real Sociedad in April 2011, while he was with Barcelona.
Manchester City have lost just two of their 40 Premier League games at the Etihad under Pep Guardiola (W29 D9 L2), with both defeats coming against fellow ‘big six’ sides (Chelsea in 2016 & Man Utd in 2018).
Pep Guardiola (2.35) has the best points per game ratio of any manager in Premier League history (min. 5 games).
There have been 16 goals scored in the four Premier League matches involving Fulham this season (7 scored, 9 conceded) – the joint-highest total in the division alongside Arsenal.
Since his Fulham debut in February, Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored more goals in England’s top two tiers than any other player (16).
Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero has scored 27 goals in 34 Premier League appearances against newly promoted teams, including 12 goals in his last 11.