Man City vs Fulham: Prediction, kick off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results

Manchester City host Championship leaders Fulham in fourth-round of the FA Cup on Saturday.

With both sides leading their respective divisions after some fantastic form this season, it promises to be one of the higher quality meetings you’re likely to see when a Premier League side takes on a Championship one.

Of all of the competitions Pep Guardiola has won since his arrival in England, the FA Cup is the one he’s not quite managed to have a stranglehold over. While City have won it once under his watch, it has been the domestic tournament to give him the most problems since 2016.

Out of the Carabao Cup already, perhaps the City boss will devote more attention to it.

The FA Cup meeting is scheduled for a 3pm GMT kick-off time on Saturday February 5, 2022.

The Etihad Stadium in Manchester will host it.

TV channel: The game will not be broadcast on TV as it takes place during the 3pm blackout across English football.

Highlights: Match of the Day, however, will show highlights when it airs on BBC One at 10.30pm on Saturday.

Oleksandr Zinchenko was recently spotted back in training, meaning only Cole Palmer looked to be absent from Guardiola’s squad.

With Riyad Mahrez back from the Africa Cup of Nations, he should come back into the starting lineup and Kyle Walker’s Champions League suspension should see him start in order to keep Joao Cancelo fresh. Having selected a very strong lineup for the third-round win over Swindon, it’s difficult to see Guardiola straying from that too much given Fulham’s form this season.

Marco Silva, meanwhile, has Antonee Robinson back from international duty, although the United States international might not be ready to start.

Fulham are in a rich vein of form but, given City’s