Manchester City 5-1 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 September 2023
Result
Manchester City 5-1 Fulham
Premier League · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Manchester City 5-1 Fulham: match report
Manchester City defeated Fulham 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 September 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.
Julián Alvarez opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Manchester City's goals came from Julián Alvarez (31'), Nathan Aké (45+5'), Erling Haaland (58'), Erling Haaland (70', penalty) and Erling Haaland (90+5'). Fulham scored through Tim Ream (33').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Fulham received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 9 points from 3 and Fulham 12th on 4 points from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Fulham 14th with 47.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fulham in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Erling Haaland of Manchester City (9.6), ahead of Julián Alvarez (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Fulham.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Julián Alvarez
- 33'Goal · Tim Ream
- 41'Yellow card · Rodri
- 43'Yellow card · Issa Diop
- 45+3'Yellow card · Antonee Robinson
- 45+5'Goal · Nathan Aké
- 54'Yellow card · Bobby De Cordova-Reid
- 58'Goal · Erling Haaland
- 69'Yellow card · Andreas Pereira
- 70'Penalty goal · Erling Haaland
- 78'Yellow card · Bernardo Silva
- 90+5'Goal · Erling Haaland
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ederson, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Aké, Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, Jérémy Doku, Julián Alvarez, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland
Fulham line-up (4-3-3)
Bernd Leno, Kenny Tete, Issa Diop, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Harrison Reed, Tom Cairney, Harry Wilson, Raúl Jiménez, Bobby De Cordova-Reid