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Manchester City 3–0 Fulham · Premier League

3–0Historical match

Fulham

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Manchester City won 3–0.

Shots
1314
Shots on target
53
Possession
56%44%

Full time

What the match recorded

Manchester City beat Fulham 3–0. Recorded in this match (Manchester City – Fulham): shots 13–14, shots on target 5–3, possession 56%–44%, corners 4–4. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Manchester City.

3.12 days ▲Rest daysManchester City · Fulham4.19 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricManchester CityFulhamBaseline
Rest days3.12 days4.19 days—
Matches last 14 days2 matches2 matches—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

Fulham's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Fulham's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1 goal/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.35 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1 goal/match1.35 goals/match1.38 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots13 shots14 shotsManchester City 13 shots, Fulham 14 shots
  • Shots on target5 shots3 shotsManchester City 5 shots, Fulham 3 shots
  • Possession56%44%Manchester City 56%, Fulham 44%
  • Corners4 corners4 cornersManchester City 4 corners, Fulham 4 corners
  • Fouls8 fouls10 foulsManchester City 8 fouls, Fulham 10 fouls
  • Yellow cards3 cards1 cardManchester City 3 cards, Fulham 1 card

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

5Manchester City
0Draws
0Fulham
Fulham — Manchester City · Premier League4–5
Fulham — Manchester City · Premier League0–2
Manchester City — Fulham · Premier League3–2
Fulham — Manchester City · Premier League0–4
Manchester City — Fulham · Premier League5–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Manchester City favored in 8 of 9 directional metrics · Fulham in 0 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Manchester City26 matchesFulham26 matches
2.08 goals/match ▲Goals scored26/261.35 goals/match
0.92 goals/match ▲Goals allowed26/261.54 goals/match
14.2 shots/match ▲Shots26/2612 shots/match
5.08 shots/match ▲Shots on target26/263.69 shots/match
59% ●Possession26/2651.4%
5.42 corners/match ●Corners26/264.65 corners/match
1.88 cards/matchCards26/262.08 cards/match
10.1 fouls/matchFouls26/2610.9 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples26 / 26home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
Analysis cutoff: Wed, 11 Feb 2026, 23:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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