Man City vs Fulham 2025-26 English Premier League

Manchester City

24': Antoine Semenyo
30': Nico O'Reilly
39': Erling Haaland

FT
3 - 0

Fulham

Haaland leads Man City win over Fulham to cut gap to Arsenal

Erling Haaland moved joint-fourth on Manchester City's all-time scorer's list as Pep Guardiola's side overpowered Fulham 3-0 to turn up the heat on Arsenal.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
24': Goal! Manchester City 1, Fulham 0. Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
30': Goal! Manchester City 2, Fulham 0. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Semenyo with a through ball.
31': Joachim Andersen (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Goal! Manchester City 3, Fulham 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden following a fast break.
41': Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Manchester City. Omar Marmoush replaces Erling Haaland.
45': Second Half begins Manchester City 3, Fulham 0.
60': Substitution, Manchester City. Tijjani Reijnders replaces Bernardo Silva.
60': Substitution, Manchester City. Abdukodir Khusanov replaces Matheus Nunes.
60': Substitution, Fulham. Josh King replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
60': Substitution, Fulham. Rodrigo Muniz replaces Raúl Jiménez.
60': Substitution, Fulham. Kevin replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
66': Phil Foden (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
71': Substitution, Manchester City. Nico González replaces Rodri.
71': Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Cherki replaces Phil Foden.
72': Substitution, Fulham. Oscar Bobb replaces Harry Wilson.
81': Substitution, Fulham. Harrison Reed replaces Sander Berge.
83': Nico González (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Manchester City 3, Fulham 0.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+32	Arsenal	25	56	3
+30	Manchester City	26	53	5
+10	Aston Villa	26	50	6
+10	Manchester United	26	45	5

Full Table

Statistics

FUL		MNC
10	Fouls	8
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	4
2	Saves	3
43.8	Possession	56.2
14	SHOTS	13
3	ON GOAL	5
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
407	Accurate Passes	566
480	Passes	624
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	1
14	Crosses	9
0.3	Cross %	0.1
47	Long Balls	41
23	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.5	Long Balls %	0.7
3	Blocked Shots	5
14	Effective Tackles	11
22	Tackles	21
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	8
12	Effective Clearances	16
12	Clearances	16

Line-Ups

Manchester City (4-3-3)

No.	Name
25	Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
15	Marc Guéhi
3	Rúben Dias
21	Rayan Aït-Nouri
27	Matheus Nunes
16	Rodri
33	Nico O'Reilly
20	Bernardo Silva
9	Erling Haaland
42	Antoine Semenyo
47	Phil Foden

Substitutes:

Rico Lewis, Omar Marmoush, Nico González, James Trafford, Max Alleyne, Rayan Cherki, Abdukodir Khusanov, Tijjani Reijnders, John Stones.

Fulham (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Bernd Leno (GK)
3	Calvin Bassey
5	Joachim Andersen
30	Ryan Sessegnon
2	Kenny Tete
32	Emile Smith Rowe
17	Alex Iwobi
16	Sander Berge
7	Raúl Jiménez
19	Samuel Chukwueze
8	Harry Wilson