Man City vs Fulham

2 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Julián Álvarez 31’
  • Nathan Aké 45+5’
  • Erling Haaland 58’, 70’ (pen), 90+5’
  • Tim Ream 33’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Fulham. Man City led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Julián Álvarez put Man City ahead in the 31st minute, set up by Erling Haaland, Tim Ream equalised from a corner in the 33rd minute, and Nathan Aké put Man City back in front with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Phil Foden. In the second half, Erling Haaland made it 3-1 in the 58th minute, Haaland made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 70th minute, and Haaland made it 5-1 in stoppage time, set up by Sergio Gómez.

There was little between the sides on chances: Man City created 2.04 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots, Fulham 1.89 from 6.

Match stats

Man City Fulham
7 Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.00 xG 1.46
1.24 Non-penalty xG 1.46
8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Man City Fulham
Kick-off
Julián Álvarez
Assist: Erling Haaland1-0 (Man City)
31’
33’
Tim Ream1-1 (Fulham)
Nathan Aké
Assist: Phil Foden2-1 (Man City)
45+5’
Half-time2-1
Erling Haaland3-1 (Man City)
58’
Erling Haaland
Penalty4-1 (Man City)
70’
Erling Haaland
Assist: Sergio Gómez5-1 (Man City)
90+5’
Full-time5-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man City
  • Rodri
  • Bernardo Silva
Fulham
  • Issa Diop
  • Antonee Robinson
  • Andreas Pereira
  • Bobby Reid

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.04 1.89 31’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 1-0 31’ 33’ Tim Ream (Fulham), 1-1 33’ 45+5’ Nathan Aké (Man City), 2-1 45+5’ 58’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 3-1 58’ 70’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 4-1 70’ 90+5’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 5-1 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.04 1.89 31’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 1-0 Álvarez 31’ 33’ Tim Ream (Fulham), 1-1 Ream 33’ 45+5’ Nathan Aké (Man City), 2-1 Aké 45+5’ 58’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 3-1 Haaland 58’ 70’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 4-1 Haaland 70’ 90+5’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 5-1 Haaland 90+5’
Man City 2.04 xGFulham 1.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fulham attacking Man City attacking 
33’ Tim Ream (Fulham), from a corner, 0.96 xG, goal 70’ Erling Haaland (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 31’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 33’ Bobby Reid (Fulham), from a corner, 0.44 xG, saved 58’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 60’ Luke Harris (Fulham), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 64’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+5’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 74’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 31’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 50’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 47’ Bobby Reid (Fulham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Tim Ream (Fulham), from a corner, 0.96 xG, goal 70’ Erling Haaland (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 31’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 33’ Bobby Reid (Fulham), from a corner, 0.44 xG, saved 58’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 60’ Luke Harris (Fulham), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 64’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+5’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 74’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 31’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 50’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 47’ Bobby Reid (Fulham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
Manuel Akanji DEF900 0.000.000
Nathan Aké DEF9011 0.020.000
Mateo Kovacic MID900 0.000.071
Rodri MID830 0.000.000
Jéremy Doku MID830 0.000.000
Julián Álvarez MID9012 0.690.000
Phil Foden MID9010 0.000.021
Erling Haaland FWD90314 1.330.692
Bernardo Silva Sub70 0.000.000
Sergio Gómez Sub710 0.000.131
Oscar Bobb Sub10 0.000.000
Kalvin Phillips Sub10 0.000.000
Rico Lewis Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 81% Avg odds 1.18
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.68
Fulham win 6% Avg odds 15.70

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man City DLWWW
Fulham DLWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Fulham 1-2 Man City, 30 Apr 23 Next meeting: Fulham 0-4 Man City, 11 May 24  All Man City vs Fulham meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.