Betting Preview: Fulham vs Manchester: Visitors Are Heavy Favourites

Premier League champions Manchester City are overwhelming favourites ahead of their game with struggling outfit Fulham at the Craven Cottage.

A win at Fulham would be more than enough to send the Citizens back to the top of the Premier League table.

Manchester City lost their lead at the Premier League summit to Liverpool shortly before the international break after the Reds beat the aforementioned Fulham.

Manchester City were on FA Cup duty as Liverpool capitalised on that to secure top spot with a 2-1 away win over the Cottagers.

In-form Sadio Mane and substitute James Milner scored the goals for Liverpool either side of the Fulham goal from ex-Reds winger Ryan Babel.

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Manchester City had a one-point lead over Liverpool before that Fulham game.

The win over Fulham gave Liverpool a two-point lead over the Citizens who were involved in the FA Cup where they qualified for the last four via a 3-2 win over Welsh side Swansea City.

Manchester City came from two goals down to beat the English Championship club.

The Citizens have winning odds of 1.14 against Fulham according to Bet365 while an unlikely win for the home side is at the odds of 17.00.

The odds for a stalemate between the two clubs is at 7.50.