Fulham vs Manchester City Prediction, 3/13/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 3/8/2021

Game: Fulham vs Manchester City

Date: Saturday, March 13, 2021

Location: Craven Cottage in London, England

TV: Peacock Premium

Odds/Point Spread: Fulham (+1007) Manchester City (-583)

Raheem Sterling and Manchester City (20-5-3, 1st in the EPL) travel to Craven Cottage on Saturday where they'll take on Fulham (5-11-12, 18th in the EPL). The goalkeepers protecting the net will be Alphonse Areola for Fulham and Ederson for Manchester City. The moneyline on this contest has Fulham priced at +1007 and the Citizens are priced at -583. The O/U is set at 3.

Fulham played Liverpool in their most recent match and walked away with a win by a score of 1-0. In sharing the ball, they earned a 79.4% passes received percentage by connecting on 319 of the 402 passing attempts last match. Fulham attempted 16 dribbles in this matchup and successfully completed 10 of the tries for a percentage of 62.5%. In regard to shooting accuracy, Fulham wrapped this game up at a 30.0% rate by landing 3 shots on target of 10 total shots. Fulham sports an average of 0.75 g/90 (21 goals in total) and have accounted for 15 assists In all contests for this campaign.

Ademola Lookman is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Fulham. He has 10 assists while accumulating 9 yellow cards thus far in his career. Lookman has been a starter in 70 outings thus far in his career and he tallies 0.26 goals per 90 mins. The forward hailing from England has earned 20 goals in 6,967 mins played. One more player who could decide who wins is Ivan Cavaleiro, the forward representing Portugal. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 29 times in his career while scoring 30 goals. Cavaleiro has been on the pitch for 12,918 mins in 147 career starts and has earned himself a total of 22 yellow card cautions. He currently averages 0.21 goals per 90 so far in his pro soccer career.

The man who is expected to defend the goal for Fulham is Alphonse Areola. Areola (106-54-45 mark during his soccer career) has 87 shutouts, which leaves him with a 42.4% clean sheet rate. The goalie from France has faced 701 shots sent in his direction in 205 starts. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.0 (195 goals conceded) and he holds a save percentage of 74.0. Areola has defended the goal for a total of 18,470 mins and has 519 saves so far in his career.

For their last match, Manchester City went home defeated by a final of 2-0 against Manchester United. Manchester City finished the match with a 82.4% successful dribble rate by connecting on 14 of the 17 dribbles they attempted. They wrapped up this outing by converting 655 out of their 727 pass attempts for a percentage of 90.1%. Manchester City connected on 6 shots tried out of their 23 shots tried which gave them a 26.1% rate when they last took the field. With a total of 55 goals and 37 assists in all matches, Manchester City averages 1.96 goals and 1.32 assists per 90 min.

Raheem Sterling should be able to be counted on for Manchester City. He sports an average of 0.40 goals per 90 mins and has had a starting assignment in 242 games in his career. The forward hailing from England has earned 21,536 professional minutes and has scored 95 goals. He has 31 yellow card warnings during his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 50 times. You should also watch out for Kevin De Bruyne, the midfielder representing Belgium. He has 77 goals so far in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 136 different times. Bruyne has been handed 33 yellow card warnings in 27,408 minutes played (315 starts). His goals per 90 min average during his pro soccer career is 0.25.

Ederson will look after the goal for Manchester City. During his professional soccer career, Ederson has allowed 159 goals and has accounted for 394 saves in 209 starts. He has surrendered 0.77 goals per 90 mins while he holds a mark of 143-34-32. He has a save % of 73.2 and his clean sheet rate is 45.5%. Ederson has earned 95 clean sheets while seeing 541 shots tried against him in 18,692 career minutes.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Fulham (+1007)

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