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| Event | Premier League 2024-25 | ||||||
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| Date | Sunday 25 May 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Craven Cottage, London | ||||||
| Player of the Match |  Joško Gvardiol | ||||||
| Referee | Andy Madley | ||||||
| Attendance | 27,671 | ||||||
| Weather | 20°C (68 °F) | ||||||
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Fulham v Manchester City was a match which took place at Craven Cottage on Sunday 25 May 2025.
Team News[]
Fulham[]
Fulham remain without injured quartet Harrison Reed, Timothy Castagne, Rodrigo Muniz and Reiss Nelson.
Willian and Carlos Vinicius could feature for the final time, with the Brazilian pair expected to leave the club once their contracts expire in the summer.
Manchester City[]
John Stones is the only injury absentee for Manchester City, although Mateo Kovacic is suspended.
Rodri made his comeback from an ACL injury as a substitute during Tuesday's win over Bournemouth but manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed the midfielder will not start at Craven Cottage.
Match facts[]
Head-to-head[]
Manchester City have beaten Fulham in each of the past 17 encounters in all competitions. It's the longest winning run one English league side has had against another in history. Fulham are winless in 19 Premier League meetings, losing the last 14 in a row. Their most recent victory was in April 2009 at the Etihad Stadium. The Cottagers' only Premier League home win in 16 attempts against Manchester City was by 2-1 in November 2005 under Chris Coleman (D5, L10).
Fulham[]
- Fulham have lost consecutive home league games, despite opening the scoring in both of them.
- They have come from behind at half time to win in five Premier League matches this season, a feat only previously managed by Manchester United in 2020-21 and Manchester City last year.
- A league-high 17 of their goals this season have been scored by substitutes. Those goals have been worth 17 points, which is also the most of any side in the division.
- They have scored 54 goals, one shy of their most in a Premier League campaign, set in each of the previous two seasons.
- Fulham have suffered nine league defeats in 2025, with only the current bottom four sides faring worse.
- Raul Jimenez has opened the scoring in nine Premier League fixtures this season, equalling the club record for a single campaign, set by Dimitar Berbatov in 2012-13.
Manchester City[]
- Manchester City have lost 16 games in all competitions this season – their most since 2008-09, when they suffered 23 defeats.
- However, they could finish 2024-25 with a season's best 10-match unbeaten league run.
- City have won their final Premier League fixture in nine of the past 11 seasons, with the exceptions being a 1-1 draw at Swansea in 2016 and a 1-0 loss at Brentford in 2023).
- They have failed to score in six league games this season, their most in a campaign since 2015-16.
- Their tally of 10 errors leading to goals in the Premier League in 2024-25 is their most under Pep Guardiola, and two more than in the previous three seasons combined.
- Guardiola has only finished outside the top two in one of his 16 seasons as a top-flight manager, coming third in his debut campaign at Manchester City in 2016-17.
Match Report[]
Manchester City finished third in the Premier League as they beat Fulham on the final day to secure a place in the Champions League next term.
Pep Guardiola's fallen champions - they went into the season on the back of four straight Premier League titles - have endured a disappointing campaign, failing to win a major trophy for the first time since 2017 and ending 13 points behind champions Liverpool.
City dominated the opening stages and deservedly took the lead on 21 minutes courtesy of Ilkay Gundogan's stunning bicycle kick - his first league goal of the campaign - after Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno pushed Matheus Nunes' cross into the German's path.
Fulham, though, responded well as Harry Wilson's low curling effort was tipped away from goal by Ederson at full stretch, with Andreas Pereira only able to find the side-netting as he followed up.
Josko Gvardiol had a header saved by Leno at point-blank range and Erling Haaland added a second from the penalty spot after Jorge Cuenca's trip on Gundogan.
Fulham could not find a way back and defeat was their 10th since the turn of the year, meaning they end the campaign in 12th position.
This fixture was only the third in Premier League history not to feature an English player in either starting XI after Portsmouth v Arsenal in December 2009 and Arsenal v Chelsea in January 2019.
City won the Community Shield in August but they failed to claim noteworthy silverware for the first time in eight years and a big summer for Guardiola awaits.
A major squad rebuild may be on the cards, with their talisman Kevin de Bruyne featuring in a City shirt for the final time for the last five minutes, while Jack Grealish's future is in doubt after being left out of the matchday squad.
City's task of making sure they returned to Europe's elite club competition next season went to the final day, but they were in command for large parts of the game and did not look like slipping up.
Assessing the formbook between the sides beforehand, this result should never have been in doubt, and City duly beat Fulham for the 18th time in a row.
Midfielder Gundogan is now 34 and it remains to be seen whether he stays at the club, but his goal at Craven Cottage was stunning, leaping into the air before converting a brilliant acrobatic finish via the crossbar.
Gundogan had failed to convert any of his previous 26 shots in the top flight this season but came to the fore at the right time, netting just his third goal in all competitions.
City have lost 16 times this season, their most since 2008-09, but end the campaign with a 10-game unbeaten run and can now enjoy a little rest, before they return to action next month.
They travel to the United States for the expanded Club World Cup, getting their campaign under way against Moroccan side Wydad AC on 18 June in Philadelphia.
Fulham looked like qualifying for Europe at stages this season but have fallen away, finishing the campaign with two victories in their last seven games.
Captain Tom Cairney led the side out in possibly his final appearance for the club, with the 34-year-old's contract expiring in the summer - he could have finished with a flourish but sent an effort inches wide in the opening period.
Full-back Kenny Tete's deal is up too and striker Carlos Vinicius is another who may depart having found first-team chances limited in west London.
Manager Silva rejected an approach from Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad last summer, so could another club now come in for the Portuguese?
Fulham had their chances through Pereira and Sander Berge late on, but were unable to find a way past City's Ederson, while Raul Jimenez flashed a bicycle kick narrowly over with the last kick of the season.
Match[]
Details[]
| 25 May 2025 16:00 BST 20°C (68 °F) |
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0–2 |  Manchester City
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Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 27,671 Referee: Andy Madley |
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Match Stats[]
| Fulham | Manchester City |
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| Possession ball | |
| 46% | 54% |
| Shots | |
| 13 | 20 |
| Shots on target | |
| 3 | 5 |
| Corners | |
| 1 | 6 |
| Fouls | |
| 11 | 5 |
See also[]
External links[]
 Premier League 2024–25
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| Manchester City F.C. matches - 2024–25 |
| 2024–25 Premier League |
| Chelsea (a) · Arsenal (h) · Tottenham Hotspur (h) · Liverpool (a) · Manchester United (h) · Chelsea (h) · Arsenal (a) · Liverpool (h) · Nottingham Forest (a) · Manchester United (a) · Crystal Palace (h) · Aston Villa (h) · Bournemouth (h) · Fulham (a) |
| 2024–25 FA Cup |
| Salford City (h) · Leyton Orient (a) · Plymouth Argyle (h) · Bournemouth (a) · Nottingham Forest (n) |
| 2024–25 EFL Cup |
| Watford (h) · Tottenham Hotspur (a) |
| 2024–25 Champions League |
| Inter Milan (h) · Slovan Bratislava (a) · Sparta Prague (h) · Sporting CP (a) · Feyenoord (h) · Juventus (a) · Paris Saint-Germain (a) · Club Brugge (h) · Real Madrid (h) · Real Madrid (a) |
| 2025 FIFA Club World Cup |
| Wydad AC (n) · Al Ain (n) · Juventus (n) · Al Hilal (n) |
| 2024 FA Community Shield |
| Manchester United (n) |
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