Fulham manager Martin Jol believes his side can frustrate league leaders Manchester City tonight.
The west Londoners face the unenviable task of trying to become the first side to take points away from the Etihad Stadium this season.
City have won all 11 home league matches and scored 34 goals in the process, although Fulham can be buoyed by the fact they were the first team to take points off the Citizens this season.
The 2-2 draw back in mid-September ended Roberto Mancini's perfect start and and Jol believes his side have it within themselves to ask questions of the league leaders.
"I am not sure what we can do differently to those 11 sides that have lost because there were quite a few good teams going over there," the Dutchman said.
"Of course away from home they are good, but they are even better at home. We have to find a solution to give them a few questions.
"We did that in the second half at Craven Cottage, but in the first half [Sergio] Aguero and [David] Silva were a handful.
"If you remember, the manager took them off and we scored our two goals and could have even scored a winner after that. We took the first points off them and of course they have had a few disappointing matches, like Everton.
"We hope to do the same away from home. Every game is different.
"I can understand why managers go there and try and narrow the space and play compact, but sometimes maybe the solution is to play four attackers.
"Real Madrid, the best in Spain and top of the league by seven points, tried everything against Barcelona and still lost.
"So sometimes there is no solution but we will have a game plan, make a decision and we'll have to wait and see.
"For me the most important thing is to get this game out of the way. We will see after the game what the result will be."
Fulham come into the game off the back of a frustrating 1-1 draw with West Brom on Wednesday evening.
The match was the west Londoners' first since Bobby Zamora's move to QPR and saw them run without a recognised striker in their starting line-up.
Fulham's attack will be boosted at City tomorrow by the return of Belgium international Mousa Dembele after a hip problem, although Andy Johnson continues to miss out with a groin injury and new signing Pavel Pogrebnyak is waiting for clearance.
Jol has a decision to make on whether to start David Stockdale in goal after regular number one Mark Schwarzer recovered from a spine injury picked up in mid-December.
Steve Sidwell misses out after a hernia injury, while Dickson Etuhu looks set to be welcomed back to the fold.
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