Underfire Manchester United will be looking for a break when they visit Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday evening.
The Red Devils play in the 19-00 GMT kick-off slot with less seen and are looking for redemption after last weekend’s miserable home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion. A dismal defensive display gifted the Seagulls victory and put pressure on Ruben Amorim as United collapsed to the 13th.
Thursday night proved to be another slog for the 13-time Premier League champions as they needed a 92nd-minute winner from skipper Bruno Fernandes to beat Rangers 2-1 in the Europa League against Trafford Faithful this weekend.
Fulham will prove no pushovers and currently sit seven points above United in the Premier League table, having suffered just one defeat in their previous ten games in the competition. Despite this, they have only won three of those battles, including their recent trip to struggling Leicester City.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to the game.
Fulham vs Man Utd head-to-head results (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Fulham | Mann Utd |
|---|---|
Leicester 0-2 Fulham – 18/01/25 | Man Utd 2-1 Rangers – 23/01/25 |
West Ham 3-2 Fulham – 14/01/25 | Man Utd 1-3 Brighton – 19/01/25 |
Fulham 4-1 Watford – 09/01/25 | Man Utd 3-1 Southampton – 16/01/25 |
Fulham 2-2 Ipswich – 05/01/25 | Arsenal 1-1 (3-5p) Man Utd-02/01/25 |
Fulham 2-2 Bournemouth – 29/12/24 | Liverpool 2-2 MAN UTD – 05/01/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, Discovery+, Discovery+ App |
United States | Fubotv, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports App, Telemundo Deportes en vivo, USA Network, Telemundo |
Canada | Fubotv Canada, Fubo Sports Network Canada |
Fulham only have the two absences for the visit of Man Utd, with loanee Reiss Nelson in the forward line and Kenny Tete also unavailable at right-back. Otherwise, Marco Silva has a completely suitable squad for Sunday.
Andreas Pereira will face his former employers for the fifth time, having beaten them just once before. Ex-Liverpool winger Harry Wilson will look to punish his former enemies and is in promising form with two goals and an assist in his last five games.
Fulham predicted lineup vs Man Utd (4-2-3-1): Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, mountains; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jimenez.
Man Utd await fitness updates on a trio of defenders. Noussair Mazraoui missed Thursday’s win with a minor knock and will be assessed ahead of Sunday’s clash, while Matthijs de Ligt and Leny Yoro are both doubts after suffering midweek pain midweek, according to Amorim.
Luke Shaw and Jonny Evans are also absent from defense but Victor Lindelof has now returned to training. Mason Mount is unavailable on Sunday as he continues his recovery from a muscle injury.
Man Utd predicted line-up against Fulham (3-4-2-1): Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez; Amad, Ugarte, Mainoo, Dalot; Garnacho, Fernandes; Circzee.
Fulham have won just once in their last 20 meetings against Man Utd – who come to Old Trafford last season – and have not beaten them at Craven Cottage since December 2009. They have an excellent opportunity to do this on Sunday against an out-of-sorts and underperforming side.
They are likely to add injury and generally disorganized United defensive problems and have scored two or more in their last six games in all competitions.
United’s unpredictability makes it difficult to know what we will see from Amorim’s side, but they have been scoring goals in recent games despite their poor form. Amad Diallo and Fernandes could be their saviors again this weekend.