Fulham look to boost their Premier League survival ambitions against Manchester United.
Victory could lift Fulham as high as 13th in the table and out of the relegation zone, whilst Man Utd can climb to ninth with a win.
Team News
Kenny Tete is ruled out for Fulham due to concussion suffered in their last league outing which finished 0-0 at Liverpool last weekend.
Ryan Sessegnon is a doubt due to a groin injury, but Tom Cairney is still absent with a knee injury.
Man Utd could welcome Carlos Baleba (ankle) and Luke Shaw (thigh) back into contention – subject to late fitness tests.
Amad Diallo (ankle/muscle), Matthijs De Ligt (back) and Manuel Ugarte (knee) are still sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Fulham host Man Utd at Craven Cottage on Sunday 20 September at 4:30pm BST, live on Sky Sports Main Event and
Premier League in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Fulham have claimed four points from their last five league meetings against Man Utd (W1, D1, L3).
- Man Utd are unbeaten in their last 10 visits to Fulham (W8, D2).
- Fulham have lost two of their last three home meetings against Utd by 1-0 results, whilst their encounter in West London last season ended in a 1-1 draw.
- Joshua King has scored in both of Fulham’s two top-flight matches this season (L2), which ended in 3-2 defeats to Chelsea and Crystal Palace respectively.
- Man Utd have failed to score in two of their four league games this season.
Prediction
Despite their obvious defensive fragilities which need serious work in the international break, Fulham undoubtedly have plenty of attacking quality within them as evidenced by their hard-fought Carabao Cup win at West Ham in midweek – having twice chucked the lead away before scraping through.
Man Utd meanwhile need to produce a reaction after passively slinging an early 2-0 lead away in their Carabao Cup loss at home to Brighton, so I expect them to come out and try to play aggressively on the front foot but rumours over Michael Carrick’s future isn’t ideal.
On that note, I expect a strong battle because both teams have strong attacking quality but defensive fragilities and given how this weekend has unfolded results wise – I fancy Fulham to pull off a surprise here.
Prediction: Fulham 2-1 Man Utd