Fulham and Manchester United have announced their starting eleven for Sunday’s meeting at Craven Cottage in the Premier League.
The Cottagers are last in the table, but secured their first point of the season with a 0-0 draw against Liverpool on September 12 – and will climb out of the relegation zone with a win. “The form seems to be on the rise. A few days ago, Fulham’s Oscar Bobb finally got the effect he got in 21 minutes on the pitch, enough to send West Ham out of the League Cup. It was a terrific first half with 2-2 at half-time, only after Bobb came on the pitch did Fulham manage to play their way to the decisive finish for a 3-2 victory.
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Manchester United have had a week they would rather forget. It started with a 1-0 loss at home to a ten-man Manchester City in the Premier League last Sunday. – If Manchester United lose, it will send Tottenham down to last place in the Premier League table as Fulham, who are at the very bottom of the table, overtake them.
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Fulham’s confirmed starting line-up against Man United
Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Charles, Bobb, King, Iwobi, Garcia
Substitutes: Lecomte, Andersen, Sessegnon, Larsson, Manuel Angel, Smith Rowe, Palacios, Kevin, Muniz
Manchester United’s full squad against Fulham
Manchester United: Lammens, Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw, Tielemans, Mainoo, Rashford, Cunha, Mbuemo
Substitutes: Darlow, Mazraoui, Dorgu, Yoro, Mount, Santos, Baleba, Zirkzee, Lacey
Fulham vs Manchester United: Statistics
- Fulham have not won any of their last 10 home games against Manchester United in the Premier League (2 draws, 8 losses) since winning two straight games against them at Craven Cottage in 2009.
- Manchester United have lost just one of their last 21 Premier League games against Fulham (16 wins, 4 draws) – the 2-1 loss at Old Trafford in February 2024.
- Fulham are on their longest winless start to the season (1 draw, 3 losses) since 2020-21, when they did not win any of their first six Premier League games. Manager Álvaro Arbeloa is the first Fulham boss without a win in his first four league games since Scott Parker in March/April 2019 (first five).
- Manchester United’s four points from their first four Premier League games this season (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses) are their lowest at this stage of the league, along with 1992–93 and 2025–26. That time, however, they made it to 1st and 3rd place respectively.
- Since the beginning of February – which started with a loss to Man Utd – Tottenham Hotspur (15) are the only team to have taken fewer Premier League points than Fulham (19). Spurs are also the only team to have lost as many games as the Cottagers in that period (10 each).
- Manchester United had more finishes (84) than any other Premier League club in the first four rounds this season, and only Brighton (10.2) collected a higher xG (8.3). That’s the most they’ve had in the first four games of a season since 2003-04.
- Fulham have not scored in 10 Premier League games in 2026 – more than any other club. That is the highest percentage of games (42%, 10 out of 24) they have gone without a goal in a calendar year in the league since 2010 (also 42%, 16 out of 38).
- Marcus Rashford has created the most chances for Manchester United in the Premier League this season (9, tied), as well as having the most touches of the ball in the opponent’s box (23) and the most dribbles (14) of any Red Devils player.
- Josh King has 44 Premier League appearances for Fulham – the most of any teenager for the Cottagers. In the last two seasons, King has the second-most appearances of any teenager in Europe’s top five leagues (36), behind only Yan Diomande.
- Man Utd captain Bruno Fernandes has five assists in his last five Premier League appearances in London. In fact, in the last two seasons, Fernandes has more assists (5) than any Fulham player has managed in the capital (Harry Wilson, now at Leeds, with 4).
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