Manchester United vs Fulham: Premier League LIVE score, goals and updates
- Manchester United have won 21 of their 23 home matches against Fulham
- A defeat for Utd would result in their lowest points tally after 16 matches of a Premier League campaign
- Jose Mourinho is aiming for a 50th Premier League win as United manager
- Claudio Ranieri could become the third manager to win a Premier League away game at Old Trafford with two different clubs
MANCHESTER UNITED vs FULHAM
Manchester United XI: de Gea, Dalot, Jones, Smalling, Young, Matic, Ander Herrera, Rashford, Mata, Lingard, Lukaku
Fulham XI: Sergio Rico, Odoi, Ream, Mawson, Bryan, Seri, Zambo, Schurrle, Cairney, Ryan Sessegnon, Mitrovic
Ouch!
14:48: Fulham have lost 21 of their last 23 away matches against Manchester United in all comps (W1 D1) – their only win in this run was a 3-1 victory in the Premier League in October 2003.
Team news
14:45: Paul Pogba starts on the bench as Jose Mourinho recalls Romelu Lukaku to the starting line-up for Manchester United’s match with Bournemouth.
The United boss made four changes from Wednesday’s 2-2 draw against Arsenal, with Lukaku joined in the starting line-up by Phil Jones, Juan Mata and Ashley Young.
Ryan Sessegnon made his 100th appearance for a Fulham side to which Claudio Ranieri made five alterations.
Starting XI…
14:40: Sorry I’m late to the party but I’ve just about finished wiritng how good Mohamed Salah was against Bournemouth today. Killed my fantasy football team in the process…
Manchester United XI: de Gea, Dalot, Jones, Smalling, Young, Matic, Ander Herrera, Rashford, Mata, Lingard, Lukaku.
Subs: Pogba, Rojo, Fred, Romero, Shaw, Fellaini, McTominay.
Fulham XI: Sergio Rico, Odoi, Ream, Mawson, Bryan, Seri, Zambo, Schurrle, Cairney, Ryan Sessegnon, Mitrovic.
Subs: Bettinelli, Kebano, Johansen, Vietto, Christie, Cisse, Kamara.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
MANCHESTER UNITED vs FULHAM
Anthony Martial, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones are among the players that could be absent for Manchester United against Fulham. The trio will be assessed on Friday, as will centre-back Eric Bailly. Luke Shaw is hoping to return after missing that match with a knock and Ashley Young is back from suspension. Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku will be hoping to return to the starting line-up after being dropped to the bench against the Gunners, but Victor Lindelof (groin) and Alexis Sanchez (hamstring) are out.
Fulham expect to have Kevin McDonald and Floyd Ayite available. McDonald and Ayite have made good progress in their attempts to recover from respective hamstring and groin injuries. Manager Claudio Ranieri is expected to make few changes to the team that showed signs of improvement in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw at home to Leicester.
Last season: No Corresponding fixture
Last five league matches: Man Utd W L D D D; Fulham L L W L D
Top scorers: Anthony Martial (Man Utd) 8; Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) 7
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)