Manchester United vs Fulham Predicted lineup, betting tips, odds, injury news, H2H, telecast | Premier League 2024-25

The Red Devils start their new season against the Cottagers.

Kicking off the new Premier League season at the Theatre of Dreams, Manchester United and Fulham meet for their top-flight opener on Friday. The Red Devils, fresh from a narrow defeat to Manchester City in the Community Shield will look to start the Premier League with a win at home ground.

In addition to returning hero Ruud van Nistelrooy partnering with his fellow Dutchman in the dugout, United have made some brilliant signings in the transfer market and these players will surely help United to improve this season.

Fulham may have lost their star player Joao Plahinha to Bayern Munich but they have signed Emile Smith Rowe as they look to have a good season ahead of them. As of now, Fulham don’t have injury concerns like United and they will look to give the home team a tough time on the pitch as both teams will be fighting for the three points.

💬 On Manchester United: “We want to start well at a tough place to go.“We were pleased with how we played there last season.“It’s a good start to the season for the Premier League.“We are aware of the demands on us to play United and we will try to make our fans happy.” pic.twitter.com/ipelwrxtsd

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) August 14, 2024

Kick-Off:

Friday, 16 Aug 2024 at 08:00 PM UK

Saturday, 17 Aug 2024 at 12:30 AM IST

Location: Old Trafford

Form

Manchester United (in all competitions): L-L-W-W-W

Fulham (in all competitions): W-L-W-W-L

Players to Watch

Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)

Kobbie Mainoo has brought a different flavour of player to the Manchester United double-pivot. He can control a game very well and is a very intelligent player. He blends his core strength with excellent manoeuvrability and can beat opponents in duels despite being short.

He is just getting started and day by day he will improve and help his team to perform well. He can score some brilliant goals as well, he always does his duties very well on the pitch and fans can expect him to give his best.

🚨🚨🎙️| Paul Scholes on Kobbie Mainoo: “He’s the nearest thing I’ve seen to [Zinedine] Zidane in taking a ball, receiving the ball, cruising past people.” pic.twitter.com/ckMYnAQ91M

— centredevils. (@centredevils) August 15, 2024

Alex Iwobi (Fulham)

He always drops deep to help his defenders have a forward passing option to progress play, and he has the positional awareness to always be an option for his teammates to pass the ball to him. He has the technical skill to keep the ball under pressure and does not lose the ball very easily, he enjoys having the ball and frequently gets in position to receive the ball and offer routes of ball progression, he is also able to win ball possession from opponents by applying relentless pressure on them and he is a very hard-working player.

Match Facts

• The winner of the last meeting between the two clubs was Fulham FC.
• The average number of goals in meetings between Manchester United and Fulham is 2.8
• United score 1.65 goals on average when playing at home and Fulham score 1.35 goals when playing away from home

Manchester United vs Fulham: Betting Tips & Odds

• Tip 1 – Manchester United to win the match – 8/15 by SkyBet
• Tip 2 – Joshua Zirkzee to score
• Tip 3 – Both teams to score

Injury and Team News

New signing Lenny Yoro will be sidelined for several months after sustaining a foot injury during pre-season, while Luks Shaw, Tyrell Malacia and Victor Lindelof will be absent, Rasmus Hojlund will also miss this opening match for United. New signings De Ligt and Mazraoui will be available for the match as well.

🔴#️⃣3⃣➕#⃣4⃣🔴#MUFC pic.twitter.com/3fNQjejThY

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 15, 2024

Fulham have a fully fit squad as the opening game approaches and they don’t have any injury concerns.

Head-to-Head

Total Matches: 91

Manchester United: 56

Fulham: 15

Draws: 20

Predicted Lineups

Manchester United Predicted Lineups (4-2-3-1):

Onana(GK); Dalot, De Ligt, Martinez, Mazraoui; Casemiro, Mainoo; Amad, Fernandes, Rashford; Zirkzee

Fulham Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1):

Leno(GK); Castagne, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Reed; Iwobi, Pereira, Smith Rowe; Muniz

Match Prediction for Manchester United vs Fulham

Manchester United are looking good after some brilliant signings and the Red Devils will look to start their campaign with a win at home for sure, on the other hand, Fulham have a fully fit squad and it will be a big task for them to face United at their home in the first match but this match will be an exciting match for sure but most probably United will win this fixture with a narrow margin.

Prediction: Manchester United 2-1 Fulham

Telecast for Manchester United vs Fulham

India: Dinsey+ Hotstar, Star Sports

UK: Sky Sports, TNT Sports

USA: NBC Sports

Nigeria: SuperSport, NTA, Sporty TV

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