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EPL Preview: MUN vs FUL

By Parameswaran Sankaranarayanan May 18, 2021

Second-placed Manchester United (MUN) hosts Fulham (FUL) in their final home match of the 2020-21 English Premier League (EPL) season. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men will be desperate to bounce back after suffering back-to-back league defeats. They lost 1-2 and 2-4 to Leicester City and Liverpool, respectively. With relegation confirmed, Fulham will be playing for pride at Old Trafford. The London-based outfit is winless in their last eight league games.

Team news

The Red Devils, set to play in front of their home fans for the first time this season, are expected to field a strong starting eleven. Influential midfielder Bruno Fernandes is two goals away from reaching the 20-goal mark and will become the first player since Robin Van Persie in the 2012-13 season to reach the milestone. Meanwhile, Mason Greenwood could continue his impressive goalscoring run.

Teenager Fabio Carvalho is the player to watch out for in the Fulham playing 11. The attacking midfielder, making his first start in the league, struck the lone goal in the 3-1 defeat against Southampton on Sunday. Fulham captain Tom Cairney and centre-back Terence Kongolo remain sidelined with injuries, and manager Scott Parker might give a chance to a couple of young players.

Previous meeting: FUL 1-2 MUN (Goalscorers: A Lookman Olajade; E Cavani, & P Pogba)

Match facts

  • Manchester United won ten of their last 12 league fixtures against Fulham
  • Fulham’s Ademola Lookman Olajade has scored four goals and grabbed four assists this season
  • Manchester United has managed to keep only one clean sheet in their last seven home matches in the league
  • Paul Pogba has scored three goals in his last two appearances against Fulham

English Premier League 2020-21 stats

Top Goalscorer: MUN – B Fernandes (18 goals); FUL – B Reid (5 goals)

Most Assists: MUN – B Fernandes (11 assists); FUL – A Lookman Olajade (4 assists)

Most Clean Sheets: MUN – D De Gea (9 clean sheets); FUL – A Areola (9 clean sheets)

Injuries/Suspensions

MUN: H Maguire (injured), P Jones (injured), A Martial (doubtful), D James (doubtful)

FUL: A Robinson (injured), T Cairney (injured), T Kongolo (injured)

 

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