{"id":398798,"date":"2026-01-30T13:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398798\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:26:15","slug":"interesting-gary-neville-and-paul-scholes-thinking-same-man-utd-vs-fulham-prediction-after-michael-carricks-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398798\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Interesting&#8217;\u2026 Gary Neville and Paul Scholes thinking same Man Utd vs Fulham prediction after Michael Carrick&#8217;s start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville and Manchester United legend Paul Scholes have now had their say on Michael Carrick\u2019s next match in charge against Fulham on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> are flying high after the explosive start that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/michael-carrick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Carrick<\/a> has made to his interim head coach reign at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Old Trafford<\/a> in the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>          How many points will United get from our next five games? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">It&#8217;s been a perfect start for Michael Carrick, will it continue? Which games are you worried about?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UIF-2026-01-25T192732.446-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325516\" \/>Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/legends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United legend<\/a> Carrick made his sensational return to the Premier League club earlier this month after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/man-utd-officially-confirm-why-they-chose-to-sack-ruben-amorim-now-this-will\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim was finally sacked as Man Utd manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/david-ornstein-confirms-ruben-amorim-sacked-as-manchester-united-manager-names-interim-until-end-of-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim\u2019s 14-month spell as Man Utd head coach<\/a> ended after the 41-year-old former Sporting CP manager fell out with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ineos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ineos<\/a> regime at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/darren-fletcher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darren Fletcher<\/a> had stepped in as caretaker manager of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/manchester-united-squad-players\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United first-team<\/a> squad for two matches before Ineos brought Carrick in until the end of the current season.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/gary-nevilles-praise-for-resurgent-man-utd-star-sparks-roy-keane-callout-over-him-getting-carried-away\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Neville\u2019s praise for resurgent Man Utd star sparks Roy Keane callout over him getting \u2018carried away\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2257654811-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick celebrates after the Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium in 2026 in London, England.\" class=\"wp-image-326152\" \/>Photo by Marc Atkins\/Getty ImagesGary Neville\u2019s assessment of Man Utd\u2019s Premier League match against Fulham at Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p>Michael Carrick has overseen two huge wins for Manchester United against Premier League title challengers Manchester City and Arsenal since his interim appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old former Middlesbrough head coach watched on from the Old Trafford dugout as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-beat-man-city-2-0\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd inflicted a 2-0 defeat on Manchester City<\/a> in a stunning display.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick\u2019s men built on their initial momentum boost from the Manchester derby, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-win-3-2-vs-arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with United defeating Arsenal 3-2<\/a> in the Premier League tie at the Emirates last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>          Are you confident Manchester United will beat Fulham this weekend? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Our last five games vs Fulham have been very tight\u2026<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UIF-2026-01-28T093245.951-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Fulham last five\" class=\"wp-image-326352\" \/>Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/gary-neville\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Neville<\/a> teamed up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/paul-scholes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Scholes<\/a>, who stepped in for <a href=\"https:\/\/unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/jamie-carragher\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Carragher<\/a>, for their latest Premier League predictions on The Overlap\u2019s flagship football podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XIzuzdO5kEQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Stick to Football<\/a>, Neville suggested that Carrick and Co have a \u201cdifferent type of test\u201d awaiting them on Sunday afternoon against Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a different type of test on Sunday, which is interesting, but I think they\u2019ll come through it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/jose-mourinho-pales-in-comparison-with-man-utd-linked-boss-striking-man-management-says-morgan-schneiderlin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Mourinho pales in comparison with Man Utd-linked boss\u2019 \u2018striking\u2019 man-management, says Morgan Schneiderlin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville and Paul Scholes predict Man Utd vs Fulham in the Premier League match at Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils are fourth and are now one point clear of fifth-place Chelsea after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/man-utd-ratings-vs-arsenal-mbeumo-dorgu-cunha-scored-but-9-10-star-who-didnt-was-masterful\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United\u2019s sensational comeback result against Arsenal<\/a> under Carrick\u2019s management.<\/p>\n<p>Neville and Scholes expect former Man Utd and England teammate Carrick to chalk up his third consecutive Premier League win against Fulham on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The two members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/who-are-the-class-of-92\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United\u2019s iconic \u2018Class of \u201892\u2019 stars<\/a> predicted a 3-1 win for the Red Devils over seventh-place Fulham at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville and Manchester United legend Paul Scholes have now had their say on Michael&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[33718,59,29159,221,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-398798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gary-neville","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-paul-scholes","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}