{"id":776460,"date":"2026-09-20T04:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T04:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776460\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T04:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T04:36:13","slug":"fulham-vs-manchester-united-premier-league-prediction-teams-lineups-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776460\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulham vs Manchester United: Premier League \u2013 prediction, teams, lineups | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Man United have won only one league game this season, leaving Michael Carrick under pressure ahead of Fulham trip.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/kevin-hand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789878973_510_PXL_20210627_155635971-1-1696493612.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 19 Sep 202619 Sep 2026<\/p>\n<p>Who: Fulham vs Manchester United<br \/>What: English Premier League<br \/>Where: Craven Cottage, London in United Kingdom<br \/>When: Sunday, September 20, at 4:30pm (15:30 GMT)<br \/>How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will have all the build-up to our live text commentary stream from 12:30 GMT.<\/p>\n<p>One month into the new \u200cPremier League season, excuses about bedding-in processes and newly assembled squads needing time to gel are wearing thin and for Manchester United \u2060there is an acute sense \u2060of urgency as the international break looms.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>United are by no means the only \u2018big club\u2019 enduring a faltering start to the campaign but after so much pre-season optimism, the spotlight has fallen very much on manager Michael Carrick ahead of \u2060Sunday\u2019s trip to Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera takes a closer look at the game:<\/p>\n<p>How have Manchester United started the new season?<\/p>\n<p>United have \u2060lost three of their six matches in all competitions and suffered a damaging League Cup exit on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/9\/16\/manchester-united-lose-3-2-to-brighton-crash-out-of-league-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">surrendering a 2-0 \u2060lead<\/a> to Brighton &amp; Hove Albion.<\/p>\n<p>Their only win in four league games came at home to promoted Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n<p>United started the better in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/9\/16\/manchester-derby-var-error-caused-by-tunnel-vision-pro-ref-chief-webb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VAR-dominated Manchester derby<\/a> last Sunday, but played second fiddle to the away team after City were reduced to ten men.<\/p>\n<p>How have Fulham started the new season?<\/p>\n<p>The London club have made a slow start under new manager Alvaro Arbeloa and are yet to win in the league.<\/p>\n<p>A draw at Liverpool last week and a League Cup win at West Ham United in midweek offered glimpses of better things to come.<\/p>\n<p>What has Carrick said about United\u2019s start to the season?<\/p>\n<p>Carrick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/9\/18\/carrick-brushes-off-questions-over-his-manchester-united-future\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accepted responsibility<\/a> for the team\u2019s poor start but said the focus must remain on finding \u2060solutions rather than assigning blame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s my responsibility and I\u2019m fine with that. It\u2019s not a blame \u2060game. Blame me, no problem, but it\u2019s \u2060not about blaming people,\u201d said the 45-year-old boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about finding solutions. It\u2019s a whole collective thing. It\u2019s about what you focus on. I know where we want to get to \u200cand we want to get there fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What happened the last time Fulham played Man Utd?<\/p>\n<p>United won 3-2 in their last meeting which came in the Premier League at Old Trafford on February 1.<\/p>\n<p>Casemiro and Matheus Cunha put United two up before a chaotic finale that saw Raul Jiminez net an 85th minute penalty for the Londoners before Benjamin Sesko and Kevin traded injury time strikes.<\/p>\n<p>What happened between Fulham and Man Utd at Craven Cottage last season?<\/p>\n<p>The teams shared a 1-1 draw in the Premier League match. Emile Smith Rowe\u2019s 73rd minute goal levelled matters after Rodrigo Muniz put through his own net in the 58th minute.<\/p>\n<p>When did Fulham last beat Manchester United?<\/p>\n<p>Fulham won 2-1 at Old Trafford in the Premier League on February 24, 2024. Harry Maguire appeared to have sealed a point for United in the 90th minute when he cancelled out Calvin Bassey\u2019s 65th minute goal, but Alex Iwobi got Fulham\u2019s winner in injury time.<\/p>\n<p>United have won three of the five meetings since then.<\/p>\n<p>When did Fulham last beat Man Utd at Craven Cottage?<\/p>\n<p>Fulham have not recorded a home win against United since December 2009. Danny Murphy, Bobby Zamora and Damien Duff sealing a 3-0 home win.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 10 matches since then, United have won nine, scoring 21 and conceding six.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Fulham vs Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>Opta\u2019s supercomputer has given Manchester United a 47.4 percent chance of winning, while offering Fulham only a 28.3 percent chance of victory.<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head: Fulham vs Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>This will be their 94th meeting, with Manchester United winning 59 of the encounters and Fulham 14.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham team news<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Tete misses out due to concussion at Anfield last week.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Cairney is also absent with a knee injury, but Ryan Sessegnon will have a late fitness test as he returns from a groin problem.<\/p>\n<p>Predicted Fulham lineup<\/p>\n<p>Leno; Castagne, Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson; Berge, Charles; Bobb, King, Iwobi; Garcia<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United team news<\/p>\n<p>United will make a late decision on whether to include Luke Shaw and Carlos \u200cBaleba \u200cin the squad. Both have had ankle problems, but could feature.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel Ugarte, Tom Heaton, Matthijs de Ligt and Amad Diallo all remain sidelined with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Predicted Manchester United lineup<\/p>\n<p>Lammens; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Mainoo, Tielemans; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Cunha; Sesko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man United have won only one league game this season, leaving Michael Carrick under pressure ahead of Fulham&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[591,218,59,57,58,50,217,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-776460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-europe","tag-football","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776460","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=776460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}