Premier League: Live score: Manchester United VS Fulham: Predictions, Probable lineup, head-to-head

The team of Erik ten Hag travels to Craven Cottage six points behind the top four after a loss at Aston Villa last weekend and positive results for Newcastle and Tottenham on Saturday.

Manchester United will want to maintain the ground in the fight for the Champions League. Still, they face a difficult match against a Fulham team having a successful season under the direction of Marco Silva.

Fulham are ninth in the Premier League table and have been rather impressive thus far this season.

The Cottagers fell 2-1 on penalties to Manchester City last weekend, but with a victory, they can leapfrog Chelsea into the eighth position.

On the other hand, Manchester United are now in fifth place and is beginning to find its footing under Erik ten Hag. In their most recent match, the Red Devils beat Aston Villa by a score of 4-2 and will aim for a similar outcome this weekend.

The other Manchester team, the defending champions, also won at the death last weekend, beating Fulham on a penalty kick by Erling Haaland, something Manchester United may learn from.

As for head-to-head stats, Manchester United are way ahead of Fulham with 52 wins, while the Cottagers could only manage to win 14 times. In comparison, 20 games have been drawn.

Key Stats for the match

• Since pulling up back-to-back victories against Manchester United in 2009, Fulham have gone winless in 13 Premier League games against them.
• Manchester United have dropped just one of their previous 18 Premier League matches against newly promoted teams, a 4-1 defeat against Watford last November.
• Fulham have only lost one of their seven Premier League home games at Craven Cottage this season, while they have won three of these contests.

Manchester United team news

Cristiano Ronaldo will likely miss the game because he did not join the train with his Manchester United teammates on Saturday afternoon.

Due to their various injuries, Raphael Varane, Axel Tuanzebe, and Brandon Williams are not available. Meanwhile, Diogo Dalot is suspended for this match, leaving Erik ten Hag with an unusual selection dilemma.

On Thursday, Anthony Martial began against Villa in the EFL Cup, and he might also start here. Alejandro Garnacho could be requested to play on the right for Marcus Rashford to start on the left.

Predicted lineup: De Gea, Garnacho, Martial, Rashford, Malacia, Lindelof, Martinez, Shaw, Casemiro, Eriksen, and Fernandes.

Fulham Team News

Aleksandar Mitrovic has been ruled out for Fulham with an ankle injury and now faces a race against time to recover for Serbia's opening World Cup group match. Carlos Vinicius should serve as a substitute.

Neeskens Kebano and Manor Solomon are injured, while Kenny Tete and Harrison Reed are suspended and will miss this game.

Predicted lineup: Leno, Wilson, Pereira, Willian, Vinicius, DeCordova-Reid, Diop, Ream, Robinson, Cairney, and Palhinha.

Manchester United VS Fulham Prediction

This weekend, Fulham will not be at full strength, and the absence of Aleksandar Mitrovic is a blow to their prospects of obtaining a positive result here.

However, this time, Fulham are an entirely different team, and the visitors can expect a battle.

But, invigorated by their victory against Aston Villa earlier this week, the Red Devils should be able to clinch this game.

Final prediction: Manchester United 2-1 Fulham