Sports bettors believe Manchester United will beat Fulham at Old Trafford

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 18.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Manchester United fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Fulham's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Manchester United have the most points from losing position (31) in Premier League
  • Fulham is in the worst form (0-1-5)

The visiting Fulham played their last game only three days ago, a Premier League match. That game, against Southampton, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Fulham.

Manchester United are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Fulham it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Manchester United form and stats

9-3-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Manchester United so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for United, their manager O. Solskjær and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Manchester United fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Old Trafford: A 2-4 defeat against Liverpool (placed 5th). Midfield player Bruno Fernandes got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Fernandes scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 50 successful passes (of 60 total). A goal frenzy last time out for United, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Liverpool. Fun stuff to watch!

Before that game, the home loss against Leicester City with the scoreline 1-2.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for United home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, zero draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

Manchester United can score goals in their home matches. After 18 league matches they have found the net 37 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Manchester United defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Fulham form and stats

There's been little loot from Fulham's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 18 away games in the Premier League. Fulham only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 8 draws. Recent form does not give Fulham much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Manchester United will be a tough nut to crack.

Fulham play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Southampton (placed 14th). Attacker Fabio Carvalho got a player rating of 7.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Carvalho scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 6 times.

A loss against Burnley was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fulham as they have only managed to score 17 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fulham have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Fulham - United 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): United nine wins, one draw and Fulham zero victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
18 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
11 goals
Manchester UnitedE. Cavani Gómez
E. Cavani Gómez
9 goals

Manchester United missing players

Fulham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester United Fulham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
20 9 5 Won W 2 3 5
10 3 0 Drew D 1 8 12
6 6 1 Lost L 2 7 19
70 37 19 Scored S 4 17 26
42 27 5 Conceded C 6 24 50
81% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 86%
67% 67% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 67%
61% 67% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 28% 33%
47% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 14%
25% 28% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
61% 61% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 42%
36% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 22% 25%
22% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.7 14.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 10.9 11.7
5.6 5.5 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.7 3.6
35% 37% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 25% 20%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Fulham have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • Fulham have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Premier League
  • Fulham have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Premier League
  • Fulham is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United have scored more than double the goals of Fulham.
  • Manchester United have the most points from losing position (31) in Premier League
  • Manchester United have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 36 26 5 5 76 29 18 12 2 4 38 17 18 14 3 1 38 12 47 83
2 Manchester United 36 20 10 6 70 42 18 9 3 6 37 27 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 70
3 Leicester City 36 20 6 10 65 44 18 9 1 8 32 26 18 11 5 2 33 18 21 66
4 Chelsea 36 18 10 8 55 33 18 8 6 4 29 17 18 10 4 4 26 16 22 64
5 Liverpool 36 18 9 9 63 42 18 9 3 6 27 20 18 9 6 3 36 22 21 63
6 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 8 11 63 41 18 10 3 5 34 18 18 7 5 6 29 23 22 59
7 West Ham United 36 17 8 11 56 46 18 9 4 5 29 22 18 8 4 6 27 24 10 59
8 Everton 36 16 8 12 46 43 18 5 4 9 23 28 18 11 4 3 23 15 3 56
9 Arsenal 36 16 7 13 50 38 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 9 3 6 28 17 12 55
10 Leeds United 36 16 5 15 57 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 18 9 0 9 32 33 4 53
11 Aston Villa 36 14 7 15 51 44 18 6 4 8 27 26 18 8 3 7 24 18 7 49
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 12 9 15 35 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 5 8 15 26 -14 45
13 Crystal Palace 36 12 8 16 40 61 18 6 5 7 19 29 18 6 3 9 21 32 -21 44
14 Southampton 36 12 7 17 47 63 18 8 3 7 28 23 18 4 4 10 19 40 -16 43
15 Burnley 36 10 9 17 33 51 18 4 6 8 14 24 18 6 3 9 19 27 -18 39
16 Newcastle United 36 10 9 17 43 62 18 5 5 8 25 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -19 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 14 14 37 42 18 3 9 6 19 20 18 5 5 8 18 22 -5 38
18 Fulham 36 5 12 19 26 50 18 2 4 12 9 26 18 3 8 7 17 24 -24 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 36 5 11 20 33 70 18 3 6 9 14 36 18 2 5 11 19 34 -37 26
20 Sheffield United 36 6 2 28 19 62 18 4 1 13 11 27 18 2 1 15 8 35 -43 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 36 26 5 5 76 29 18 12 2 4 38 17 18 14 3 1 38 12 47 83
2 Manchester United 36 20 10 6 70 42 18 9 3 6 37 27 18 11 7 0 33 15 28 70
3 Leicester City 36 20 6 10 65 44 18 9 1 8 32 26 18 11 5 2 33 18 21 66
4 Chelsea 36 18 10 8 55 33 18 8 6 4 29 17 18 10 4 4 26 16 22 64
5 Liverpool 36 18 9 9 63 42 18 9 3 6 27 20 18 9 6 3 36 22 21 63
6 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 8 11 63 41 18 10 3 5 34 18 18 7 5 6 29 23 22 59
7 West Ham United 36 17 8 11 56 46 18 9 4 5 29 22 18 8 4 6 27 24 10 59
8 Everton 36 16 8 12 46 43 18 5 4 9 23 28 18 11 4 3 23 15 3 56
9 Arsenal 36 16 7 13 50 38 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 9 3 6 28 17 12 55
10 Leeds United 36 16 5 15 57 53 18 7 5 6 25 20 18 9 0 9 32 33 4 53
11 Aston Villa 36 14 7 15 51 44 18 6 4 8 27 26 18 8 3 7 24 18 7 49
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 12 9 15 35 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 5 8 15 26 -14 45
13 Crystal Palace 36 12 8 16 40 61 18 6 5 7 19 29 18 6 3 9 21 32 -21 44
14 Southampton 36 12 7 17 47 63 18 8 3 7 28 23 18 4 4 10 19 40 -16 43
15 Burnley 36 10 9 17 33 51 18 4 6 8 14 24 18 6 3 9 19 27 -18 39
16 Newcastle United 36 10 9 17 43 62 18 5 5 8 25 33 18 5 4 9 18 29 -19 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 14 14 37 42 18 3 9 6 19 20 18 5 5 8 18 22 -5 38
18 Fulham 36 5 12 19 26 50 18 2 4 12 9 26 18 3 8 7 17 24 -24 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 36 5 11 20 33 70 18 3 6 9 14 36 18 2 5 11 19 34 -37 26
20 Sheffield United 36 6 2 28 19 62 18 4 1 13 11 27 18 2 1 15 8 35 -43 20

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