Early betting action suggest Manchester United superiority when welcoming Fulham

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

Manchester United are located at 3rd, while Fulham are dragging their feet 20 points behind in the standings. Will they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Manchester United have the most clean sheets (18) in Premier League

Manchester United are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Fulham are staying put at 10th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

The hosts Manchester United saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. This match was also played here at Old Trafford. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Fulham have had more rest.

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Manchester United form and stats

This stadium, Old Trafford, has been a fortress for Manchester United in the Premier League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 14-3-1. The Manchester United fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Old Trafford and will expect new points from this game. Manchester United has played 17 games in a row here without a defeat.

United's last game was hosting Chelsea (placed 12th) and winning 4-1. The gifted forward Rashford bested all teammates in that match and got a match rating of 7.74 out of 10. Rashford scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 21 successful passes (of 23 total).

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting AFC Bournemouth.

It should be considered that a glance at the 15 latest league matches reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Manchester United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Old Trafford with 34 goals in 18 league matches. Manchester United have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Fulham form and stats

Playing away, Fulham have won 7 games, drawn 2 and suffered 9 defeats in the Premier League this season.

There were no winners in Fulham's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Crystal Palace (placed 11th). Midfield player Willian was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Willian served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Southampton with the score of 2-0.

Fulham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 18 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 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Manchester United have not lost in the last 16 games (13-3-0) against Fulham.

Fulham - United 1-2 was the end result in these participants' previous head to head game, played this season. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
17 goals
FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
14 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
7 goals

Manchester United missing players

Fulham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester United Fulham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
22 14 6 Won W 1 7 15
6 3 0 Drew D 0 2 7
9 1 0 Lost L 4 9 15
56 34 12 Scored S 3 23 54
42 9 2 Conceded C 6 22 51
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
70% 72% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 61% 73%
49% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 65%
24% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 30%
11% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 16%
41% 39% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 59%
46% 61% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 24%
19% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 28% 24%
 
5.1 6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.1 4.8
5.5 5.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.6 5.4
2.1 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.5 18 19.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 9.9 11.4
5.6 6.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.8
27% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 38% 38%
 
12.8 11.4 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 18.2 14.1 13.1
3.8 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.8 5.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Manchester United have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester United have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester United have the most clean sheets (18) 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 37 28 5 4 94 32 19 17 1 1 60 17 18 11 4 3 34 15 62 89
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Manchester United 37 22 6 9 56 42 18 14 3 1 34 9 19 8 3 8 22 33 14 72
4 Newcastle United 37 19 13 5 67 32 19 11 6 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 70
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 18 8 11 71 51 19 10 4 5 37 21 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 62
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 37 11 10 16 37 46 18 6 6 6 19 18 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leicester City 37 8 7 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 19 4 3 12 28 41 -18 31
19 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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Table
  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 37 28 5 4 94 32 19 17 1 1 60 17 18 11 4 3 34 15 62 89
2 Arsenal 37 25 6 6 83 43 18 13 3 2 48 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 40 81
3 Manchester United 37 22 6 9 56 42 18 14 3 1 34 9 19 8 3 8 22 33 14 72
4 Newcastle United 37 19 13 5 67 32 19 11 6 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 70
5 Liverpool 37 19 9 9 71 43 19 13 5 1 46 17 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 66
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 37 18 8 11 71 51 19 10 4 5 37 21 18 8 4 6 34 30 20 62
7 Aston Villa 37 17 7 13 49 45 18 11 2 5 31 20 19 6 5 8 18 25 4 58
8 Tottenham Hotspur 37 17 6 14 66 62 19 12 1 6 37 25 18 5 5 8 29 37 4 57
9 Brentford 37 14 14 9 57 46 18 9 7 2 34 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 11 56
10 Fulham 37 15 7 15 54 51 19 8 5 6 31 29 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 52
11 Crystal Palace 37 11 11 15 39 48 18 7 6 5 20 22 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 44
12 Chelsea 37 11 10 16 37 46 18 6 6 6 19 18 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 11 8 18 31 53 19 9 3 7 19 20 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 41
14 West Ham United 37 11 7 19 41 53 19 8 4 7 26 24 18 3 3 12 15 29 -12 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 37 11 6 20 37 70 19 6 4 9 20 28 18 5 2 11 17 42 -33 39
16 Nottingham Forest 37 9 10 18 37 67 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -30 37
17 Everton 37 7 12 18 33 57 18 5 3 10 15 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -24 33
18 Leicester City 37 8 7 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 19 4 3 12 28 41 -18 31
19 Leeds United 37 7 10 20 47 74 18 5 7 6 25 33 19 2 3 14 22 41 -27 31
20 Southampton 37 6 6 25 32 69 18 2 4 12 15 33 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 24

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.