Fulham V Manchester United: Premier League – live

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Teams successful full

Fulham (4-2-3-1) Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Castagne; Lukic, Berge; Sessegnon, King, Iwobi; Muniz.

Subs: Lecomte, Cuenca, Robinson, Reed, Cairney, Traore, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Jimenez.

Man United (3-4-3) Altay; Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw; Amad, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dorgu; Mbeumo, Cunha, Mount.

Subs: Onana, Fredericson, Maguire, Heaven, Dalot, Ugarte, Mainoo, Mount, Zirkzee, Sesko.

Teams successful brief: 3 changes for Fulham

Marco Silva is much proactive, moreover though Fulham’s first consequence was a decent 1 (1-1 astatine Brighton). Rodrigo Muniz, who secured that constituent pinch a last-ditch equaliser aft coming connected arsenic a sub, dislodges Raul Jimenez. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Harry Wilson connected nan correct wing, and astatine nan backmost Jorge Cuenca gives measurement to Timothy Castagne. The breathtaking Josh King, only 18, continues to separator retired Emile Smith Rowe arsenic nan No 10.

Andreas Pereira is near retired of nan squad, arsenic is Rasmus Højlund (again) for United, and perchance for nan aforesaid logic – they look to beryllium connected their measurement out.

Teams successful brief: Amorim digs successful his heels

Ruben Amorim makes only 1 alteration to United’s starting XI, replacing his correct wing-back, Diogo Dalot, pinch nan much attacking Amad. That intends 2 surprises: Benjamin Sesko has to hold a spot longer for his first start, arsenic Amorim persists pinch a mendacious 9 (probably Matheus Cunha); and Altay Bayindir is retained successful extremity aft his costly howler against Arsenal, moreover though André Onana has had different week to regain afloat fitness.

Preamble

Afternoon everyone and invited to a crippled that ought to beryllium a mismatch. A nine that has spent £200m this summertime is paying a sojourn to a nine that has spent £500,000. And yet, connected paper, it’s excessively adjacent to call.

Fulham person continuity connected their side. Marco Silva, who took complete arsenic their head successful summertime 2021, is now nan 3rd longest-serving head successful nan Premier League. (Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta are nan only PL bosses to past from nan BC era – earlier Covid.)

Manchester United are much astir chaos. A full caller guardant line, a full caller squad of main this and main that, and a head who has yet to beryllium himself successful English football. Still, Ruben Amorim has discovered nan concealed that has eluded everyone else: really to enactment successful a apical occupation while losing left, correct and centre.

“We are playing a awesome side,” Silva said connected Friday. Is he judge astir that? Amorim’s United, good though they played successful losing to Arsenal past Sunday, person been comically bad astatine coping pinch mid-table teams. In 14 convention games past play against clubs that vanished betwixt 7th and 17th, they won two, drew 2 and mislaid ten, making a expansive full of 8 points retired of 42.

To beryllium fair, 1 of nan wins did travel astatine Craven Cottage – a jammy 1-0 conjured up by nan persistence of Lisandro Martinez and a friends deflection. Fulham soon took their revenge by going to Old Trafford successful nan FA Cup and winning connected penalties.

Opta’s prediction instrumentality gives Fulham a 30pc chance of winning today, United 44. The prediction pundits spot it arsenic person than that: Chris Sutton and Paul Merson person some gone for a 1-1 draw, while Harry Redknapp says 2-1 to United.

Kick-off is astatine 4.30pm (BST) and I’ll beryllium backmost soon pinch nan teams.