Manchester Utd vs Fulham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-08-15 19:00.
[p]While Manchester United may have started their season with defeat after losing the Community Shield on penalties to Manchester City, there’s still plenty of optimism around Old Trafford as their Premier League campaign gets underway. A positive transfer window continued with Matthijs De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui set to arrive from Bayern Munich this week, adding to the contingent of players Erik ten Hag previously coached at Ajax.[/p]
[p]For the eighth consecutive season United will open their campaign on home soil (W5, L2), and Ten Hag will be desperate to add another victory to that record after overseeing a disastrous 2023/24. The Red Devils’ 14 league defeats was their highest total since 1989/90, one of which came on this ground against opening day opponents Fulham (2-1), ending an 18-match unbeaten H2H run (W15, D3).[/p]
[p]That was Fulham’s first victory at Old Trafford since October 2003 (W14, D2), a result which helped them to another mid-table finish in their second season since returning to the top-flight. Marco Silva’s squad has lost the experience of tenured captain Tim Ream and midfield destroyer João Palhinha over the summer, yet the addition of Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal has Cottagers fans excited ahead of the new campaign.[/p]
[p]Fulham have avoided defeat on the opening day in both seasons since their latest promotion (W1, D1), yet there’ll certainly be trepidation amongst the travelling faithful given their awful record at Old Trafford. Confidence may not come from the dugout either, as Silva has only lost more games as a manager against Manchester City (11) than United (W3, D1, L7).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Man Utd winger Alejandro Garnacho was on target in the Community Shield last week – the fifth of his last eight scoring appearances that saw him net the opening goal. Alex Iwobi has shown he can strike the Red Devils late, scoring the winner in the 97th minute of last season’s corresponding fixture.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Both teams have scored in four of the five H2Hs between these sides since Ten Hag’s appointment at Man Utd.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]