Key occasions
22 min: Fulham’s fluid entrance 4 – Iwobi, King, Bobb and García – are combining properly.
21 min: Mbeumo breaks into the realm and crosses for Rashford … however he can’t maintain his header down.
19 min: Bobb has room on the appropriate for Fulham, and the ball quickly finds the full of life King, who drives into the realm and fires over the bar. He’s been the perfect participant on the park thus far.
18 min: Fuham construct properly from the again, Iwobi breaks free on the left and performs in García … however he fluffs his first-time effort inside the realm, the ball deflecting properly vast of the aim.
16 min: Rashford will get United transferring ahead … till they recycle and wheel it round on the again.
15 min: King holds the ball up on the appropriate wing and wins a nook for Fulham – Bobb’s supply is poor.
13 min: All a bit quiet thus far, other than Martínez’s rocket.
10 min: Martínez lets fly from exterior the realm … it’s some effort and a few save, too. Leno leaps to his left and the centre-back’s piledriver doesn’t discover the highest nook.
10 min: United look harmful for the primary time – Tielemans whips in a good ball to the entrance submit and Bruno Fernandes is there for the header … and it results in a nook.
8 min: King is having fun with himself down the appropriate for Fulham, discovering house.
7 min: United are pressured to retreat as Fulham maintain a stable defensive form … Lammens goes lengthy earlier than Fulham construct a promising assault … however Iwobi’s cross finds the United keeper.
5 min: Time for United to knock it about … however Tielemans is wayward, sending the ball out for a Fulham throw.
4 min: Fulham proceed to move it round comfortably. Robinson finds García on the sting of the realm … and he drags his effort vast. It’s been a neat begin by Fulham.
3 min: King drops deep for Fulham because the hosts wheel it round on the again. {The teenager} goes on a protracted dribble by midfield … and retains it.
1 min: Leno takes his time with a goalkick earlier than going lengthy, down the right-hand aspect.
Peeeep!
Manchester United are rocking their all-blue quantity. They kick issues off.
Craven Cottage within the solar: the place would you relatively be?
Andy Flintoff (not that one) writes:
If Fulham keep away from defeat right now, then Spurs could be backside. Wouldn’t it then be time to sound the disaster klaxon?
There ought to most likely be a klaxon for when Spurs aren’t in disaster.
We received a thriller the final time these two met:
Right here’s how we’re taking care of these 2pm BST video games.
Richard Hirst writes in:
Sure, please don’t let it’s Cunha up entrance, he at all times scores in opposition to us.
Nicely, take a look at this: Cunha’s received 4 objectives in six league video games in opposition to Fulham.
Joshua Keeling writes in:
Please please please let it’s Mbeumo up entrance, not Cunha. Taking part in Cunha up entrance simply hasn’t labored thus far this season.
Nicely it’s definitely not Benjamin Sesko. He’s nonetheless ready for his first league begin this season and lacking right now as a result of harm.
Fulham are unchanged from the aspect that drew at Anfield whereas United make one tweak from their derby loss in opposition to Manchester Metropolis: Luke Shaw replaces Patrick Dorgu.
The groups
Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Charles, King, Bobb, Gonzalo, Iwobi
Subs: Lecomte, Andersen, Sessegnon, Larsson, Manuel Ángel, Smith Rowe, Palacios, Kevin, Muniz
Manchester United: Lammens, Dalot, Maguire, Martínez, Shaw, Tielemans, Mainoo, Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford, Cunha
Subs: Darlow, Dorgu, Mazraoui, Yoro, Andrey Santos, Baleba, Mount, Lacey, Zirkzee
Preamble
We’re 4 league video games in and I’m getting spammy emails about how Michael Carrick is 5/2 to get sacked earlier than Christmas. It’s all a bit foolish however a reminder of how intense his place is, the sport altering now he doesn’t have that interim tag. So how does a go to to Craven Cottage sound? On the one hand, Fulham are backside of the league, with Alvaro Arbeloa feeling some warmth, too. On the opposite, slip up right here and my inbox will most likely get a complete lot louder. Let’s get caught into it: kick-off’s at 4.30pm BST.