Manchester United face Fulham in the 2024/25 Premier League curtain-raiser at Old Trafford with the hope of a productive season this time.
MUN vs FUL Match Details
Date: Friday, 16 August 2024 / Saturday, 17 August 2024
Time: 20:00 (BST), 00:30 (IST)
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
MUN vs FUL Match Preview
Manchester United begin a Premier League season at home again with Fulham visiting them on Friday. The Red Devils have much to prove after retaining their under-pressure manager Erik ten Hag following the FA Cup success over league winners Manchester City despite finishing an all-time low eighth on the table. The new face in the ownership has brought promising signings in the summer window for the club to get away from their doldrum days and the only thing to justify that is a memorable season for the fans. Ten Hag’s men will want to start strongly but have experienced an uninspiring pre-season with three defeats in five matches. The last two games have ended in a 3-0 loss to rivals Liverpool and a shootout defeat in the Community Shield against City. United also lost six times on home turf last season including the 2-1 defeat in the previous encounter against Fulham making it a challenging opener to the new campaign.
That win back in February was the first in 24 encounters for Marco Silva's side who are planning to win this fixture away for the first time in back-to-back fashion. Fulham had another positive campaign under the guidance of the Portuguese, finishing 13th in the 2023-24 season with 47 collected from 38 games. The team wants to keep building with exciting additions this summer focusing on the youth to help the experience in the squad. Emile Smith Rowe's joining from Arsenal has been key as he has wasted little time finding himself on the scoresheet in pre-season matches and has scored in his last start at Old Trafford. The Cottagers have a lot of motivation ahead of the new season picking up two wins in three pre-season games keeping a clean sheet in each. Silva is unbeaten in nine opening-day matches making Fulham confident of a positive start.
MUN vs FUL Predicted Lineups
Manchester United
Onana; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui; Casemiro, Mainoo; Amad, Fernandes, Garnacho; Rashford
Fulham
Leno; Castagne, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Reed; Iwobi, Pereira, Smith Rowe; Muniz
MUN vs FUL Dream11 Match Prediction
Manchester United is expected to kick off the new Premier League season with a positive result. We predict a 2-1 win for the Red Devils.
MUN vs FUL Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Bruno Fernandes
Vice-captain Pick: Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford
MUN vs FUL Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Leno (Cr - 7.5)
DEF: Dalot (Cr - 8), Martinez (Cr - 8), Castagne (Cr - 8)
MID: Smith Rowe (Cr - 8), Fernandes (Cr - 8.5), Pereira (Cr - 8.5), Garnacho (Cr - 8.5)
FW: Amad (Cr - 7.5), Muniz (Cr - 7), Rashford (Cr - 8.5)
Vice-captain: Alejandro Garnacho
Captain: Bruno Fernandes
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