- Manchester United defend their unbeaten home Premier League record against a Fulham
side still searching for a first away win.
- United have lost just two Premier League fixtures this season.
- Last weekend's 1-0 loss at Bolton ended a 10-match unbeaten sequence in the Premier
League.
- Last lost successive league games on 9 and 20 April 2005, away to Norwich and
Everton.
- Failed to score in one of the last 11 in all competitions (v Bolton).
- Conceded just seven Premier League goals in 14 outings; that's one every three
hours. Only Liverpool have shipped fewer - six.
- Opened the scoring in an unrivalled 10 Premier League matches this season, eight
of which were won and two drawn.
- Won the last six in league and cup at home, since losing 0-2 to Coventry in the third round of the Carling Cup on 26 September.
- One of six Premier League clubs still holding an unbeaten home record.
- Won the last six Premier League matches at Old Trafford against Tottenham, Sunderland,
Chelsea, Wigan, Middlesbrough and Blackburn, keeping clean sheets in five of them.
- Conceded only one home goal in this Premier League season (v Middlesbrough);
the best home defensive record in the highest league.
- Three pre-Christmas Premier League fixtures remain; against Derby (h), Liverpool
(a) and Everton (h).
- Cristiano RONALDO is Manchester United's top scorer this season with 11 goals (netted
in his last 12 appearances).
- RONALDO is also the leading Premier League marksman with six.
- The Portugal World Cup star has scored five Premier League goals against Fulham;
four in three appearances against them.
- Ryan GIGGS is one short of 100 career league goals.
- Rio FERDINAND is the only remaining player to have started all of Manchester United's
Premier League matches this season.
- Edwin VAN DER SAR will be keeping goal against his former club. The 37 year old
Holland international made 154 appearances (127 in the league) for Fulham from August
2001, before signing for United in June 2005.
- Louis SAHA will be facing a former club. The
29 year old France international made
143 appearances (117 in the league) and scored 63 goals (53 league) for the Cottagers
between June 2000 to his £12.8m move to Old Trafford in January 2004.
- If on the field from the outset:-
- When he returns from injury and next plays from the outset, Gary NEVILLE will be
making his 350th Premier League start for Manchester United.
- Chris EAGLES will be making his 50th club league start (Manchester United, Watford
and Sheffield Wednesday).
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LAST CORRESPONDING FIXTURE
Old Trafford on 20-08-2006
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Saha 7, P
Pearce 15 og,
Rooney 16,
Ronaldo 19,
Rooney 64 |
Ferdinand 40 og |
Van der Sar, Neville (Silvestre, 45 ), Ferdinand, Brown, Evra, Ronaldo, O'Shea, Scholes, Giggs (Park, 60 ), Rooney, Saha (Solskjaer, 61)
Subs not used: Kuszczak,Fletcher,
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Niemi, Rosenior, Christanval, Pearce, Queudrue, Brown (Radzinski, 61 ), Diop, Bullard, Boa Morte, John (McBride, 64 ), Helguson
Subs not used Crossley,Volz, Bocanegra, |
Yellow card:
Giggs
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Yellow card:
Brown
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Red card:
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Red card:
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Attendance:
75115 |
Referee:
A Marriner
(W. Midlands) |
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- Fulham made their Premier League debut at Old Trafford in August 2001. They twice
led the defending champions but eventually succumbed by the odd goal in five, and
have only managed to arrest maximum points from the Red Devils once in 11 subsequent
attempts.
- Fulham have won just two Premier League fixtures this season.<
- Won one of 11 in all competitions.
- Won four of 31 Premier League matches in 2007 - one of the last 12; 3-1 against
Reading on 3 November.
- Won three of 19 league matches under Lawrie Sanchez.
- The current tally of 13 points after 14 matches is their lowest ever to this
stage of a Premier League campaign.
- Still the strongest first-half club in the Premier League, leading in seven and drawing in six of their 14 games at the break.
- Cannot close out games. Lost the lead eight times in league matches this season and beaten in an unequalled three games in which they held the lead; against Arsenal (a), Middlesbrough (h) and Aston Villa (a). Dropped an unparalleled 17 Premier League points from winning positions.
- Yet to beat a top-half club. Drawn three and lost four of their seven fixtures
against clubs currently in the top 10.
- Drawn 50% of their league games; seven of 14.
- The highest placed of seven clubs still without an away win in the Premier League.
On the longest current streak of 23 matches without an away victory, picking up
11 points from a possible 69 since the 1-2 defeat of Newcastle at St James' Park
on 9 September last year. Won two of the last 44 league games away from Craven Cottage.
- This is the first of back-to-back league fixtures in the north-west; must visit
Everton after this, before pre-Christmas home clashes with Newcastle and Wigan.
- Clint DEMPSEY and David HEALY are Fulham's joint top scorers with four goals each; only DEMPSEY'S are all Premier League goals.
- If selected:-
- HEALY will be facing a former club. The 28 year old Northern Ireland international
was a Manchester United trainee, making three appearances before joining Preston
for £1.5m in December 2000.
- Diomansy KAMARA will be making his 100th English league appearance (Portsmouth,
West Brom and Fulham).
- If on the field from the outset:-
- Shefki KUQI will be making his 200th English league start (Stockport, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich, Blackburn, Crystal Palace and Fulham).
- The Cottagers' only points in six Premier League trips to the Theatre of Dreams
came in a 1-3 victory on 25 October 2003, when Lee Clark, Steed Malbranque and Junichi
Inamoto were their scorers.
- The last two matches between the Red Devils and Fulham at Old Trafford have produced
12 goals with 4-2, and 5-1 victories for the home side.
- Fulham were one of 12 clubs Manchester United 'doubled' last season, while United
were one of three to do the double over the Cottagers last term.
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| HEAD TO HEAD at MAN UTD |
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MAN UTD |
Draw |
FULHAM |
| League |
22 |
3 |
2 |
| Premier |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| HEAD TO HEAD RESULTS |
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MAN UTD |
Draw |
FULHAM |
| League |
31 |
13 |
10 |
| Premier |
8 |
3 |
1 |
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