Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United suffered another humiliating defeat last time out in the Premier League. Will they get back on track on Sunday? We look ahead to the game at Craven Cottage with our Fulham vs Man Utd prediction and preview.
Fulham vs Man Utd Stats: The Key Insights
- The Opta supercomputer makes Manchester United outsiders on Sunday, with just a 31.7% chance of victory to Fulham‘s 41.9%.
- United have lost six of their last nine Premier League matches. They have not had a run of seven losses across 10 league games within the same season since 1988-89.
- Fulham have scored exactly two goals in each of their last five Premier League matches. Only once in their top-flight history have they netted multiple goals in six games in a row, doing so between February and April 1966.
Following another chastening Old Trafford defeat against Brighton and Hove Albion last Sunday, Ruben Amorim suggested his Manchester United team could be the worst in the club’s illustrious history.
He may not be far wrong.
United have lost six of their last nine Premier League matches, winning two and drawing one. Should they lose at Fulham in Sunday’s late kick-off, it will be the first time they have endured a run of seven losses in a span of 10 league games within the same season since 1988-89.
The Red Devils did enjoy a midweek victory over Rangers at Old Trafford, however. Bruno Fernandes‘ added-time winner helped them to a 2-1 victory on his 50th UEFA Europa League appearance. The Europa League has provided a welcome break for Amorim at United this season, winning all three of their games under the Portuguese in the competition.
In the league, though, things make for bleak reading for United fans. The Red Devils have lost six of their 11 league matches under Amorim, winning three and drawing two.
Amorim has never lost more than six league games in a single season as a manager, also losing six of 34 with Sporting CP in 2022-23), while his final six losses with the Lisbon giants came across a span of 75 matches (62 wins, seven draws).
Slow starts have cost United time and again since Amorim took over from Erik ten Hag, with the Red Devils conceding the first goal in eight of their last nine Premier League matches. Since the former Sporting boss took the reins, no side has conceded first more often than United in the top flight (eight, level with Southampton).
Against Brighton, a Fernandes penalty got United back on level terms after Yankuba Minteh had opened the scoring. Kaoru Mitoma then restored the Seagulls’ lead on the hour mark, before an inexplicable error from André Onana allowed Georginio Rutter to slot into an empty net for 3-1.
Onana has made three errors leading to an opposition goal already this season, the most by a United player in a single campaign since David de Gea made three in 2019-20. His save percentage of 63.6% in Premier League action this term is the lowest recorded by a United goalkeeper since Anders Lindegaard in 2012-13 (55.3%).
Amorim has had to deal with plenty of injuries since arriving at Old Trafford, and Jonny Evans, Mason Mount and Luke Shaw will be absent again on Sunday, though Victor Lindelöf is nearing a return.
United’s struggles mean Fulham enter Sunday’s game as favourites, with Marco Silva’s men just five points adrift of the top five going into Matchday 22.
They eased to a 2-0 win at Leicester City last time out, and they have now scored exactly two goals in each of their last five Premier League matches. Only once in their top-flight history have they netted multiple goals in six games in a row, doing so between February and April 1966.
Since losing the reverse fixture 1-0 on the opening day of the season, Fulham have only failed to score in one of their 21 Premier League matches, a goalless draw against bottom side Southampton in December. The Cottagers are averaging 1.6 goals per game in 2024-25, their best ratio in a Premier League campaign, while their 14.1 shots per game are their most since 2011-12 (14.2).
Harry Wilson has contributed to their attacking upturn, creating 14 chances in the Premier League for Fulham since the turn of the year – the most of any player. He has created at least three chances in all three of his Premier League matches in 2025, having only achieved that feat three times in his first 110 appearances between 2014 and 2019.
In midfield, Sasa Lukic is walking a disciplinary tightrope, having been booked nine times in 17 games in the Premier League this season. Only two Fulham players have ever received 10 or more yellows in a season – Michael Brown in 2006-07 (10) and Joao Palhinha in both 2022-23 (14) and 2023-24 (13).
Fulham vs Man Utd Head-to-Head
Fulham have won just one of their last 18 Premier League games against Man Utd (three draws, 14 defeats), earning a 2-1 win at Old Trafford last season.
United tend to enjoy visiting Craven Cottage, too. Since losing twice away to Fulham in 2009 (0-2 in March, 0-3 in December), the Red Devils are unbeaten in eight Premier League visits to Craven Cottage, winning the last seven in a row (one draw).
Fulham vs Man Utd Prediction
Given United’s miserable form, it is perhaps no surprise that Fulham are the Opta supercomputer’s favourites for this game, given a 47.3% win probability.
United have a 26.4% chance of an away win, so perhaps a draw – which at a 26.3% chance is seen as more likely here than in any other game this week – would not be the worst outcome for Amorim.
Fulham are also favoured to finish above United in our 2024-25 season predictions. Tenth (22.8%) is viewed as their most likely finishing position, with United finishing 14th (18.8%) most often.
Fulham vs Man Utd Predicted Lineups
Opta Power Rankings
The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system. They assign an ability score to over 13,000 domestic football teams. This score is on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.
Ahead of kick-off this weekend, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.
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