Premier League Sunday Football LIVE UPDATES: Fulham vs Manchester United

It’s been a busy two-days filled with Premier League football before the break for the World Cup takes effect. Of course, Fulham and Manchester United will draw the curtain for us. Gentle reminder that the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off on next Sunday! 🥳

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Ahead of the last game before the World Cup break takes effect, here is how all the Premier League games for this weekend have gone down:

Manchester City 1-2 Brentford

Bournemouth 3-0 Everton

Liverpool 3-1 Southampton

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace

Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 Leeds United

West Ham 0-2 Leicester City

Newcastle United 1-0 Chelsea

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Arsenal

Brighton 1-2 Aston Villa

Meanwhile, did you see that Manchester City defeat to Brentford coming? Do you think Fulham are capable of  presenting the other Manchester club a surprise package too?

Here are the lineups for today’s game

Manchester United XI: The men to start for Erik Ten Hag’s side

Fulham XI: And of course, the hosts. One man is missing from the Matchday squad, his name? Aleksandr Mitrovic

DID YOU KNOW?

Just six starts into his Premier League career, Casemiro leads the Manchester United rankings for most of the key defensive metrics. He so far, has the most ball recoveries, possession won, interceptions and tackles won. How vital will he be against Fulham today?

Fulham boss Marco Silva: "They (Manchester United) haven't been consistent like they would like to be. If they're at their best level, they're a really tough team to play against and that's what we'll prepare for."

Fulham hearts were broken by Manchester City last time out as an injury-time penalty in a 2-1 defeat denied them a hard-earned Premier League point. Ahead of the World Cup will Marco Silva’s men take out their anger on City’s Manchester neighbors?

30’ Half an hour gone at Craven Cottage. United still lead, 0-1

STATS SO FAR:

Goal Attempts: 3-5

On Target: 2-4

Blocked Shots: 0-1

Free kicks: 2-2

Corner kicks: 1-2

Cards: 0-0

It's been a long half with things subsiding after that Manchester United goal in the 14th minute, still 0-1 here

45' There will be 1 additional minute here

46’ Kickoff! And we’re back with the second 45 minutes. Fulham 0-1 Manchester United

It’s been back-to-back saves by David de Gea to keep Fulham at bay. First, denying Carlos Vinicius and then, another to stop Tim Team’s effort from going in. United still lead here, 0-1

And Scott McTomonay joins the party

Marco Silva with a swap for the hosts

60' An hour gone at Craven Cottage. United still lead, 0-1

STATS SO FAR:

Goal Attempts: 8-10

On Target: 4-7

Blocked Shots: 1-1

Free kicks: 6-5

Corner kicks: 7-3

Yellow Cards: 1-0

Another change by Erik Ten Hag, and it’s the Argentine youngster coming on

WOW!

Alejandro Garnacho with an immediate impact. The referee is reviewing a penalty appeal after the Manchester United man was felled in the box

NO PENALTY! United will have to play on here. Still Fulham 1-1 Manchester United

We are down to the final 10 minutes of this one. A melodramatic finish to it like we saw in Fulham's game with City last weekend?

90' There will be 3 added minutes for both sides to decide if this game would end in their favour

One final change by Marco Silva

Oh my!

What a game that was by Manchester United. Its the second game in a row that Fulham will lose out in the final minutes of the game. Difficult stuff for Marco Silva and is boys

Well, this is how things look. Arsenal on top of the Premier League ahead of the World Cup, and ahead of Christmas

It's been a great day, and a great game. Thanks for sticking around. Let's do this some other time. Good night!