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Bruno Fernandes by no means desires Manchester United supporters to get used to shedding because the Pink Devils put together to face Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday.
Ruben Amorim described his aspect as presumably the worst in United’s illustrious historical past after a demoralising 3-1 defeat to Brighton at Previous Trafford final weekend.
It required a late intervention from captain Fernandes to get again to profitable methods within the Europa League on Thursday, with the Portuguese playmaker volleying house a tremendous effort to safe a 2-1 win over Rangers after Cyriel Dessers had cancelled out Jack Butland’s comical personal objective.
Chatting with TNT Sports activities after that sport, Fernandes stated he felt like United had made a optimistic begin to 2025 earlier than the Brighton setback and needs United supporters – who’ve seen their workforce lose 10 Premier League matches this season – to not expertise the shedding really feel an excessive amount of longer.
“Clearly we all know how a lot it means to the followers to win these video games and it means the identical to us, you actually need to win video games,” he stated.
“We began nicely this 12 months with two nice video games towards Liverpool and Arsenal, then Southampton we had good resiliency however didn’t play good soccer.
“Then we had the sport with Brighton when every thing went flawed for us. It’s not about proving the character, now we have to show that within the 90 minutes we will’t solely present that after we concede a objective.
“We now have to discover a strategy to win the sport, sadly for us we conceded a late objective and needed to rating a late winner. On this membership it’s important to win each sport, in the event you don’t there can be powerful moments. I hope our followers can by no means get used to shedding video games, even on this powerful expertise.”
Some group. pic.twitter.com/TKT8RIaeTg
— Fulham Soccer Membership (@FulhamFC) January 23, 2025
Fulham have been crushed 1-0 by United within the reverse fixture on the opening sport of the season however are residing tenth within the desk and nonetheless harbour European ambitions.
Midfielder Sander Berge, although, says the Cottagers can pay full respect to their opponents regardless of their home struggles.
Chatting with Fulham’s official web site, he stated: “They’ve world-class gamers there’s little question about that.
“They beat (Manchester) Metropolis away, they beat Arsenal away within the FA Cup, drew towards Liverpool – in order that simply reveals the potential in that workforce.
“They’re all the time a really powerful activity, now we have to respect them for what they’re and what they’ll do on the day, they’ll all the time have a bit further confidence it doesn’t matter what, they’re that good they know they’ll flip a sport round at any minute.
“So, now we have to be at our absolute best. We’re excited, it’s a sport below the lights, at house, these are the video games you need to play.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Fulham – Harry Wilson
Wilson has created 14 probabilities within the Premier League for Fulham because the flip of the 12 months – essentially the most of any participant.
He has created no less than three probabilities in all three of his Premier League matches in 2025, having solely achieved that feat 3 times in his first 110 appearances between 2019 and 2014.
Manchester United – Andre Onana
Loads of United gamers must step up on Sunday, and Onana is actually one among them after his error for Brighton’s third objective final weekend.
Onana has made three errors resulting in an opposition objective already this season, essentially the most by a United participant in a single marketing campaign since David de Gea made three in 2019-20.
His save proportion of 63.6% in Premier League motion this time period is the bottom recorded by a United goalkeeper since Anders Lindegaard in 2012-13 (55.3%).
Preserving a clear sheet in his th Fulham sport. pic.twitter.com/K52MVtxIBU
— Fulham Soccer Membership (@FulhamFC) January 21, 2025
MATCH PREDICTION – FULHAM WIN
Fulham have gained simply one among their final 18 Premier League video games towards Man Utd (three attracts, 14 defeats), incomes a 2-1 win at Previous Trafford final season.
United are inclined to take pleasure in visiting Craven Cottage, too. Since shedding twice away to Fulham in 2009 (0-2 in March, 0-3 in December), the Pink Devils are unbeaten in eight Premier League visits to the bottom, profitable their final seven in a row (one draw).
Nevertheless, United have misplaced six of their final 9 Premier League matches, profitable two and drawing one.
Ought to they fall to a different defeat right here, will probably be the primary time they’ve endured a run of seven losses in a span of 10 league video games inside the identical season since 1988-89.
Since shedding the reverse fixture towards United 1-0 on the opening day of the season, Fulham have solely failed to attain in one among their 21 Premier League matches, a goalless draw towards backside aspect Southampton in December.
The Cottagers are averaging 1.6 objectives per sport in 2024-25, their greatest ratio in a Premier League marketing campaign, whereas their 14.1 pictures per sport are their most since 2011-12 (14.2).
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Fulham – 47.3%
Manchester United – 26.4%
Draw – 26.3%
