Manchester United will be playing with lots of confidence after a 4-0 (7-2 on aggregate) thrashing of AC Milan in the Champions League. They lead the EPL table by two points over Chelsea and Arsenal heading into the weekend. Their last loss in the Premier League was at Fulham in December. Fulham are 10th in the table and still have an outside shot of a Europa League spot for next season.They played in the midweek at Juventus and have the second leg at Craven Cottage next Thursday.
Man United will be without Ryan Giggs and Owen Hargreaves for the match while Fulham don't have many injury concerns. Captain Danny Murphy will be a late fitness test but American Clint Dempsey should start his first match in several months.
Man Utd
Injured: Anderson & Hargreaves (both knee), Brown (metatarsal), De Laet (leg), Giggs (broken arm), O'Shea (thigh), Owen (hamstring)
Fulham
Doubtful: Dikgacoi (ankle)
Injured: A Johnson & Pantsil (both knee)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Jones
Assistant referees: John Flynn & Mick McDonough
Fourth official: Mike Dean
Man Utd
Could keep a third consecutive league clean sheet for the first time this season. However, their opening day 1-0 win over Birmingham preceded back-to-back clean sheets at the end of the 2008/09 campaign.
United have only the fourth best record against sides within the top half of the table, behind Chelsea, Aston Villa and Arsenal.
63 points from 29 league games is United's lowest points total at this stage of the season in four years.
Fulham
Victory would see Fulham become only the fourth club in Premier League history to win three successive games against Manchester United; a feat previously achieved by Liverpool (twice), Arsenal and West Ham.
Fulham have not scored in 365 minutes of away league football since Clint Dempsey netted five minutes from time in their 3-2 defeat at Stoke during January.
Roy Hodgson's side are without an away Premier League win since their opening day victory at Portsmouth.
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