Manchester United are considered the favourites by the Opta supercomputer when they host Fulham on Sunday. Look ahead to the game at Old Trafford with our Man Utd vs Fulham prediction and preview.
Man Utd vs Fulham: The Key Stats
The Opta supercomputer rates Manchester United as the clear favourites, with a win probability of 51.7% to Fulham’s 23.7%. Michael Carrick can equal Ruben Amorim’s longest winning streak during his United tenure with a victory here. Harry Wilson has been involved in 10 goals in his last 11 Premier League appearances for Fulham.Michael Carrick has made a dream start to life as interim Manchester United boss. In fact, he will equal Ruben Amorim’s best winning streak if his side can get past Fulham at Old Trafford on Sunday.
After stepping into Amorim’s shoes earlier this month, Carrick began with a well-earned 2-0 derby victory over Manchester City, followed by a dramatic 3-2 win at Premier League leaders Arsenal last weekend.
Amorim never won more than three games in a row during his 47-game tenure (three in October 2025), and Carrick can now match that.
Indeed, including his first spell in 2021, Carrick has won 10 points in four Premier League matches (W3 D1). Only four English managers have won 13+ points in their first five games – Frank Clark in 1994 (13), Roy Hodgson in 1997 (13), Tim Sherwood in 2013-14 (13) and Craig Shakespeare in 2017 (15).
United have climbed to fourth on the back of going unbeaten in six Premier League games (W3 D3). They haven’t had a longer unbeaten streak since a run of eight in January and February 2022 under Ralf Rangnick, and it is the longest current ongoing unbeaten run of any side.
The return of forward Bryan Mbeumo has been a particular boost for the Red Devils. United won just 20% of games while he was at the Africa Cup of Nations (P5, W1, D3, L1), compared to 50% when he is in the starting XI (P18, W9, D5, L4).
In the last two seasons, only Mohamed Salah (55) and Erling Haaland (49) have had a hand in more Premier League goals than Mbeumo (36 – 28 goals, 8 assists).
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4 days ago Ryan BensonThis fixture will not be an easy one for Carrick’s men, though, with Fulham having hit a good patch of form.
Marco Silva’s side have earned as many points in their last eight Premier League games (17 – W5 D2 L1) as they managed in their first 15 of the season (W5 D2 L8). It’s the most points the Cottagers have ever amassed over any run of eight matches within a single season in the competition.
That upturn in results has coincided with a golden run of form from Harry Wilson, who has been involved in 10 goals in his last 11 Premier League appearances for Fulham (6 goals, 4 assists).
Wilson has scored or assisted every 141 minutes for the Cottagers in 2025-26, the best ratio by a Welshman in a Premier League season (min. 1,000 minutes) since Aaron Ramsey in 2018-19 for Arsenal (a goal or assist every 136 minutes).
A newfound prowess at set-pieces has also been influential. Only three of Fulham’s first 15 Premier League goals this season were scored via set-pieces (20%) but since the start of December, only two sides have netted more set-piece goals than the Cottagers (7), with that equating to 41% of their goals in that time (7/17).
United are likely to be without Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt for this game, while Patrick Dorgu suffered a hamstring injury against Arsenal that could keep him out for a significant period.
The loss of Dorgu is a particular blow given he has been involved in five goals in his last seven Premier League appearances for United (3 goals, 2 assists). Since the first game in that run on 21 December, only two players have been involved in more goals, while Dorgu ranks joint-top for chances created (14), joint-second for possession won (43) and top for fouls won (18).
Rodrigo Muniz and Sasa Lukic remain sidelined for Fulham, but Kenny Tete might come back into contention.
Man Utd vs Fulham Head-to-Head
United have a pretty formidable recent record against Fulham in the Premier League.
Indeed, the Red Devils have lost just one of their last 20 Premier League games against the Cottagers (W15 D4), a 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford in February 2024.
The two teams played out a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage back in August, a game in which Bruno Fernandes missed a penalty.
Consequently, Fulham are now looking to claim at least a point in both Premier League matches with Man Utd for the first time since 2003-04 (W1 D1).
Man Utd vs Fulham Prediction
Manchester United are heavily favoured to come out on top by the Opta supercomputer, which rates their chances of victory at 51.7%.
Fulham, meanwhile, have a win probability of 23.7%, while the draw is ranked at 24.6%.
In terms of the season overall, United currently reside in fourth place and have an 18.5% chance of staying there come the end of the season, though their most likely finish as it stands is fifth (21.2%).
Fulham have climbed to seventh in the table, and are currently most likely to place eighth (12.6%).
Man Utd vs Fulham Predicted Lineups
Manchester United: Senne Lammens, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo, Mathues Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo.
Head coach: Michael Carrick
Fulham: Bernd Leno, Timothy Castagne, Joachim Andersen, Jorge Cuenca, Antonee Robinson, Sander Berge, Alex Iwobi, Emile Smith Rowe, Harry Wilson, Kevin, Raúl Jiménez.
Head coach: Marco Silva
Opta Power Rankings
The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system. They assign an ability score to over 15,000 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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