On August 17th at 3:00 AM, Manchester United will host Fulham at Old Trafford for the opening game of the new Premier League season.
As of this morning, Manchester United has spent over 160 million euros this summer, bringing in key reinforcements like Amrabat, De Ligt, Cilessen, Mazraoui, and others. They have also sold Greenwood, Wan-Bissaka, Van de Beek and others, completing resource integration. Although Amrabat and others are injured, the biggest attraction of the Red Devils’ first game of the season is the “debut of new signings.” At the pre-game press conference, Ten Hag said: “De Ligt and Mazraoui will be on the squad list, they are ready to play.”
Fulham is one of the teams with relatively lower transfer spending in the Premier League this summer, spending only 38.5 million euros, ranking last in the Premier League. The team lost key players like Palhinha (transferred to Bayern), brought in Smith Rowe, an attacking midfielder from Arsenal, and Cuenca, a central defender from Villarreal. At the press conference, Fulham head coach said that the team wants to break the “late goal curse” – in the last four encounters between the two teams, Fulham lost three, two of which were won by Manchester United in stoppage time (once by Fernandes and once by Garnacho), and this time Fulham will try hard to avoid such a situation happening again.
In terms of form, Manchester United played five pre-season games with 2 wins and 3 losses. Although they lost to Manchester City in the Community Shield, they drew 90 minutes, showing ups and downs in their competitive form, but the improvement in physical condition is still clearly visible. Fulham played three pre-season games, beating Benfica and Hoffenheim, losing to Sevilla, and are in good form.
In terms of head-to-head record, the distant history has little reference value. In the past three years, the two teams have met seven times, with Manchester United winning five, drawing one and losing one, holding an advantage. However, four of the five wins were only by one goal.
In terms of personnel, Manchester United has five injuries: Lindelof, Luke Shaw, Malacia, Hojlund and Amrabat. Maguire was injured but the coach confirmed before the game that he could at least be on the bench. Fulham has a relatively complete squad.
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