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Fulham prepare to entertain Manchester United at Craven Cottage at lunchtime on Saturday, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 10 of the 30 previous games, with the Cottagers winning just 9.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Craven Cottage was just last season, in October 2005, with Man Utd. inflicting a narrow 2-3 defeat upon the Cottagers in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 20 Aug | Man Utd. | 5 - 1 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Man Utd. | 4 - 2 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Fulham | 2-3 | Man Utd. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Mar | Man Utd. | 1 - 0 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 13 Dec | Fulham | 1 - 1 | Man Utd. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | Man Utd. | 2 - 1 | Fulham | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 28 Feb | Fulham | 1 - 1 | Man Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Fulham have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.
The Red Devils have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Red Devils, and 4 goals against.
Fulham find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 27 matches. Man Utd. are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 66 points from the 27 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Fulham | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Man Utd. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cottagers are in quite good form at home, but the FootyMad team thinks on this occasion, Man Utd. will prove too strong and win this game comfortably. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Fulham | 4 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Man Utd. | 4 games since last away draw. 7 games since last defeat. |