Fulham vs Manchester United — Premier League: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 45′Fulham, yellow card:Simulation
- Half-time
- 50′Fulham, yellow card:Foul
- 63′Fulham, own goal:1–0Own goal
- 71′Fulham, substitution:off
- 71′Fulham, substitution:off
- 77′Fulham, substitution:off
- 77′Manchester United, substitution:off
- 80′Fulham, substitution:off
- 80′Fulham, substitution:off
- 81′Manchester United, substitution:off
- 84′Manchester United, substitution:off
- 85′Fulham, yellow card:Time wasting
- 89′Manchester United, goal:1–1assist
- Full-time1 – 1
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Late Cunha strike rescues point for Manchester United at Fulham
Fulham and Manchester United shared the points in a Premier League Regular Season - 5 fixture at Craven Cottage, drawing 1-1 after United fought back from behind in the closing stages. The result left Fulham 19th in the table on five games played, while United sit 12th with five points from the same number of matches.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The hosts broke the deadlock in the 63rd minute, though the goal came courtesy of a Lisandro Martínez own goal, putting Fulham ahead against the run of nothing until that point in a goalless first half. United pushed for an equaliser and found it in the 89th minute through Matheus Cunha, who converted an assist from Patrick Dorgu to level the score at 1-1 and deny Fulham a second successive win at home.
Fulham had the greater share of the ball, enjoying 57 percent possession to United's 43, and were far busier in front of goal, registering 29 shots to United's 12, including 13 corners to United's three. Yet the shots on target were level at six apiece, underlining how United's defence stood firm despite being under near-constant pressure until the late concession.
Cunha struck the equaliser deep into stoppage time and finished with a rating of 8.2, the highest of any player on the pitch.
Fulham dominated territorially, holding 57 percent of possession compared with United's 43 percent.
Fulham and Manchester United drew 1–1 (half-time 0–0).
Fulham met Manchester United in the Premier League (Regular Season - 5). Kick-off was Sunday, 20 September 2026, 15:30 UTC at Craven Cottage. Referee: Peter Bankes.
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Key moments
- 63' Goal (own goal): Lisandro Martínez — 1–0
- 89' Goal: Matheus Cunha (assist: Patrick Dorgu) — 1–1
Starting line-ups
Fulham (4-2-3-1)
Manchester United (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Fulham 34%, the draw 27%, Manchester United 39%. It finished Fulham 1–1 Manchester United.
Manchester United's rating edge outweighs Fulham's home ground — Manchester United are the stronger side on our strength rating, and the early-season home fade on top gives Manchester United the lean. The draw at 27% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Manchester United at 39%?
Manchester United sit 155 points higher on our strength rating — 1810 to 1965. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.2% of 13,207 such games. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Fulham's column. Across 11,218 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.7% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 31–29–40.
Why only 39%?
Fulham sit -0.53 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.9% of 2,463 such games where the class table expected 36.4%.
Why the draw at 27%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.2 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,298. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Fulham have averaged 6 percentage points more possession than Manchester United in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Manchester United are missing 2 regular starters — Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford — about 25% of their usual starting-XI weight. A body count alone told us nothing. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Fulham vs Manchester United final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Premier League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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