MANCHESTER. Manchester United snatched a late win Fulham 1-0 after J. Zirkzee scored just 1 goal (87′).

The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 73,297 spectators.​ The referee was Robert Jones who had the assistance of Ian Hussin and Simon Bennett. The 4th official was Anthony Taylor. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 18.76 degrees Celsius or 65.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester United was in firm control of the ball 55% while Fulham was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester United had a more offensive attitude with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester United won the match​.

Manchester United shot 14 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Fulham shot 10 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Manchester United received 2 yellow cards (Harry Maguire and Mason Mount). Talking about the opposition, Fulham received 3 yellow cards (Tom Cairney, Andreas Pereira and Calvin Bassey).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Manchester United has 3 points to occupy the 2nd place in the standings. On the other side, Fulham stays with 0 points (19th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester United will play away with Brighton & Hove Albion on the 24th of August with a 10-6 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester United (1 draw).

Fulham will host Leicester City on the 24th of August with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Fulham (6 draws).

Manchester United – Formation

Manchester United adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Erik ten Hag decided to play with the following team: André Onana (7.5), Noussair Mazraoui (7.6), Harry Maguire (7.2), Lisandro Martínez (7.5), Diogo Dalot (7.5), Casimiro (8.4), Kobbie Mainoo (7.9), Amad Diallo (7.0), Mason Mount (6.5), Marcus Rashford (6.8) and Bruno Fernandes (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Matthijs de Ligt (6.6), Joshua Zirkzee (7.3), Alejandro Garnacho (6.9), Altay Bayındır, Christian Dannemann Eriksen, Antony, Jonny Evans (6.7), Scott McTominay (6.7), Tobias Christopher Collyer and Toby Collier.

Substitutions

Manchester United made 5 changes: Mason Mount for Joshua Zirkzee (61′), Amad Diallo for Alejandro Garnacho (61′), Harry Maguire for Jonny Evans (81′), Kobbie Mainoo for Scott McTominay (84′) and Noussair Mazraoui for Matthijs de Ligt (81′).

Player of the match: Casimiro​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was Casimiro even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.4 with 51 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Fulham – Formation

Also Fulham adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva played with: Bernd Leno (6.8), Kenny Tete (7.1), Issa Diop (7.3), Calvin Bassey (6.6), Antonee Robinson (7.5), Andreas Pereira (7.6), Saša Lukić (7.0), Adama Traoré (6.7), Emile Smith Rowe (6.9), Alex Iwobi (6.6) and Rodrigo Muniz (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Harry Wilson (6.7), Jorge Cuenca, Timothy Castagne, Harrison Reed, Raúl Jiménez (6.6), Tom Cairney (6.8), Steven Benda, Joshua King and Jay Stansfield.

Substitutions

Fulham made 5 changes: Emile Smith Rowe for Tom Cairney (64′), Andreas Pereira for Harrison Reed (90′), Saša Lukić for Jay Stansfield (90′), Rodrigo Muniz for Raúl Jiménez (78′) and Adama Traoré for Harry Wilson (78′).

Player of the match: Andreas Pereira​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fulham was Andreas Pereira.

His rating is 7.6 with 41 passes (73% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 12 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Manchester United – Fulham – 1-0