Man United vs Fulham

8 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Lee Probert

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

Ashley Young 13’
Juan Mata 28’
Romelu Lukaku 42’
Marcus Rashford 82’

Aboubakar Kamara 67’ (pen)

Match summary

Man United won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Fulham. Man United led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ashley Young put Man United ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford, Juan Mata made it 2-0 in the 28th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford, and Romelu Lukaku made it 3-0 from a corner in the 42nd minute, set up by Juan Mata. In the second half, Aboubakar Kamara pulled one back to make it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 67th minute and Marcus Rashford made it 4-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Ashley Young.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 3.16 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Fulham's 1.23 from 10. Fulham had a player sent off.

Match stats

20 Shots 10

11 Shots on Target 4

10 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

3.15 xG 1.23

3.15 Non-penalty xG 0.47

10 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Man United Fulham

Kick-off

Ashley Young
Assist: Marcus Rashford

1-0

13’

Juan Mata
Assist: Marcus Rashford

2-0

28’

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Juan Mata

3-0

42’

Half-time3-0

67’

Aboubakar Kamara
Penalty

3-1

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Ashley Young

4-1

82’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Diogo Dalot

Fulham

Franck Zambo
Jean Michael Seri

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 3.16 xGFulham 1.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Fulham attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.96	3
Phil Jones	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Chris Smalling	DEF	60			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90	1	1	3	0.12	0.11	2
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ander Herrera	MID	90			1	0.47	0.41	1
Juan Mata	MID	90	1	1	2	0.17	1.10	3
Jesse Lingard	MID	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	MID	86	1	2	6	0.60	0.27	3
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	90	1		5	1.37	0.02	1
Marcos Rojo	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fred	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	Sub	4			1	0.38	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sergio Rico	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Odoi	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tim Ream	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.18	1
Alfie Mawson	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Bryan	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Jean Michael Seri	MID	90		0	0.00	0.04	2
Franck Zambo	MID	70		0	0.00	0.00	0
André Schürrle	MID	75		2	0.09	0.00	0
Tom Cairney	MID	48		0	0.00	0.03	1
Ryan Sessegnon	MID	90		2	0.28	0.03	2
Aleksandar Mitrovic	FWD	48		2	0.04	0.00	0
Luciano Vietto	Sub	42		1	0.02	0.10	1
Aboubakar Kamara	Sub	42	1	2	0.78	0.00	0
Ibrahima Cissé	Sub	15		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 73% Bet365 odds 1.33

Draw 17% Bet365 odds 5.75

Fulham win 10% Bet365 odds 10.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United W L D D D

Fulham L L W L D

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Previous and next meeting

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