Manchester United vs Fulham: Premier League match preview and confirmed team news as Anthony Martial misses out and Paul Pogba is benched

Manchester United vs Fulham: Premier League match preview and confirmed team news as Anthony Martial misses out and Paul Pogba is benched
Manchester United will look to end their winless run in the Premier League when struggling Fulham visit Old Trafford on Saturday.The Red Devils, without a victory in their last four league games, continue to underwhelm this season, while the Cottagers sit rock bottom of the league.Mourinho remains under pressure3
Mourinho remains under pressure
United are already 18 points adrift of league-leaders Manchester City, with their title hopes all-but finished before they even began.Jose Mourinho’s agent yesterday confirmed he is ‘fully committed’ to United, however the Portuguese boss knows this game is simply a must-win.Fulham have shown signs of improvement under new manager Claudio Ranieri, but they are still yet to keep a clean sheet in the league this season.

What the managers are saying

Jose Mourinho (Man United): The position, the points sometimes dont say much about the real potential of the team, of one of the two most important managers in the history of the Premier League, so they have the potential to come here and to give us a very difficult match.Fulham have improved under Ranieri3
Fulham have improved under Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri (Fulham):“Jose is a fantastic man, he was the first to send me a message to say, ‘Welcome back’. He’s a very friendly friend.“United are one of the best teams in the Premier League, and in the Champions League they’ve done a very good job.”

Team news

Manchester United are without star man Anthony Martial and defender Eric Bailly through injury, while Paul Pogba starts on the bench.Fulham forward Aboubakar Kamara drops to the bench despite his goal against Leicester in midweek.Pogba has been named on the bench once again3
Pogba has been named on the bench once again
Man United: de Gea, Dalot, Jones, Smalling, Young, Matic, Ander Herrera, Rashford, Mata, Lingard, Lukaku.Subs: Pogba, Rojo, Fred, Romero, Shaw, Fellaini, McTominay.Fulham: Sergio Rico, Odoi, Ream, Mawson, Bryan, Seri, Zambo, Schurrle, Cairney, Ryan Sessegnon, Mitrovic.Subs: Bettinelli, Kebano, Johansen, Vietto, Christie, Cisse, Kamara.

Mitrovic is also a target for West Ham

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