Manchester United 3-2 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2012

Result

Manchester United 3-2 Fulham

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Manchester United 3-2 Fulham: match report

Manchester United won against Fulham 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 August 2012. The half-time score was 3-1.

D. Duff opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Robin van Persie (10'), Shinji Kagawa (35') and Rafael (41'). Fulham scored through D. Duff (3') and an own goal by Nemanja Vidic (64').

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Fulham received 1 yellow card.

Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Fulham 17th with 40.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fulham in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Fulham.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · D. DuffFulham · 0-1
  • 10'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 1-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Brede HangelandFulham
  • 35'Goal · Shinji KagawaManchester United · 2-1
  • 41'Goal · RafaelManchester United · 3-1
  • 64'Own goal · Nemanja VidicFulham · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 7, draws 1, Fulham 2.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Rafael, Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia, Nemanja Vidic, Ashley Young, Anderson, Michael Carrick, S. Kagawa, Robin van Persie, Tom Cleverley

Fulham expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Brede Hangeland, Stephen Kelly, Philippe Senderos, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Mousa Dembélé, Clint Dempsey, Andy Johnson, Bryan Ruiz