Manchester United 4-1 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2018

Result

Manchester United 4-1 Fulham

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Manchester United 4-1 Fulham: match report

Manchester United won against Fulham 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2018. The half-time score was 3-0.

A. Young opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Manchester United's goals came from A. Young (13'), Juan Mata (28'), Romelu Lukaku (42') and Marcus Rashford (82'). Fulham scored through Aboubakar Kamara (67', penalty).

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 8th on 23 points from 15 and Fulham 20th on 9 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Fulham 19th with 26.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fulham in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Juan Mata of Manchester United (8.9), ahead of Ashley Young (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Fulham.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · A. YoungManchester United · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Juan MataManchester United · 2-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Frank AnguissaFulham
  • 42'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 3-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Diogo DalotManchester United
  • 67'Penalty goal · Aboubakar KamaraFulham · 3-1
  • 68'Second yellow · Frank AnguissaFulham
  • 72'Yellow card · Jean Michaël SeriFulham
  • 82'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 1, Fulham 1.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Diogo Dalot, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku

Fulham line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sergio Rico, Denis Odoi, Alfie Mawson, Tim Ream, Joe Bryan, Jean Michaël Seri, Frank Anguissa, Andre Schürrle, Tom Cairney, Ryan Sessegnon, Aleksandar Mitrović