Fulham v Manchester United

Tomorrow see's another load of Premier League matches, at 15:00GMT Fulham will play Manchester United, with the current champion's having to win. We cannot afford to drop anymore points, so what are we up against? Here is the match preview for Fulham v Manchester United.

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Fulham
Squad: Niemi; Stalteri, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky, Murphy, S Davies, Bullard, Bouazza, Nevland, Stefanovic, Kamara, Bocanegra, Volz, McBride, Smertin, Seol, Healy, Keller.
Injuries: Jari Litmanen will not be involved, Leon Andreasen is banned.
Cousin: Daniel Cousin will be at Rangers for the rest of the season after Fifa blocked the striker's proposed move to Fulham, which is a massive blow for Fulham.
Form:
Fulham 0-1 West Ham
Middlesbrough 1-0 Fulham
Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa
Bolton 0-0 Fulham
Fulham 0-3 Arsenal
Manager's View:
Roy Hodgson on the relegation battle:
"There are as many as six or seven clubs who are not 100% confident that they are not going to get drawn into a relegation battle.
"It depends not only upon us and our but also on what's going on around us.
"If we work on the basis that 40 points is a minimum then it's easy to see how many wins we need, but I don't know how many points will be enough this year."

Manchester United
Squad: Van der Sar, Brown, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Nani, Rooney, Tevez, Scholes, O'Shea, Saha, Kuszczak, Anderson, Park, Simpson, Eagles.
Injuries: Foster, Silvestre and Neville are still sidelined. Hopefully they will all be back soon. Giggs has a slight hamstring injury and wont be risked.
Form:
Newcastle 1-5 Manchester United
Lyon 1-1 Manchester United
Manchester United 4-0 Arsenal
Manchester United 1-2 Manchester City
Tottenham 1-1 Manchester United
Manager's View:
"It is always difficult task when you a face a side struggling to stay up so you have prepare properly for it.
"We expect Fulham to be trying their best and in Roy Hodgson they have a manager with considerable experience.
"It is a big challenge for Roy but his record at clubs has been very very good."

Result From Earlier In The Season:
Manchester United 2-0 Fulham
3rd December 2007 , scorer: Ronaldo 10, 58

Predictions:
skysportsnews prediction: Fulham 0-2 ManUtd
Mark Lawrenson's Prediction: Fulham 0-2 ManUtd
My Prediction: Fulham 0-2 ManUtd (goals from Tevez and Ronaldo)

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