Fulham vs Manchester United Preview

Second last team in the league Fulham and second top team Manchester United are set to face each other tomorrow in what should prove to be a difficult home encounter for Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Ryan Giggs is set to miss the match after not fully recovering from a calf strain, while Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic are are both fit.

Players to look out for

Clint Dempsy is Fulham's top scorer with 6 league goals. United may have trouble with the tall midfielder but put in Owen Hargreaves and problem solved.

Fulham's Finnish defender Toni Kallio has had previous experience with Cristiano Ronaldo. Kallio played very well against Ronaldo during the Finland - Portugal games at the EURO 2008 qualifiers and will be up for the challenge again tomorrow. The games finished 1-1 and 0-0 respectively, with Roy Hodgson as Finalnd's manager

USA international Brian McBride has returned from injury and has scored 2 goals against United to date.

Stats

Fulham have not been able to beat Manchester United at Craven Cottage since they were promoted, the last Fulham beat them was back in 1964 with a 2-1 victory.

The last time the Reds dropped points was in December 2004 with 1-1 draw.

However the wins have come with one goal margins for United. Last season's corresponding fixture finished 2-1 with a late goal from Ronaldo to provide United with the win.

Predictions

Manchester United will reclaim top spot in the league if they beat Fulham and Arsenal lose.

With Fulham's form of late, 1 win in the last 15 games, they seem set to welcome a demolition from the Red Devils. We all saw what happened to Newcastle last week.

However I don't think we will see a 5-1 win tomorrow, although I do predict that United will win. Nani will most likely be playing and his crosses have been first class this season. Along with Ronaldo, Tevez and Rooney, United have the necessary ammo to fire them to victory

Although Fulham shouldn't be written off. They're in battle against relegation and they are usually quite strong at home. They have beaten Chelsea and Liverpool at Craven Cottage in the past and United should be careful not to suffer the same fate.

Manchester United will have to guard against complacency tomorrow but I think they come out with a 2-0 win.