Fulham vs Man Utd — Premier League result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 20 September 2026

Premier League·Sunday, 20 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 7.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Fulham

27%

Draw

25%

result

Man Utd

49%

top pick

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 24.6% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Man Utd win. Expected goals 1.16–1.62 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals53%2 scored
Both teams score55%yes
Fulham clean sheet20%no
Man Utd clean sheet32%no
Fulham score 2+32%no
Man Utd score 2+48%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1543
1X2 Brier score0.8777
Probability on the result24.6%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.7%), 1–2 (10.0%), 0–1 (9.8%). It finished 1–1 — one of them.

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Fulham

24 AugHvs Chelsea2–3L
30 AugAvs Sunderland0–1L
5 SeptHvs Crystal Palace2–3L
12 SeptAvs Liverpool0–0D
20 SeptHvs Man Utd1–1D

Man Utd

22 AugAvs Hull0–2L
30 AugHvs Ipswich5–2W
6 SeptAvs Everton2–2D
13 SeptHvs Man City0–1L
20 SeptAvs Fulham1–1D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatFulham
(Home · 4 matches)
Man Utd
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate75.0%60.0%
Over 2.5 rate50.0%20.0%
Clean sheet25.0%0.0%
Avg goals3.252.40

Home stats use Fulham's home record; away stats use Man Utd's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.