Super-sub Joshua Jirkzee was the hero for Man Utd as his late goal sealed all three points in the opening game of the 2024-25 Premier League season. Check out the best facts, stats and Opta data from tonight’s game at Old Trafford with our Manchester United vs Fulham stats page.
Manchester United opened the 2024-25 Premier League season with a win, but they left it late to defeat Fulham. Joshua Zirkzee scored on his Premier League debut with his 87th-minute strike after coming on as a second-half substitute. It was his first shot in the competition and was enough to seal all three points for the home side.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Manchester United vs Fulham stats from their Premier League clash at Old Trafford.
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Manchester United 1-0 Fulham: Post-Match Facts
- Manchester United have more wins (22) and more points (70) from their opening games of Premier League campaigns than any other side.
- Joshua Zirkzee became the 15th Dutch player to score on his Premier League debut, with four of those doing so for Manchester United (also Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alexander Büttner and Donny van de Beek).
- Manchester United have now scored in each of their last 29 home games against Fulham in all competitions, since a 2-0 loss in April 1963.
- Fulham have lost their opening match of a Premier League season when starting that campaign away from home for the first time since 2008-09 (1-2 vs Hull City).
- Four of the last five winning goals scored in Premier League meetings between Manchester United and Fulham have come in the final five minutes, with Joshua Zirkzee’s decisive strike tonight coming in the 87th minute.
- Noussair Mazraoui, Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt all made their first Premier League appearances tonight – it’s the first time Manchester United have handed as many as three players their competition debut since May 2017 against Crystal Palace (Josh Harrop, Joel Pereira, Demetri Mitchell and Angel Gomes).
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