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Premiership leaders Arsenal do not entertain Everton until Sunday, so Manchester United have the opportunity to take over at the summit for 27 hours at least. They will leapfrog the Gunners and hit top spot for the first time since 24 March last year with victory over mid table Fulham. United lost the leadership on this corresponding Saturday last year and have not regained it since.
The Champions League Quarter-finalists, who had already qualified for the knock out stages before Tuesday´s 2-0 defeat at Deportivo La Coruna when Sir Alex Ferguson sent out a virtual reserve line-up, lead the Premiership´s form table with four wins and two draws from their last six - 14 points from the possible 18.
The Red Devils hold the strongest defensive record in the top flight, with just 27 goals conceded in 30 matches.
They face Fulham after successive Premiership victories over Leeds ( 2-1 h) and Aston Villa ( 0-1 a). The margin of victory for the latter should have been far wider than just a David Beckham goal.
The seven times Premier League champions have not lost a League game this year. Middlesbrough were the last team to take three points off them, winning 3-1 at the Riverside on Boxing Day. United´s only home League defeat this season was 0-1 by Bolton on 11 September.
Fulham held United to a one-all draw in the reverse fixture in October when Ryan Giggs made his 500th appearance for the visitors. Although the Cottagers have lost their last seven League visits to Old Trafford and have not beaten them away for nearly 40 years, they did give them a scare in their first ever Premiership game in this corresponding fixture last season. Fulham led 1-3, but eventually lost 3-2.
Jean Tigana´s team travel north in the hope of extending their unbeaten League run to six ( 3 wins, 2 draws) with a first away League win in 12 attempts, since the 0-3 victory at Sunderland on 14 September.
Bolton were the last club to deny Fulham a League goal. The match at the Reebok on 11 January was goalless.
These clubs have already played 103 games between them. This will be Fulham´s 51st League and Cup fixture and Man U´s 54th.
United need to score one more goal to total 100 for the season in all competitions.
The Cottagers still hold the worst disciplinary record in the top League. Six red and 43 yellow cards have been shown to Fulham players. They have also conceded more penalties in the Premiership than any other club ( 7).
The match pits the club with the highest gates against the one with the lowest. United are the only club whose turnstiles have ticked over in excess of million times for Premier League games at an average of 67,583. Fulham have played one more home game than United. Their total attendance is just over a quarter of a million ( 267,132) at an average of a mere 16,696.
Manchester United´s next three Premiership matches after this could go a long way to determining their title aspirations. They welcome Liverpool at Old Trafford on 5 April, go to Newcastle on the following Saturday and visit Arsenal on 15 April.
Fulham must also play two of those next month. Their next game is home to Blackburn on Monday 7 April. Then they must travel to Liverpool five days later and host Newcastle on 19 April.
