Two of the Premier League’s biggest clubs find themselves in the bottom half of the table this season, with both Tottenham and Manchester United looking to improve their situation on Sunday.
Spurs make the short trip across London to face Fulham, fresh from making it safely through to the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
The 13th placed side face hosts who are eight points ahead of them in 10th position, with the Cottagers enjoying another fruitful season under the leadership of Marco Silva.
Later on Sunday Manchester United will be looking for their second consecutive victory, when they travel to Leicester City.
The Red Devils have also made it through to the last eight of the Europa League and now come up against a Foxes side who are desperate for points to avoid relegation.
- FULHAM WIN AND BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE VS TOTTENHAM
- FERNANDES TO SCORE - LEICESTER VS MANCHESTER UNITED
Fulham vs Tottenham
Fulham will fancy their chances of being able to take advantage of Tottenham’s fatigue on Sunday.
While the Cottagers have not played since last weekend’s 2-1 defeat at Brighton, Spurs were involved in a physically and mentally draining second-leg against AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League.
After losing the first-leg 1-0, Ange Postecoglou’s team fought back with a 3-1 win, but while it was one of their most impressive displays of the season, AZ had ample opportunities to score another goal and send the match into extra-time.
This followed last weekend’s 2-2 home draw with Bournemouth in which Spurs were fortunate to emerge with a point, scoring with a mishit cross and a penalty.
The Cottagers have scored in six of their last seven games and will be capable of taking advantage of any more lax defending from the visitors.
It says much for the respective form of these sides that it is the hosts that are pretty heavy favourites and the likelihood of both teams scoring further enhances their odds of victory.
FULHAM WIN AND BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
Leicester vs Manchester United
As bad as this Manchester United season has been, one can only imagine where they might be without Bruno Fernandes.
In the last week the club captain scored the opening goal in a 1-1 draw with Arsenal and then hit a hat-trick in the 4-1 win over Real Sociedad in the Europa League.
The victory over Sociedad gives United the rare opportunity to record consecutive wins, which is a feat that they have not achieved since January.
Given the opposition that seems a realistic prospect, with Leicester having lost each of their last six games.
The Foxes have already been defeated by these opponents on three occasions this season, having met once in the Premier League and been knocked out of both domestic cups by United.
That league encounter saw the current Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy in the opposite dugout, while the Dutch coach was briefly working as the Red Devils’ interim manager.
Fernades scored for him that day in a 3-0 win and the Portuguese schemer looks good value to add to his goal tally on Sunday.
BRUNO FERNANDES TO SCORE
