JUST IN: ‘New’ kick-off time for Fulham vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers , prediction, team news, lineups
JUST IN: ‘New’ kick-off time for Fulham vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers , prediction, team news, lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers will be looking to climb out of the Premier League relegation zone
when they travel to Craven Cottage to face Fulham on Saturday afternoon.
The two teams meet for the first time since March when Gary O’Neil’s side secured a 2-1 top-flight
victory at Molineux.
Fulham are bidding to win three Premier League games on the bounce for the first time since January
2023 after beating Brentford and Crystal Palace in their last two matches prior to the international break.
A dramatic 2-1 comeback victory at home to Brentford,
courtesy of two stoppage-time goals from super-sub Harry Wilson,
was followed by a 2-0 win away against 10-man Palace a fortnight ago,
thanks to goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Wilson.
Marco Silva’s men have accumulated 18 points from their opening 11 Premier League matches and
sit seventh in the table, just one point behind each of the next four teams above them,
meaning they could finish the weekend inside the top four if they beat Wolves and other results go their way.
After losing four and drawing one of their final five home league games of last season,
Fulham have since made a positive start to the new campaign in front of their own fans,
having picked up 10 points from their opening five matches at Craven Cottage (W3 D1 L1).
The Cottagers, who have not won back-to-back home games since March,
secured a 3-2 home victory over Wolves last season,
but that represents their only triumph across their last eight Premier League meetings with the West
Midlands outfit.
After failing to win any of their first 10 Premier League games of the season,
Wolves entered the international break on a much-needed high after beating fellow strugglers
Southampton 2-0 at Molineux.
Pablo Sarabia’s opener after just one minute and 48 seconds – Wolves’ fastest-ever Premier League goal
was followed by a 51st-minute strike from in-form attacker Matheus Cunha that secured the
Old Gold their first top-flight win since April.
Gary O’Neil was pleased with his side’s “gritty performance” against an “awkward” Saints outfit,
with victory helping Wolves climb off the foot of the table – albeit up just one place to 19th and
to within two points of 17th-placed Ipswich Town, who are hovering just above the relegation zone.
After a challenging fixture schedule at the start of this campaign,
Wolves will face just two of last season’s top eight across their next nine Premier League fixtures and
will be hoping to put together a positive run of form in the coming weeks as they endeavour to boost
their survival hopes.
However, Wolves head into Saturday’s clash with Fulham having won just one of their of their last eight Premier League visits to Cravan Cottage (D4 L3), while they have lost seven of their last 10 top-flight away matches in London, including both this season, with those 10 matches averaging 4.5 goals per game.
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