After three consecutive matches away from home, on Tuesday Wolves return to Molineux buoyed by victory at the weekend, and wolves.co.uk has the main talking points ahead of the visit of Fulham.
1 | Roll Call
Vitor Pereira confirmed he’ll be without Emmanuel Agbadou, Rodrigo Gomes, Hee Chan Hwang and Goncalo Guedes on Tuesday evening due to injury. Guedes has had an MRI scan due to a pain in his knee, making it difficult for him to recover in time. Jorgen Strand Larsen made his return from injury to play 45 minutes off the bench on Saturday, so will be pushing for a start on Tuesday. Nasser Djiga made his Wolves debut off the bench at the Cherries and will be competing with Santiago Bueno, who deputised for Agbadou well at the Vitality Stadium.
Fulham head coach Marco Silva is sweating on the fitness of Emile Smith Rowe and Tom Cairney for the trip to Molineux, after the pair limped out of Saturday’s Crystal Palace defeat. Smith Rowe, who had a knock to the ankle, “probably” has a chance of featuring and Cairney’s problem “isn’t serious” according to Silva, with the pair set to be assessed after training on Monday. Reiss Nelson looks to have finished his season, having undergone surgery on a thigh problem, while Harry Wilson also had an operation recently and is expected back in April. Defender Kenny Tete has also been ruled out for the foreseeable future.
2 | The Stat Pack
Goals
- Matheus Cunha | 13
- Raul Jimenez | 11
Assists
- Rayan Ait-Nouri | 5
- Antonee Robinson | 10
Biggest win
- Fulham 1-4 Wolves | November 2024
- Fulham 3-1 Brighton | December 2024
Yellow cards
- Joao Gomes | 7
- Sasa Lukic | 9
Clean sheets
- Jose Sa | 5
- Bernd Leno | 4
Matheus getting on the scoresheet for the fourth consecutive game ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/u8iwU18euD
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3 | Journey to Tuesday
Wolves head into Tuesday’s return to Molineux buoyed by a significant victory at the weekend, which opened up a five-point on the drop zone. Matheus Cunha continued his hot streak with a fourth goal in as many matches, and this time it proved the winner at Bournemouth, after the Cherries had been reduced by one man. The win on the south coast continued Wolves’ upward trajectory, which came from a victory over neighbours Aston Villa last time at Molineux and progression in the Emirates FA Cup at Blackburn Rovers. Even the performance at Liverpool, where Pereira’s side went down 2-1, gave reason to be optimistic ahead of the return to Molineux on Tuesday.
Fulham could have gone one point behind Bournemouth in sixth at the weekend but failed to have a shot on target for the first time since May 2021 in their loss to Crystal Palace. The 2-0 defeat one home soil ended a run of three consecutive wins for Silva’s side, who have been gaining momentum up the Premier League table. The Cottagers beat high-flying Nottingham Forest at Craven Cottage and earned an eye-catching victory at Newcastle United too, either side of seeing off Wigan Athletic in the cup. So far this term Fulham have won five of their 12 matches away from the Cottage.
4 | European football on its way back
Wolves put one step into European football after a 39-year wait with victory over Fulham at Molineux back in 2019. After a thrilling first season back in the top flight, Wolves all but claimed seventh spot when Leander Dendoncker’s volley saw off the Cottagers. The job felt almost done given Leicester City were likely to lose to league leaders Manchester City later that weekend, which they did. Watford’s loss to City in the FA Cup final ensured seventh space qualified for the Europa League, meaning that Dendoncker strike was all important.
Wolves | Patricio (Norris 89), Doherty, Bennett, Coady, Boly (Kilman 89), Jonny (Vinagre 89), Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Jota, Jimenez.
Fulham | Rico, Sessegnon (Ayite 82), Ream, Le Marchand, Christie, Bryan, Chambers, Cairney, Anguissa (Elliott 88), Babel, Mitrovic.
