Wolverhampton Wanderers host freshly promoted Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Bruno Lage’s side ended the previous campaign with a whimper before opening the new season with a spiky defeat to Leeds United.
Since arriving in the top flight alongside Wolves in 2018, Fulham have been promoted and relegated twice over. The Cottagers began their latest assault on the Premier League with a spirited 2-2 draw at home to Liverpool.
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming game.
Channel: BT Sport Score (Studio Updates Only)
Channel: BBC Final Score (Studio Updates Only)
Broadcast Time: 15:00 (BST)
Streaming Service: Peacock Premium
Broadcast Time EST: 10:00
Broadcast Time PST: 07:00
Streaming Service: fuboTV
Broadcast Time (EST): 10:00
Where can you watch Wolves vs Fulham Highlights?
Channel: Sky Football
Channel: BBC Match of the Day
Stream: Sky Football YouTube channel
H2H Results (Last Five Games)
Wolves: 3 Wins
Fulham: 1 Win
Draws: 1
Current Form (Last Five Games)
Wolves: LWDDL
Fulham: WLWDD
Wolves team news
Joao Moutinho awkwardly jarred his left foot while striking a ball during training ahead of last weekend’s trip to Leeds. The veteran midfielder is expected to shake off the ‘strange’ injury by Saturday.
Nelson Semedo and Adama Traore are also nearing returns from a pair of hamstring complaints. Alongside long-term absentee Chiquinho, Raul Jiminez isn’t set to feature until the end of August at the earliest.
Lage won’t be able to call upon the familiar figure of Conor Coady after the centre-back moved to Everton on loan. However, the Portuguese coach could deploy his compatriot Goncalo Guedes following the winger’s arrival from Valencia.
Wolves Starting 11: Sa; Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Ait-Nouri; Moutinho, Neves; Podence, Gibbs-White, Neto; Hwang.
Bench: Sarkic, Boly, Mosquera, Cundle, Ronan, Campbell, Bueno.
Fulham team news
Manor Solomon became the second player this summer Fulham have lost to injury during a behind-closed-doors friendly. The Israeli international sustained a problem with his knee against Aston Villa after a cameo role in Fulham’s Premier League draw with Liverpool. Nathaniel Chalobah also picked up a fitness complaint without the consolation of fans back in July.
Harry Wilson isn’t expected to return from a knee injury of his own until October while Joe Bryan may be available this weekend as he accelerates his recovery from a metacarpal fracture.
Fulham Starting 11: Rodak; Tete, Adarabioyo, Ream, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; Kebano, Pereira, Decordova-Reid; Mitrovic.
Bench: Leno, Mbabu, Harris, Muniz, Duffy, Cairney, Stansfield.
Wolves haven’t won a Premier League match since the opening days of April and have scarcely shown many signs of doing so during this eight-game winless drought.
Marco Silva managed to set his team up to admirably frustrate one of the division’s top sides last weekend – a status Wolves can scarcely boast. If Jose Sa – Wolves’ saving grace for so much of the previous campaign – replicates his erratic display between the sticks against Leeds, Fulham could earn their first top-flight win at Molineux since 1962.
Prediction: Wolves 0-1 Fulham
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