Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Fulham - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to supply immoderate late-season cheer for their disillusioned fanbase, Wolverhampton Wanderers invited Fulham to Molineux for a Premier League clash connected Sunday.

The Old Gold are crawling towards the decision of a nightmare run successful the apical flight, whilst the Cottagers are inactive nurturing anticipation of qualifying for European contention adjacent season.

Match preview

Since a daze 2-1 triumph implicit existent Premier League champions Liverpool astatine Molineux connected March 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers person endured a seven-game winless tally (D2 L5) successful each competitions arsenic they hold for their unavoidable relegation to the Championship.

For a 19th lucifer successful this wretched top-flight campaign, Wolves failed to find the nett past Saturday afternoon, erstwhile goals from Jack Hinshelwood, Lewis Dunk and Yankuba Minteh secured a regular 3-0 triumph for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Following that sobering nonaccomplishment connected the South Coast past clip out, Rob Edwards's atrocious clump stay rooted to the bottommost of the Premier League standings, 3 points down 19th-placed Burnley and 20 points backmost from Tottenham Hotspur successful 17th spot.

Last weekend's fixture astatine Brighton resulted successful Wolves' 24th league decision of the 2025-26 campaign, with the arrogant Black Country nine ne'er signaling much losses successful a 38-game season.

All 3 of the Old Gold's Premier League triumphs person arrived astatine Molineux this term, however, Sunday's hosts are winless successful their past 3 location contests, including a decision to relegation-threatened Spurs connected April 25.

Facing issues further up the Premier League rankings, Fulham are successful superior information of being spat retired of the contention for European football, with the West Londoners winning conscionable 1 of their past 5 league fixtures (D1 L3).

The Cottagers' hopes of snatching a top-seven decorativeness were severely dented past clip retired astatine Craven Cottage, wherever a second-half onslaught from Brazilian starlet Rayan handed Bournemouth a constrictive 1-0 success.

As is the lawsuit with this weekend's hosts, Fulham person netted conscionable erstwhile crossed their past 5 Premier League battles, meaning that they person dropped to 11th position, 5 points down seventh-placed Brighton with lone 2 matches remaining.

Consequently, Marco Silva's men request to unafraid their 2nd triumph implicit Wolves this word connected Sunday to person immoderate accidental of seeing the continental lights aboriginal this year, with the Cottagers failing to implicit a league treble implicit the Old Gold successful the past 46 campaigns.

Only Leeds United (15), Burnley (9) and Wolves (5) person collected less than Fulham's 16 Premier League points connected the roadworthy this season, with this weekend's visitors scoring conscionable 16 goals crossed 18 distant contests truthful far.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League form:

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Fulham Premier League form:

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Team News

Wolves are sweating implicit the fittingness of first-choice goalkeeper Jose Sa, and it is presently unclear whether the shot-stopper volition instrumentality to enactment connected Sunday.

Starting the decision astatine Brighton, backup keeper Daniel Bentley could diagnostic erstwhile again, with the seasoned conceding 7 goals crossed 3 Premier League appearances successful 2025-26.

The hosts' goalkeeping issues are accrued further by the lack of erstwhile West Bromwich Albion antheral Sam Johnstone (shoulder).

Dismissed during the decision to Bournemouth past weekend, Fulham's Joachim Andersen is acceptable for a spell connected the sidelines.

Last starting a Premier League fixture connected March 4, Issa Diop is preparing to regenerate the Danish defender successful the Cottagers' backline successful the West Midlands.

Both struggling with muscle-strain setbacks, Ryan Sessegnon and Alex Iwobi are doubts for Sunday afternoon's clash astatine Molineux.

Wolverhampton Wanderers imaginable starting lineup:

Bentley; Mosquera, S Bueno, Krejci; R Gomes, Andre, J Gomes, H Bueno; Mane, Bellegarde, Armstrong

Fulham imaginable starting lineup:

Leno; Castagne, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Cairney, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Chukwueze, Muniz

We say: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Fulham

Chasing down a faint European dream, Fulham volition beryllium looking to instrumentality vantage of their already-relegated hosts connected Sunday afternoon.

Despite the Cottagers' mediocre distant record, they should person capable prime and information to conquer the division's bottommost broadside successful Wolves.

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