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05:59 PMGood evening
Having fluffed their lines when 1-0 up with 12 minutes to go at Villa Park last week and lost 3-1, Fulham have another opportunity to climb out of the bottom three when they host Wolves at Craven Cottage in the Friday night game at 8pm. A victory, after three successive defeats, would allow them to leapfrog Newcastle on goal difference while ceding two games in hand to the Toon, who go to Burnley at midday on Sunday. They were the better side for all but the last 20 minutes but, as so often, lacked the firepower to turn their superiority into security.
Wolves, who are 14th, and on a run of two points from their last five games, are having a terrible season, understandably so given what happened to Raul Jimenez and how influential his brilliance as a lone striker is to their system of play. But there have been too many underperforming players who should be capable of far more - particularly Adama Traore who has one assist in 29 appearances and Ruben Neves, who is good enough to play for any team in Europe.
The match at Molineux ended 1-0 to the home side, Pedro Neto scoring, when Fulham were still in their first incarnation of the season, the promotion side without the spate of loan signings who made them more solid and competitive. Raul was in the side that day, though, and the defensive failings Fulham later ironed out (but have recently crept back in) were obvious when Dendoncker's drive was charged down and fell to Neto, who took one touch to control and another to fire through a thicket of Fulham's legs to score.
It wasn't what you'd call a thriller so let's hope for better tonight. Tom Cairney and Marek Rodak are out with long-term injuries for the home side and Ademola Lookman is a doubt after twanging a hamstring at Villa Park.
For Wolves Willy Boly is out, having tested positive for Covid-19, Jonny has injured his knee again and will be out for the rest of the season as are Fernando Marcal and Raul. But in better news Joao Moutinho should be available after missing the West Ham game. Join us for the team news at 7pm and kick-off at 8pm.