Fulham vs Wolves preview, team news, stats, prediction, kick-off time

Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Fulham vs Wolves in the Premier League on Friday (kick-off 8pm).

Team news

Fulham have no new injury concerns as they bid to climb out of the Premier League relegation zone when they host Wolves on Friday.

Ademola Lookman has recovered from a problem which saw him substituted in the 47th minute against Aston Villa on Sunday and is expected to be available.

Captain Tom Cairney remains sidelined with a long-term knee injury.

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Willy Boly remains out for Wolves as he continues to self-isolate after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

Joao Moutinho is unavailable with the groin problem he suffered on international duty while Marcal is yet to return from his own groin injury.

Jonny is set to miss the rest of the year after a second ACL knee injury in less than 12 months while Raul Jimenez is slowly recovering from the fractured skull he suffered in November.

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Jones Knows' prediction

Fulham remain in the bottom three and have been there since Boxing Day. A run of three straight defeats has really left Scott Parker's team with work to do, especially with Newcastle welcoming back some of their key attacking players for the run-in.

Fulham's inability to produce streetwise performances have been to blame but there is a lot of experience in that squad and quite frankly some of the players just aren't delivering.

I think this will be a fourth defeat on the spin for Fulham, who look woefully short at 11/8 with Sky Bet, as Wolves, despite a wobbly season, have shown an ability in matches to put teams under pressure and find game-changing moments. To the fore of that has been Pedro Neto, who is only behind Bruno Fernandes, Kevin De Bruyne and Raphinha for chances created from open play (14) since the start of February. The talented youngster has two assists during that period and the chances of him grabbing a third this weekend should be snapped up at 9/2.

JONES KNOWS PREDICTS: 0-2

BETTING ANGLE: Pedro Neto to grab an assist (9/2 with Sky Bet)

Opta stats

• Fulham have never lost a home Premier League match against Wolves in five previous meetings (W2 D3). Their last home top-flight defeat to Wolves was in August 1967.
• Wolves have won eight of their last 11 league matches against Fulham (D2 L1), with their only defeat in this run a 2-0 loss in the Championship in February 2018.
• After a run of seven straight home league wins in games played on Friday, Fulham lost their last such match 1-2 against Leeds last month.
• After losing their first three Friday games in the Premier League, Wolves are unbeaten in their last four on that weekday (W3 D1), keeping a clean sheet in each of the last three.
• Fulham have lost each of their last three Premier League games, having lost just two of their previous 10 in the competition (W3 D5). The Whites last lost four consecutive Premier League games within a season back at the start of this campaign, losing their opening four games, while the fourth defeat in that run came against Wolves.

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• Wolves have lost three of their last five Premier League games in London (W1 D1), having been unbeaten in their previous 10 in the capital since winning promotion in 2018 (W5 D5).
• Wolves are winless in five Premier League games (D2 L3), and are looking to avoid suffering three consecutive Premier League defeats for the first time since November 2018.
• Fulham have scored with just 24 of their 362 shots in the Premier League this season, giving them a league-low conversion rate of 6.6%. The last team to have such a low conversion rate across a full season and avoid relegation was Wigan in 2008-09 (5.8%).
• There are two players to have had as many as 25 shots without finding the net so far in the Premier League this season - Wolves' Adama Traoré (26) and Fulham's André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (25).
• Wolves' Fábio Silva has lost all three Premier League games in which he's scored - no player has a worse 100% loss record in games they've found the net in the competition's history.

Pitch to Post Preview: Tottenham vs Man Utd and a decisive month for Spurs; Inconsistent Liverpool, and West Ham vs Leicester's key top-four clash

In this week's Pitch to Post Preview Podcast Peter Smith is joined by Sky Sports News reporter Paul Gilmour who explains why April could be a decisive month for Tottenham's next steps as a club, while Sky Sports football writer Jack Wilkinson reacts to Man Utd's Europa League win and assesses their chances of getting some revenge for their big defeat to Spurs earlier this season.

Sky Sports features writer Nick Wright is also on the show, looking back at two contrasting performances from Liverpool and the reasons behind their inconsistency, as well as previewing a big top-four race clash between surprise package West Ham and Leicester. He also makes his Pitch for the weekend about an important game at the other end of the table between Burnley and Newcastle.

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