Premier League: High-profile against below par, at least that's what the standings say. Fulham - Wolverhampton Wanderers. Home victory or a shock?
- Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Fulham form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Fulham at their home stadium (Craven Cottage) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Bernd Leno not having conceded a league goal in 315 minutes.
It's back home for Fulham, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Brighton & Hove Albion away with the result 1-0. Solomon found the net in that victory. Fulham goalkeeper Leno did an outstanding job against Brighton & Hove Albion with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Leno, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.41 out of 10 in that game. Leno topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Fulham won a home game hosting Nottingham Forest (2-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Fulham perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fulham as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Fulham has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
One fact: This team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) team finding the net.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Fulham, as the FA Cup home game vs Leeds United is only four days away.
Fulham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Craven Cottage with 20 goals in 12 league matches. Fulham have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats
There's been little loot from Wolverhampton Wanderers's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Wolverhampton Wanderers only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.
Wolverhampton Wanderers's previous game was their home loss versus AFC Bournemouth (0-1). Midfield player Neves was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Neves had 79 successful passes (of 91 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Southampton.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Wolverhampton Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Wolverhampton Wanderers, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Wolves as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. Wolverhampton Wanderers's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Wolverhampton Wanderers have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) facing Fulham.Wolverhampton Wanderers - Fulham 0-0 was the scoreline in these teams' last head-to-head fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mitrović 11 goals |   R. Da Silva Neves 5 goals |  D. Castelo Podence 5 goals |
Fulham missing players
Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players
| Fulham | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 35 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 30 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| 88% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 71% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 65% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 58% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 35% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 26% |
| 21% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 45% | 48% |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.6 | 13.2 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12.6 | 12 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 38% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 13.6 | 12.2 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.3 | 13.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
- Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fulham have scored more than double the goals of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
- Fulham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 28 | 54 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 36 | 52 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 41 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Fulham | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 38 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | Brentford | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 35 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 25 | -20 | 25 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 25 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 23 |
| 16 | Everton | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 21 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | -23 | 21 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Leeds United | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 19 |
| 20 | Southampton | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -21 | 18 |
