Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Wolverhampton will be aiming to bounce back from a 3-0 loss to Newcastle United when they take on Fulham on Matchday 28. The Wolves are stuck in the middle of the table with 38 points on their account, but they surely want to secure a top-ten finish. Duo Hee-Chan Hwang – Matheus Cunha remains in the recovery room, while first-choice goalkeeper Jose Sa should be fit for Saturday’s clash.
The Cottagers, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Man Utd and Brighton. Fulham are sitting in the middle of the standings as well and, taking everything into account, both sides should be happy with one point from the match. Towering forward Raul Jimenez remains on the sidelines with a hamstring injury, but the Mexican should be the only absentee in the visiting team. You should know that under 2.5 goals have been netted in eight of the previous nine meetings between the two sides in all competitions.
Highlighted Player (Tom Cairney):
Tom Cairney is a professional footballer who plays for Fulham. His main position is central midfielder, but he plays as an attacking midfielder and a right midfielder as well. The left-footed player was born in Nottingham, England on 20 January, 1991 and he started his youth career at Leeds United.
In 2007 he moved to Hull City and he was named Hull’s Young Player of the Year for the 2008/2009 campaign. After making 70 league appearances for the Tigers he joined Blackburn Rovers on 1 August, 2013 on loan and on 2 January, 2014 he signed a permanent deal with the Riversiders. At the end of the 2014/2015 Championship campaign he joined Fulham.
Tom Cairney’s father is Scottish and, as a result, the Fulham footballer decided to represent Scotland on the international stage. Cairney has 2 caps for Scotland U-21 and he made 6 appearances for Scotland U-21 team. It has to be noted that he suffered a serious injury in August 2012. The injury forced him to be out of contention for over three months.
Highlighted Team (Wolves):
Wolverhampton are a club that was originally known as St. Luke’s FC. The Wolves play in the Championship and they were founded in 1877. Molineux is the home ground of Wolverhampton and the capacity of the stadium is 31,700. Wolverhampton have won four FA Cup trophies (1893, 1908, 1949, 1960), with the team lifting the League Cup trophy in 1974 and 1980.
The colour of the club’s shirts is orange and they wear black shorts. The Wolves wear blue jerseys when playing away from home. Wolverhampton’s main rivals are West Bromwich Albion and they have been facing each other in the Black Country derby since 1888. In their first meeting in the local derby WBA recorded a 1-0 win over Wolves.
Wolverhampton have won three First Division trophies (1953/1954, 1957/1958, 1958/1959) and they have clinched four FA Cup titles as well (1893, 1908, 1949, 1960). The club’s owner is Steve Morgan.