Fulham take on the visitors Wolverhampton in the round 25 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Friday, February 24th at Craven Cottage (London).
In recent seasons, Fulham has shown such productivity that has allowed them to be considered as a classic example of a football elevator. That is, they had enough strength not to stay in the Championship, but within the framework of the Premier League, the London club was not competitive. This trend continued even under Marco Silva, although the Portuguese managed to win a less rated division prematurely. However, it was clear that the real evaluation of this promising manager's work would be given based on the results of the 2022/2023 season. Well, it is already clear that Fulham has managed to break the trend. Essentially, the risk of relegation was removed even nominally already after the first part of the season, having taking 35 points. But now, it seems that the newcomer is trying to aim for a more ambitious goal - could they aim for European competitions? At the very least, they did not slow down even in February, not conceding from Chelsea and confidently beating the in-form Nottingham Forest. And in the last round, they managed to beat their direct competitor, Brighton, with the only goal scored by Manor Solomon in the 88th minute.
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Wolverhampton did what Fulham are now trying to replicate in London. That is, having emerged from the Championship, they immediately jumped into European competitions. However, gradually their positions were lost. And after a decent last season, when they managed to revive a little under Bruno Lage, it was time for a deep failure in the autumn of 2022. Lopetegui was only able to lure in November, and then it seemed that the situation was almost hopeless. Especially since the Spaniard himself started in the Premier League with defeats. However, this gave him food for thought, and during the prolonged break in the Championship, Julen and his staff were able to carry out quality work on mistakes. They were already able to achieve an important success with Everton, snatching a strong-willed victory. Then there were successes with West Ham and Southampton, and even against Liverpool, whom they lost to in the cup, they scored three unanswered goals. Perhaps this relaxed the project, as in the last round there was a sensational defeat at home to crisis-ridden Bournemouth - they didn't respond to Tavernier's goal.
Over the past 10 years, after 2012, Fulham has only managed to beat Wolverhampton once in regular time - in 2018, in the Championship. Against this backdrop, the 0-0 draw in August at Molineux looked like a success for the Premier League newcomer. In essence, all the Сottagers need to do is not make a mistake like the wolves did in the previous round - they are clearly stronger, and their motivation has not disappeared.
Prediction for the match: Fulham to win.
