Wolves vs Fulham preview: Nuno Espirito Santo's side aim to secure seventh

Wolves can move a step closer to securing European football next season with victory over Fulham on Saturday.

A seventh-place finish in the Premier League would be enough to qualify for next season's Europa League if Watford lose to Manchester City in the FA Cup final.

Wolves are seventh in the table, three points above Leicester, who face Manchester City on Monday Night Football.

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Fulham are already relegated but have won all three of their matches since relegation back to the Championship was confirmed at the start of April.

Fulham have yet to confirm who will be in charge next season, but Scott Parker feels his squad have at least been able to end an overall disappointing campaign with some positives to look back on.

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"It's been a good few weeks, in terms of results and performances," he said.

"It's a difficult league to go and win three on the bounce and the players have done very well. We've shown the quality we have."

Team news

Nuno Espirito Santo has another fully-fit Wolves squad.

Nuno has suggested third-choice goalkeeper Will Norris may be given a start in the final two games but has not made a decision yet.

Fulham defender Denis Odoi will sit out as part of the concussion protocol.

Odoi was injured during the first half of last weekend's 1-0 home win over Cardiff, the Belgian taking a boot in the face from team-mate Maxime Le Marchand as he stooped to head the ball clear.

On-loan Manchester United defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah continues his recovery from a knee ligament problem, while goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli (knee) and midfielder Lazar Markovic (calf) are also in rehabilitation.

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Opta stats

• Wolves have lost none of their last 14 home meetings with Fulham in all competitions (W10 D4), since a 0-4 loss in the second tier in April 1985.
• In the Premier League, Fulham have lost three of their four meetings with Wolves at Molineux (D1), conceding exactly twice in each defeat.
• Wolves have won 15 Premier League games this season, with the last promoted side to win more in a Premier League campaign being Reading in 2006-07 (16).
• Wolves are unbeaten in seven Premier League home games (W5 D2), since a 0-2 loss against Crystal Palace in their first match of 2019.
• Already relegated Fulham have won three consecutive Premier League games without conceding a single goal. They last won four top-flight games in a row in April 1966 (a run of five).
• Fulham have won as many points in their last three Premier League games (9) as they had in their previous 20 in the competition (W2 D3 L15).
• Aleksandar Mitrovic has been involved in 36.3% of Fulham's 432 total shots in the Premier League this season (127 shots, 30 chances created), the highest ratio of any player in the division.
• 80% of Diogo Jota's goals in all competitions for Wolves this season have come at home (8/10). Indeed, the Portuguese has scored seven goals in his last eight appearances at Molineux.

Paul Merson's prediction

Hopefully Scott Parker gets the Fulham job. They were comfortable last weekend except in the last 10 minutes when someone told Cardiff they had to win. Fulham look a much better team than they did before though.

Wolves find it hard against teams that don't come at them; Brighton didn't, Fulham won't. They need to look at that for next season - Huddersfield did the double against them! But they should have enough.

PAUL PREDICTS: 3-1

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