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Fulham vrs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Premier League Match Day 25 22_23 at Craven Cottage
Friday 24th February 2023, KO: 20:00
Referee:
Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Live on SkySports
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Fulham came away from Brighton with all three points despite missing Aleksandar Mitrovic, who is dealing with a hamstring injury, and early reports have claimed that the Serbian will be forced to sit out Friday's game as well.
Despite being the most obvious replacement for Mitrovic, Carlos Vinicius started on the bench at the Amex before setting up fellow substitute Solomon, and the pair will surely come into contention for starts over Harry Wilson and makeshift striker Bobby Decordova-Reid.
A potential start for Solomon would be his first in the Premier League, and he could become the first Israeli player to score in three successive games in the tournament since Ronny Rosenthal in 1992. Neeskens Kebano (Achilles) and Tom Cairney (ankle) make up the rest of Fulham's absentees for Friday's game.
Fulham possible starting lineup:
Leno; Tete, Diop, Ream, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; Solomon, Pereira, Willian; Vinicius
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For Wolves ex-Fulham midfielder Mario Lemina is back from a one-game ban and ready to line up against his former club, but Sasa Kalajdzic, Hwang Hee-chan, Boubacar Traore and Chiquinho are all still missing.
Lemina may be a straight swap for Joao Moutinho in the middle, and Lopetegui also left Pedro Neto out of his squad for the loss to Bournemouth due to fitness reasons, but the injury-plagued Portuguese could return to bolster an ailing attack here.
Neither Adama Traore nor Pablo Sarabia performed too badly last weekend, so Matheus Cunha may be at the greatest risk of the axe as Daniel Podence, Raul Jimenez and Diego Costa press to return.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
possible starting lineup:
Sa; Semedo, Kilman, Dawson, Bueno; Lemina, Neves, Nunes; Traore, Podence, Sarabia
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Source Ben Knapton at SportsMole