Fulham are in desperate need of their first points of the season to lift the mood at Craven Cottage.
While reinforcements before Monday’s transfer deadline are perhaps more important than this afternoon's visit to Wolves, Scott Parker needs something to kick-start their season sooner rather than later.
The Fulham boss switched to a back five to bring some solidify against Aston Villa on Monday and it failed miserably. A repeat is not expected this weekend.
Ademola Lookman has arrived from RB Leipzig since then, his appearance from the bench perhaps the only silver lining from their midweek defeat to Brentford in the Carabao Cup. Parker, however, faces a decision over whether the former Everton man is ready to start.
“He’s not had a lot of minutes,” said Parker. “He’s been training with Leipzig. It was good to get him on the pitch for 45 minutes. We saw in a short space of time the quality that he has, especially in one-v-one areas.
"Hopefully he’ll be involved in some capacity, whether that’s from the start or on the bench. He can give us exactly what we know he is capable of doing.”
Mario Lemina remains out while Harrison Reed is “touch and go”.
Fulham predicted XI to face Wolves (4-2-3-1): Areola; Aina, Hector, Ream, Bryan; Cairney, Anguissa; Kamara, Onomah, Cavaliero; Mitrovic
