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Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho look to secure progress to Leicester City’s first FA Cup final in a half-century when they do battle with Southampton in the second semi-final of the weekend.
Both Simy and Victor Osimhen found the back of the net for Crotone and Napoli respectively last time out and both frontmen will hope to continue their fine returns in front of goal in the upcoming round of games in Serie A.
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Fulham are running out of lives. This was a devastating defeat, inflicted at the very end of a game in which they never quite did enough. The number of chances to escape relegation are dwindling rapidly and, having hauled their way back into contention earlier in the spring, they have picked the worst possible time to offset much of that good work by equalling their worst losing run of the season.
A fourth consecutive reverse was guaranteed in thrilling fashion by Adama Traoré in the second minute of added time. If the goal was unexpected for its timing then its quality of conception and execution were both startling, too, given the drudgery of what had previously passed. Wolves did not stand out here but felt they had their just deserts: Willian José had seen what looked a legitimate opener ruled out shortly before half-time by a ludicrous application of VAR and until those final seconds it seemed their sense of injustice would rankl
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Wolves line-up in a back-four for the second time in four days as they travel to Fulham in Gameweek 31.
In this setup, Nuno Espirito Santo has struggled to reach the same level of defensive stability achieved by several years playing a three-man defence, best shown by conceding three first-half goals against West Ham on Monday.
Despite those ongoing issues, it’s a 4-2-3-1 formation tonight with no changes from the side that lost against the Hammers.
Rayan Aït-Nouri (£5.0m) and
Nélson Semedo (£5.2m) are the full-backs either side of
Romain Saïss (£4.9m) and
Conor Coady (£4.8m) as
After a bruising weekend, however, in which Fulham capitulated against Aston Villa and Newcastle battled back to take a point from Tottenham Hotspur, the Cottagers find themselves with another opportunity missed to boost their survival hopes.
Their goal difference is slightly better than Newcastle’s, but they’ve now got 26 points to the Magpies’ 29, while Steve Bruce’s side have a game in hand.
Crucially, while Newcastle have lost only one of their last five and their morale will be boosted tremendously following their late equaliser against Spurs Fulham have now lost four of their last five.
Their morale may well be low as well after their late capitulation against Villa, who, inspired by Egypt’s Trezeguet, scored three in the final 12 minutes.
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