Premier League · 2023Sat, 9 Mar 2024, 15:00 UTCFull timeFull-time recap

Wolverhampton

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2–1Full-time recap

Fulham

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Wolverhampton	Fulham
Shots	8 shots/match	23 shots/match▲
Shots on target	3 shots/match	7 shots/match▲
Expected goals	0.83 xG/match	2.7 xG/match▲
Possession	48%	52%●
Corners	3 corners/match	4 corners/match●
Fouls	7 fouls/match	11 fouls/match

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Fulham's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Fulham's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Fulham's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.43 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	2 goals/match	1.43 goals/match	1.46 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0Wolverhampton

2Draws

1Fulham

27 Nov 2023Fulham — Wolverhampton · Premier League3–2

24 Feb 2023Fulham — Wolverhampton · Premier League1–1

13 Aug 2022Wolverhampton — Fulham · Premier League0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Wolverhampton favored in 1 of 13 directional metrics · Fulham in 4 · 8 too close

1.5 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 28/281.43 goals/match

1.57 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 28/281.57 goals/match

1.37 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 28/281.32 xG/match

1.74 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 28/281.73 xG/match

11.8 shots/matchShotsseason · 28/28▲12.8 shots/match

14.3 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 28/2814 shots/match

4.29 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 28/28▲4.57 shots/match

5 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 28/285.18 shots/match

47.9%Possessionseason · 28/28●50%

4.29 corners/matchCornersseason · 28/28●5.39 corners/match

5.79 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 28/28▲4.86 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

12.2 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 28/2810 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

18%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 28/28▲25%

82%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 28/2864%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Wolverhampton47.5

Fulham52.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Wolverhampton36.7

Fulham43.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Wolverhampton50

Fulham53.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Wolverhampton17.5

Fulham22.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Wolverhampton82.5

Fulham12.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Wolverhampton17.5

Fulham52.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Wolverhampton39.4

Fulham37.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Wolverhampton28 matchesFulham28 matches

1.5 goals/matchGoals scored28/281.43 goals/match

1.57 goals/matchGoals allowed28/281.57 goals/match

1.37 xG/matchExpected goals28/281.32 xG/match

11.8 shots/matchShots28/28▲12.8 shots/match

4.29 shots/matchShots on target28/28▲4.57 shots/match

47.9%Possession28/28●50%

4.29 corners/matchCorners28/28●5.39 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

12.2 fouls/matchFouls28/2810 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Wolverhampton14 matchesFulham14 matches

1.57 goals/match▲Goals scored14/141 goals/match

1.5 goals/match▲Goals allowed14/142.07 goals/match

1.33 xG/match▲Expected goals14/141.06 xG/match

11.6 shots/match▲Shots14/1411 shots/match

4.14 shots/matchShots on target14/14▲4.43 shots/match

48.8%●Possession14/1443.7%

5.21 corners/match●Corners14/144.57 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

12.1 fouls/matchFouls14/1410.3 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples28 / 28home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 9 Mar 2024, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4