Squad rotation has dominated Fantasy managers’ thoughts in the build-up to the hectic festive period but wholesale changes are thin on the ground in the first fixture of Gameweek 19.
Claudio Ranieri and Nuno Espirito Santo have made just one alteration apiece ahead of the early kick-off at Craven Cottage, with Aboubakar Kamara (£4.4m) ousting Tom Cairney (£4.7m) on the right flank for the hosts and Morgan Gibbs-White (£4.3m) stepping up to replace the benched Ruben Neves (£5.0m) for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The fit-again Ryan Sessegnon (£6.0m) is among the substitutes for Fulham.
The three most-owned players in this fixture – Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.7m), Matt Doherty (£5.2m) and Raul Jimenez (£6.2m) – all line up from the start.
Having sat on four yellow cards for the last seven Gameweeks, Mitrovic only has to get through this fixture before the threshold raises to ten cautions – upon which a two-match ban will be incurred.
The Cottagers registered their first clean sheet of the season in the 0-0 draw with Newcastle United last Saturday, though this is still a side that has conceded more shots on target than all Premier League teams bar Cardiff City in the last six Gameweeks.
Only Brighton have allowed fewer big chances than Wolves during that same period, meanwhile.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the only FPL forward who has recorded more shots in the box than Jimenez in the last half-dozen Gameweeks, while no Fantasy defender has registered as many penalty box touches or shots on target as Doherty in the last four rounds of Premier League matches.
Fulham XI (3-4-3): Rico; Odoi, Ream, Mawson; Christie, Seri, Chambers, Bryan; Schurrle, Kamara, Mitrovic.
Wolves XI (3-4-1-2): Patricio; Bennett, Coady, Boly; Doherty, Saiss, Moutinho, Jonny; Gibbs-White; Traore, Jimenez.
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