Wolves' Poor Stats In The First 15 Minutes, Nuno Santo: We Had To Beat Fulham Early On

Nuno Santo (left) instructs one of his players (Twitter @wolves)

JAKARTA - Nuno Espirito Santo insists he wants Wolverhampton to be able to stem Fulham's play from the start when the two teams meet in the 31st week of the Premier League match at Craven Cottage, London, Friday local time (Saturday WIB).

According to Nuno Santo, failure to start the game well has been a problem that has plagued Wolverhampton this season.

Shapes, slow starts, injuries and more were discussed in Nuno's press conference.🗣📰

— Wolves (@Wolves) 8 April 2021

Statistics record this season, the Wolverhampton side have conceded in the first 15 minutes of seven games this season, including the two they suffered against West Ham last week.

"It's our problem this season, something we felt we could have done last season, but against West Ham yesterday, it was a replay of the previous games where we failed to score first and conceded," Nuno Santo said in pre-match comments quoted by Antara from Wolverhampton's official website on Friday.

"We are trying to find a balanced point. It's not easy. If we had found a solution, we would have done it in the last game," he added.

Wolverhampton, on the other hand, will face Fulham, a team now under fire for struggling to avoid the threat of relegation.

⏱ 24 hours until #FULWOL... 🐺🔜 pic.twitter.com/Jbzq3K5hkV

— Wolves (@Wolves) 8 April 2021

"It's all about focusing on every game, improving the team's approach at the start of each game, and tomorrow, I'm sure Fulham will try to start strong and fast, and we need to be able to stem that," he said.

Wolverhampton is currently 14th in the standings with a collection of 35 points, having gone on a winless streak in five consecutive games and lost its last two games.