Fulham at Wycombe - EFL Cup Round of 16

Fulham make a short trip northwest of London to take on the Wycombe Wanderers in the EFL Cup round of 16. Kickoff is Tuesday at 3:45pm EDT on Paramount+.

Fulham have visited Wycombe twice before in the EFL Cup in the past 10 years and Wycombe have yet to score a goal with Fulham winning 1-0 in 2015 and 2-0 in 2017. This time however Wycombe will have Don's boy Cauley Woodrow, so don't count them out because all he does is score! Wycombe will also have Fulham alumnus Jack Grimmer. Woodrow and Grimmer (along with Cairney) played for Fulham against Wycombe when they faced off in 2015. Ah, the names from that Fulham lineup: the goal scorer was Kacaniklic who's name I almost got on my Fulham shirt rather than Ream since he was my favorite player at the time and Ream was the a new guy. Then you had some forgettable names like Bodurov, Voser, and Pringle along with some more memorable ones like Bettinelli and McCormack. Woodrow also played for Fulham in the 2017 meeting.

This time around Fulham comes in as a Premier League team, but as a beleaguered squad. Fulham has lost four straight and hasn't gotten anything from a match since beating Cambridge United in the previous round of the EFL cup. Meanwhile Wycombe has been on a run with 8 points (half of their season total) from their past four matches. I think that Silva was thinking a little bit about this match by having King starting on the bench against Newcastle. With a must win match coming up against Wolverhampton I really hope that Silva gives Kusi-Asare the start so Raul can rest. I would also expect to see a number of the other subs from Newcastle get starts - Cairney, Castagne, Cuenca, King, Kevin, Lecomte, maybe even Reed. The one player who could start three matches in a row that I'm most concerned about is Sessegnon. Maybe Bassey can slide into that spot since I would guess that Cuenca will get the start against Wolverhampton.

With Fulham sitting just outside the relegation zone now, I suddenly care a lot less about the cup. Winning the match would be great, but please, most importantly, no more injuries!!

 

I am joining in in this most fervent prayer. But even with backups and a couple academy players, we should have the quality to win if our mentality is right. A win would be important to break up the streak of defeats; losing can become a bad habit.