{"id":127907,"date":"2023-09-15T23:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T22:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=127907"},"modified":"2023-09-15T23:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T22:23:59","slug":"fulham-vs-luton-town-lineups-alex-iwobi-in-a-midfield-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/fulham-vs-luton-town-lineups-alex-iwobi-in-a-midfield-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulham vs Luton Town lineups \u2013 Alex Iwobi in a midfield 3?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/alex-iwobi-profile\/\">Alex Iwobi<\/a> was unable to play for Nigeria during the September 2023 international break for Nigeria due to an injury, but he will be available to play in the Fulham vs Luton Town game.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham manager Marco Silva made this known in the pre-match press conference on Thursday as they prepare to welcome Luton Town to Craven Cottage. Iwobi joined the London side from Everton on transfer deadline day for \u00a322 million but had been dealing with injuries which he recovered from during the international break.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/super-eagles-news\/\">Super Eagles<\/a> fans will be paying attention to how Silva uses Alex Iwobi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A lot of love! \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexiwobi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@alexiwobi<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalvinBassey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CalvinBassey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A83rP3VwM0\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/A83rP3VwM0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FulhamFC\/status\/1702323817207738594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Fulham vs Luton Town preview and team news<\/h2>\n<p>Alex Iwobi being fit is the biggest team news ahead of Fulham vs Luton Town. The Cottagers fans will also be excited about midfielder Jo\u00e3o Palhinha signing a new deal after almost joining Bayern Munich over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Palhinha did not play in their last game before the international break due to the Bayern move which eventually fell through. He and Iwobi will now be options for Marco Silva to choose from in their game against Luton Town.<\/p>\n<p>Sa\u0161a Luki\u0107 and Tom Cairney are both out of the running to feature due to knee injuries, however, leaving Silva short in midfield despite Palhinha and Alex Iwobi returning to the team. Regardless, it will be a match for the Portuguese football manager to redeem himself this season as Fulham\u2019s poor start to the season has put him under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Getting With It\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZQCe3UsAL8\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ZQCe3UsAL8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexander Iwobi (@alexiwobi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexiwobi\/status\/1701688072394481858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Silva has not had the best luck managing teams in England\u2019s top flight but he was able to find some stability at Fulham. The poor start to the 2023\/24 season has put him on shaky ground once again. Fulham vs Luton Town has to come good for the man.<\/p>\n<p>It also has to come good for Alex Iwobi, who has a lot of competition to deal with at the London club. Fulham and Luton have both not had the best start to the season so being able to get a start or a substitute\u2019s appearance while contributing meaningfully could help Iwobi\u2019s stock rise significantly.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham fans will not be too worried about Luton Town, however, whose last victory away from home in top-flight football was 32 years ago, against Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<h2>Fulham vs Luton Town lineups and predictions<\/h2>\n<h3>Fulham vs Luton Town lineups<\/h3>\n<p>Based on the team news, here is what we think Fulham vs Luton Town starting XIs will look like.<\/p>\n<h4>Fulham<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Goalkeeper<\/strong>: Bernd Leno<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong>: Kenny Tete, Issa Diop, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong>: Harrison Reed, Jo\u00e3o Palhinha, Harry Wilson, Andreas Pereira, Bobby Decordova-Reid<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards<\/strong>: Raul Jimenez<\/p>\n<h4>Luton Town<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Goalkeeper<\/strong>: Thomas Kaminski<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong>: Issa Kabore, Mads Andersen, Reece Burke, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Giles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong>: Marvelous Nakamba, Albert Sambi-Lokonga Tahith Chong<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards<\/strong>: Carlton Morris, Elijah Adebayo<\/p>\n<h2>Fulham vs Luton Town prediction<\/h2>\n<p>For Nigeria national football team fans, Alex Iwobi's participation in the Fulham vs Luton Town game is probably more important than the result.<\/p>\n<p>They will also be paying attention to Elijah Adebayo and hope that Fred Onyedinma gets a run in the team.<\/p>\n<p>For Fulham or Luton Town fans, however, a win for their teams is absolutely necessary or they risk being early contenders for the upcoming relegation battle.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham being at home presents them with an advantage thanks to Luton Town's poor away record. This is why we at <a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/\">Goalball Live<\/a> expect them to take the win.<\/p>\n<p>Luton will get on the scoresheet, however.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fulham 3 &#8211; 1 Luton Town<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Iwobi was unable to play for Nigeria during the September 2023 international break for Nigeria due to an injury, but he will be available to play in the Fulham vs Luton Town game. Fulham manager Marco Silva made this known in the pre-match press conference on Thursday as they prepare to welcome Luton Town [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":977,"featured_media":127909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no"},"categories":[14475,1],"tags":[104,37733],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Daniel Kolade","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127912,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127907\/revisions\/127912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127907"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=127907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}