Lewis Cook has had to fill in at right back for Bournemouth recently due to injuries to Adam Smith and Julian Araujo, this switch has made his already promising foul record stand out even further with the central midfielder struggling a little with managing 1v1 duels against tricky wingers. He’s in for a tough assignment here against a combination of Rayan Ait-Nouri and Matheus Cunha. Cook is averaging 1.90 fouls committed per 90 across his 24 Premier League appearances this season. 

Cook has committed 2+ fouls in each of his last five games in the Premier League, four of these have been from right back and he’s also been shown two yellow cards across this recent period reinforcing the suggestion that Cook can struggle with this unfamiliar role. Wolves will be aware of this weakness in Andoni Iraola’s side and are strong on this side of the pitch with Rayan Ait-Nouri and Matheus Cunha who are averaging 3.43 fouls won per 90 between them in the Premier League this season. Cunha in particular will pose a real threat to the makeshift fullback with the Brazilian often drifting to that side of the pitch. 

This selection should be aided by the fact that both of these sides are naturally quite aggressive, this is evident in their foul numbers as a team this campaign. Bournemouth (13.6 fouls committed per 90) and Wolves (13.4 fouls committed per 90) are the top two sides in the Premier League when it comes to fouls committed. This aggression was on show in the initial meeting between the sides which saw 24 fouls exchanged as well as six yellow cards. 

There is value in backing this selection with Bet365, the same market is priced around 1.53 on other bookmakers for Cook to commit two fouls making the 2.0 offered here a decent price when considering his recent record and the fact he’s expected to line up out of position again here.