Cunha was the star against Southampton (1 goal, 1 assist) and he was the star again against Fulham, taking his season tally to 7 goals, 3 assists. If not in January, a handful of Champions League clubs should be after the 25-year-old Brazilian next summer.

Things were looking bleak for Gary O’Neil after his team’s shambolic display at Brentford last month, but back-to-back wins for the first time since February suggests Wolves are gradually starting to gather momentum.

Matheus Cunha once again underlined his importance to Wolverhampton Wanderers’ prospects of putting a desperately poor start to the season behind them. The Brazilian capped an outstanding individual performance with two superbly taken goals and a clever assist as Gary O’Neil’s side maintained their recent progress with a second successive win that eased the pressure on the head coach and lifted the club out of the bottom three.

Alex Iwobi's curling effort finds the back of the net to give Fulham a 1-0 lead against Wolves at Craven Cottage.

Matheus Cunha's superb double earned Wolves a 4-1 comeback victory at Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday, extending the visitors' unbeaten run to four games. Fulham took a deserved lead after 20 minutes with Alex Iwobi curling home an unstoppable shot from the edge of the box,

Matheus Cunha completes his brace with a wonderful finish from distance to give Wolves a comfortable 3-1 lead over Fulham at Craven Cottage.

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Matheus Cunha scored twice, while Joao Gomes and Goncalo Guedes also netted after Alex Iwobi had put the hosts ahead.