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.

Fulham were aiming to win three successive top-flight games for the first time since January – but they were unable to build on their promising start at Craven Cottage. They were the better side in the first half but were undone by a moment of magic from Matheus Cunha,

Matheus Cunha scored two superb goals and set up a third to earn Wolves a 4-1 comeback victory at Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday, extending the visitors' unbeaten run to four games and briefly dragging them out of the relegation zone.

Fulham will be hoping to continue their march up the English Premier League standings as they host relegation-threatened Wolves on Saturday. Currently in seventh place, manager Marco Silva will be hoping the international break has not interrupted his side's momentum.