Top-ten chasing Wolves entertain relegation battling Luton at Molineux.
Victory would see Wolves climb to 10th in the table, whilst Luton can move out of the relegation zone with a win.
Team News
Santiago Bueno is ruled out for Wolves with a hamstring injury suffered during their midweek loss to Bournemouth.
Leon Chiwone (ankle), Craig Dawson (groin), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (knee), Noha Lemina and Pedro Neto (both hamstring) remain absent.
Luton will be without Issa Kabore after he suffered an ankle injury during last weekend’s defeat to Brentford.
Reece Burke (illness) is set to be available but Amari’i Bell, Dan Potts, Chiedozie Ogbene, Elijah Adebayo (all hamstring), Mads Andersen (calf), Marvelous Nakamba, Jacob Brown (both knee) and Tom Lockyer (illness) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Wolves welcome Luton to Molineux on Saturday 27 April at 3pm BST, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Wolves drew 1-1 in their only previous Premier League meeting against Luton in September 2023.
- Although this is Luton’s first Premier League visit to Wolves, the Hatters have won one of their last five visits to Molineux (W1, D1, L3).
- Wolves have kept clean sheets in two of their last three home games against Luton.
- Wolves have won two of their last seven home matches in the league (W2, L5).
- Five of Luton’s last six goals have been scored after half-time.
Prediction
Winless in their last seven games in all competitions amidst some tough injury-related absences, Wolves have to view this as a must-win game if they want to stop their rut and avoid an end-of-season freefall.
The midweek defeat to Bournemouth though was slightly harsh thanks to VAR because Wolves didn’t play too badly, with a defensive mistake and some poor end product having cost them at least a draw.
Luton meanwhile absolutely deserved their defeat against Brentford because their defensive marking was just awful, whilst they lacked much attacking fight and couldn’t handle the Bees’ counter-attacking pace in a game which they really needed to win.
Rob Edwards’ Hatters therefore need to turn up and deliver a huge improvement against a out-of-form team, because we know they can deliver goals but their defence has often been their downfall but this is now absolute must-win.
Molineux though hasn’t really been their strongest ground in recent visits but if there is a time to produce a result, it is now but Wolves will not make it easy.
Prediction: Wolves 1-2 Luton
Result: Wolves 2-1 Luton
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