Relegation battling Wolves entertain Manchester United at Molineux.
Victory will lift Wolves out of the relegation zone, whilst Man Utd can climb as high as 10th with a win.
Team News
Rayan Ait-Nouri is available for Wolves after he was suspended for their 3-0 win at Leicester.
Pablo Sarabia (calf), Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traore (both knee), Sasa Kalajdzic and Enso Gonzalez (both ACL) remain sidelined.
Man Utd could welcome Matthijs de Ligt back after he missed their last two matches due to illness.
Victor Lindelöf (unspecified), Mason Mount (leg) and Luke Shaw (unspecified) are still sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Wolves host Man Utd at Molineux on Thursday 26 December at 5:30pm GMT, live on Amazon in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Wolves have won one of their last five meetings against Man Utd (W1, L4).
- Man Utd have avoided defeat in their last five league visits to Wolves (W4, D1).
- Wolves have lost two of their last three home games against Man Utd by 1-0 results.
- Matheus Cunha has been involved in 12 of Wolves’ 27 league goals (nine goals + three assists).
- Two of Bruno Fernandes’ four league goals for Utd this season came from the penalty spot.
Prediction
After just three days of preparation following Vitor Pereira’s arrival, Wolves looked surprisingly solid defensively yet clinical in their demolition of Leicester so I am hoping for progression on that performance here.
Man Utd just don’t learn because they were again sloppy until too late – like in their Carabao Cup loss at Tottenham – but Bournemouth deservedly didn’t allow them to score, which highlighted how passionless the squad is.
Molineux though will be bouncing for Pereira’s first home game in charge and I think that Wolves will feed off the atmosphere, especially if Utd don’t turn up with any passion until the hour mark.
Prediction: Wolves 2-0 Man Utd
Result: Wolves 2-0 Man Utd
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