Relegation-battling Wolves host high-flying Nottingham Forest in a Premier League contest.
Victory will lift Wolves up to 16th in the table, whilst Forest will stay third regardless of the result.
Team News
Toti Gomes is ruled out for Wolves with a hamstring injury.
Matheus Cunha (suspension) is also sidelined but Mario Lemina (calf) is a doubt.
Pablo Sarabia (calf), Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traore (both knee), Sasa Kalajdzic and Enso Gonzalez (both ACL) remain sidelined.
Forest will welcome Ryan Yates back after he was suspended for their 2-0 win at Everton.
Murillo (adductor) and Callum Hudson-Odoi (leg) are doubts after they sat out the visit to Merseyside.
Ibrahim Sangare (hamstring) and Danilo (ankle) remain sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Wolves host Forest at Molineux on Monday 6 January at 8pm GMT, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Wolves are yet to lose to Forest in the Premier League (W1, D4).
- Forest are winless away to Wolves in two previous Premier League visits (D1, L1).
- Three of Wolves’ four draws in their last four meetings against Forest ended in 1-1 results.
- Hwang Hee-Chan has scored in Wolves’ last two matches (W1, D1).
- Chris Wood and Morgan Gibbs-White have both scored in two of Forest’s last three away games.
Prediction
Although they are still flirting with relegation, Wolves have already looked more resilient and energetic under Vitor Pereira especially in their fightback to draw 2-2 at Tottenham – having conceded twice after an well-executed opening goal, but this will be their toughest test yet against a well-balanced Forest team.
Sat third and unbeaten in six of their last seven games which included a clinical win at Everton last time out, where they were just superb at defensively soaking up the Toffees’ pressure but powerful on the counter-attack.
With that in mind plus Wolves’ improved performances, I feel that this could be a close game and another draw would be a fair result.
Prediction: Wolves 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Result: Wolves 0-3 Nottingham Forest
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