Wolves take on Manchester United on Sunday afternoon with the aim of winning five top fight matches in succession for the first time since 1970, and wolves.co.uk has previewed the fixture.
1 | Roll Call
Vitor Pereira has had the luxury of naming an unchanged team for the last five matches in a row as his settled Wolves side continues to light their way up the Premier League. Despite the return of Matheus Cunha from suspension last weekend against Tottenham Hotspur, Pereira stuck with his tried and tested 11 from the off once again and the Brazilian had to settle for a place on the bench. He did, however, come on in the second half and find the back of the net in the 4-2 win. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Matt Doherty were both taken off early last weekend at Molineux, but Pereira is set to speak to the media this afternoon where he might share details on whether the pair will be fit enough to remain in the starting line-up.
Following their dramatic Europa League victory against Lyon, Manchester United face a quick turnaround to have everyone back fit for the visit of Wolves to Old Trafford on Sunday. Lisandro Martinez, Joshua Zirkzee, Amad Diallo, Matthijs de Ligt and Jonny Evans are all long-term absentees and after several of Ruben Amorim’s starting 11, such as Harry Maguire, Casemiro, Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes, played 120 minutes of football to secure a semi-final spot on Thursday, the Portuguese could face a situation similar to last weekend which saw Tottenham rest a few of their key players against the Old Gold when turning their attention to league action following a European clash.
2 | The Stat Pack
Goals
- Matheus Cunha | 16
- Bruno Fernandes | 17*
Assists
- Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | 6
- Bruno Fernandes | 18*
Biggest win
- Leicester City 0-3 Wolves | December 2024
- Manchester United 4-0 Everton | December 2024
Cards
- Joao Gomes | 10
- Manuel Ugarte | 13*
Clean sheets
- Jose Sa | 6
- Andre Onana | 10*
*including European fixtures
3 | Journey to Sunday
Now the most in-form team in the Premier League over the last five matches, Wolves have been racking up the points under Vitor Pereira, while lifting themselves into their highest position in the table so far this season. Victories over Southampton, West Ham United, Ipswich Town and Tottenham Hotspur – the most recent of those coming just last weekend at Molineux where Wolves were rampant against Spurs – has lifted the Old Gold up to 16th in the standings, and just three points behind this weekend’s opponents. Having spent much of the first eight months of the season expecting to avoid relegation, the fact Pereira’s side are now in touching distance of 13th place displays a remarkable turnaround under the Portuguese.
By contrast, Man United are experiencing one of their darkest period of the last three decades, having found themselves in the lower echelons of the Premier League. The Red Devils’ only top flight win since February came against strugglers Leicester City before the last international break, although they have been able to pick up points against Arsenal and Manchester City, while falling heavily to Newcastle United last weekend. However, the team were given a massive boost in the Europa League on Thursday evening. Although looking like they were down and out in extra time, when trailing 4-2 against Lyon in the quarter-finals, three goals in the final six minutes of extra time secured one of the most incredible turnarounds in United’s history and book a semi-final spot to keep their European dreams alive.
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4 | A historic Old Trafford victory
Wolves enjoyed a historic beginning to 2022 when the Joao Moutinho’s second half finish secured a first away victory over Manchester United since 1980. A moment of magic from the Portuguese saw the visitors come out on top in one of the most complete team performances of the Bruno Lage era.
The raucous away end had to wait until eight minutes from time to savour the moment which won the points, as Moutinho picked his spot from the edge of the box and fired in the bottom corner, beyond the desperate dive of David De Gea. That was one a number of opportunities which fell the way of the away team, with Daniel Podence twice coming close before the break, while Ruben Neves brought the best out of De Gea and Romain Saiss hit the woodwork, before Moutinho struck the decision blow.
Man United | De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Jones, Shaw, Matic, McTominay, Sancho (Rashford 75), Greenwood (Fernandes 60), Cavani, Ronaldo.
Wolves | Sa, Semedo, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Marcal, Neves, Moutinho, Trincao (Traore 66), Podence, Jimenez (Silva 81).
