Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United will face on Saturday the 31st of December at 12:30 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Wolverhampton at the Molineux Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Robert Jones.
Wolverhampton Wanderers is in the 18th position in the standings with 13 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Everton in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 3 times, draw 4 times, and lost 9 times.
Manchester United occupies the 5th place in the league with 29 points. It comes from a 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 9 times, drawn twice, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 43.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (6 times), 5-3-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Julen Lopetegui Argote is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: J. Malheiro de Sá, H. Bueno, M. Kilman, N. Collins, N. Cabral Semedo, M. Nunes, R. Da Silva Neves, J. Iria Santos Moutinho, H. Hwang, A. Traoré Diarra and D. da Silva Costa.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Wolverhampton Wanderers would be 27.50.
Julen Lopetegui Argote will probably not be able to employ J. Castro Otto and D. Castelo Podence because of injury.
S. Kalajdzic, P. Lomba Neto and Chiquinho will definitely miss the match.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 86.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (13 times), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Erik ten Hag is expected to play against Wolverhampton Wanderers with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, H. Maguire, T. Malacia, C. Dannemann Eriksen, L. Shaw, C. Casimiro, M. Rashford, B. Borges Fernandes, A. Elanga and A. Martial.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Manchester United would be 27.10.
There are doubts about the presence of V. Nilsson Lindelöf.
Erik ten Hag will probably not be able to employ J. Dalot Teixeira, S. McTominay and J. Sancho because of injury.
P. Jones and A. Tuanzebe will definitely miss the match.
Erik ten Hag will not be able to have the presence of M. Greenwood who is suspended.
