Manchester United vs Wolves

BPL 2018-19 – Manchester United vs Wolves Match Preview

One of the top games of the Premier League weekend! Manchester United host Wolves. Man Utd have reached some really good form winning 3 straight games, all away from home and now they return to Old Trafford as they look to continue their red hot form. Wolves are also showing some really good form right now with 7 points from previous 9 and back to back wins with the other game being a draw against champions Man City. This shapes up to be a very interesting match up and we all expect Wolves to put United to a serious test at Old Trafford!

Key Facts

After their slow start to the season, Man Utd have reached some really good form as already mentioned winning their last 3 games in all competitions against Burnley, Watford and Young Boys. All were away from home.

Manchester United have won every home Premier League match against Wolves.

Manchester United have only lost one home Premier League match in 49 against promoted sides.

Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba are Man Utd’s combined top scorers in all competitions with 4. Lukaku has 4 in the league while Pogba scored 2 each in the league and UCL.

Since the start of last season, Man Utd have won 16 of their 21 league matches at home. Drawn 2, Lost 3.

Going forward, United have been prolific this season. 11 goals in 6 games in all competitions. They scored 2+ in 5 of those games.

Defensively, United have been shaky. Just one league clean sheet in 5 games.

Wolves are currently on a 2 game winning streak beating West Ham away and Burnley at home 1-0 each.

Wolves have looked good defensively after conceding 4 goals in their first 2 games. Since that they’ve only conceded 1 in 3 and that was against Man City. They kept 2 clean sheets in a row.

Jimenez is the current Wolves top scorer with 2 goals.

Going forward, Wolves have only failed to score in one game this season. Leicester away.

Team News

Manchester United: Matic and Rashford are both out due to suspensions. Furthermore, Herrera, Rojo and Jones are all still out with injuries. However, Valencia and Lingard are both back in contention to start after not travelling to Switzerland to play Young Boys and are likely to replace Rashford and Dalot who started in their positions during the midweek. Fellaini is likely to replace suspended Matic. Elsewhere, Mourinho will have some selection headaches as Martial scored a goal midweek and is looking to keep his starting job either over Alexis or Lingard. Luke Shaw has returned but will also have to fight for a starting job with Ashley Young. Jose will have a few selection headaches coming into this fixture.

Wolves: Nothing new to report from the Wolves camp. Ivan Cavaleiro is still injured. Wolves coach Nuno has fielded the same side for 5 straight games now and with them picking up some good form recently there’s no reason why he should change the line-up. It’s a very strong Wolves side, on paper definitely their best ever in the Premier League era and they will look to snap their losing run at Old Trafford. Wolves have a legit shot at picking up points here. Moutinho and Neves midfield partnership has been top notch so far and Jimenez up front has been providing goals recently. We could definitely see Wolves try to have a go and attack United in this match up. 3-4-2-1 is the common formation used by Nuno this season.

Betting Tips and Predictions

United are obviously the favourites here. But 1.60 odds don’t hold much value simply because Wolves could very well come here and snatch a point. Matic is a huge absentee for United, that midfield all of a sudden is going to be a little suspect and open again. Defensively, United are still hard to trust, sure they’re carrying momentum right now but so are Wolves. Plus, United played in Switzerland just this Wednesday on artificial pitch which is tougher to recover from and that could have some effects on them. This is a fantastic chance for Wolves to pick up points and we wouldn’t bet against that. We’re looking at a BTTS at 1.85 and Wolves +0.5, +1.0 AH at 2.10. If they lose by 1 goal half the money is returned, if they don’t lose it’s a win. We see this game being a potential 1-1 draw. United will feel fatigue effects from the midweek game and Wolves will take advantage of it. Pogba to score anytime is a good goal scorer bet, he’s on fire right now plus he takes United’s penalties which there’s always a chance of occurring in games.

KICK OFF – 22nd September 2018 – 3pm UK Time