England - Premier LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United, taking place on Saturday, 31 December 2022, at The Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton.
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Wolverhampton W., Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 2-1 away win over Everton in their last league game, Wolverhampton Wanderers will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work. They came away from that fixture with 42% of the possession and clocked up 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. By comparison, Everton managed 12 attempts on goal, with 6 on target.
Having lost 13 goals in their past 6 matches, boss Julen Lopetegui will surely be casting a critical eye over his defensive line, even though his team managed to pick up some points along the way due to the 6 goals they scored. With just 2 clean sheets in the last 6 matches at home, he will be worried about the defensive frailties within his team of late. They have not yet found their form in front of goal this season, with an inconsistent scoring record showing no goals in 8 of their 16 league matches this season.
With 4 defeats and just 1 victory in their last 6 league matches, they have had a poor run and will need to turn that around if they want to start climbing the table.
Manchester United, Recent FormIn their last match Manchester United enforced their superiority over Nottingham Forest with a 3-0 home win. They achieved 66% possession in that match and had 16 strikes at goal, with 8 hitting the target, up against Nottingham Forest's tally of 8 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.
Manager Erik ten Hag will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 5 goals conceded in the same period. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games.
They have had a strong run of form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Manchester United, Anthony Martial will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
It was not a positive ending for Manchester United last time they met Wolverhampton Wanderers in the league, with the game ending in a 0-1 defeat.
In the past 7 away matches at Wolves in the league, The Red Devils have consistently found the net, scoring at least 1 goal in each of those encounters. In their past 5 meetings, Man Utd's defence has been pretty stingy, only conceding 2 goals, so Wolves will have to take their chances when they come.
In the last 2 league meetings between the teams at The Molineux Stadium, Man Utd has taken all 3 points and has not lost away to Wolves in 3 games.
Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Jonny Castro (Hamstring), Saša Kalajdžić (Cruciate ligament), Pedro Neto (Ankle), Daniel Podence (Leg) and Boubacar Traoré (Knock) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Erik ten Hag has a number of injury concerns in his Man Utd squad to contend with: Diogo Dalot (Hamstring), Harry Maguire (Hamstring), Lisandro Martínez (Personal reasons), Jadon Sancho (Lack of fitness), Axel Tuanzebe (Unknown), Donny van de Beek (Knock) and Brandon Williams (Unknown)
Wolverhampton W. Playing at home | Manchester United Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.6 | Goals scored | 1.4 |
| 1.6 | Goals conceded | 2 |
| 38' | Time first goal scored | 43' |
| 33' | Time first goal conceded | 30' |
| 2.5 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 0.3 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.6 | Subs used | 3.5 |
| 1-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 4-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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