📊 Form Guide

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Wolves will be wanting a better result here after the 0-2 Premier League loss in their previous game against Arsenal.

In that match, Wolverhampton Wanderers had 46% possession and 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. Arsenal got 24 shots on goal with 9 on target. Leandro Trossard (45') and Martin Ødegaard (95') scored for Arsenal.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Wolverhampton Wanderers have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Wolverhampton Wanderers have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 12 goals on the way.

Coming into this contest, Wolverhampton Wanderers have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Bournemouth

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Aston Villa in Premier League competition, Bournemouth and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Bournemouth managed 43% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Bournemouth was Dominic Solanke (31'). For their opponents, Aston Villa had 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. Morgan Rogers (45'), Moussa Diaby (57') and Leon Bailey (78') scored for Aston Villa.

The stats tell the story, and Bournemouth have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. At the back, Bournemouth have clearly had some problems. We shall soon find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Heading into this fixture, Bournemouth are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 23/02/2019 shows us that Wolves have won 3 of these games and Bournemouth 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

A total of 10 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 6 of them for Wolves and 4 coming from The Cherries. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Premier League match day 9 on 21/10/2023 when it ended Bournemouth 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In that match, Bournemouth managed 34% possession and 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Dominic Solanke (17').

For their opponents, Wolverhampton Wanderers got 20 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Matheus Cunha (47') and Saša Kalajdžić (88') scored.

The referee was Paul Tierney.

📰 Team News: Wolves

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just one fitness concern for the Wolves gaffer Gary O'Neil to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Pedro Neto (Hamstring injury) misses out.

In all likelihood, Wolves may well go for a 3-5-2 system in the match and select Jose Sa, Santiago Bueno, Max Kilman, Toti Gomes, Matt Doherty, Mario Lemina, Joao Gomes, Thomas Doyle, Rayan Ait Nouri, Pablo Sarabia and Hee-Chan Hwang.

ℹ️ Team News: Bournemouth

We are inclined to think that The Cherries could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with Neto, Max Aarons, Illia Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Lloyd Kelly, Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert, Milos Kerkez and Dominic Solanke.

💡 Prediction

We believe that Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers could both well score more than once here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square with both teams likely to score. Therefore, we predict a score draw when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 18:01 24/04/2024