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Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Wolves will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 4-2 Premier League losing effort in their last game against Crystal Palace.

In that game, Wolverhampton Wanderers had 68% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Wolverhampton Wanderers, the goals were scored by Emmanuel Agbadou (24') and Jorgen Strand Larsen (62'). At the other end, Crystal Palace had 13 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Eddie Nketiah (27', 32'), Ben Chilwell (50') and Eberechi Eze (86') scored for Crystal Palace.

Over their preceding six fixtures, Vítor Pereira's Wolverhampton Wanderers have hit the back of the net 10 times - an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.

Coming into this clash, Wolverhampton Wanderers have not emerged victorious against Brentford in their previous 2 league matches.

Brentford

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Fulham in Premier League action, Brentford will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Brentford managed 50% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Brentford, the goalscorers were Bryan Mbeumo (22') and Yoane Wissa (43'). For their opponents, Fulham had 16 shots on goal with 7 on target. Raúl Jiménez (16'), Tom Cairney (68') and Harry Wilson (70') scored for Fulham.

Showing their predisposition for high-scoring encounters, goals have been celebrated 23 times in the last six matches in which Brentford have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.83 goals per clash. Opposing teams have got 9 of these goals. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Going into this encounter, Brentford are undefeated in their last 3 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 15/04/2023 shows us that Wolves have won 3 of these games & Brentford 2, with the number of draws being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in all at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Premier League match day 7 on 05/10/2024 when it finished Brentford 5-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers.

That time, Brentford managed 44% possession and 19 shots on goal with 12 of them on target. Goals were scored by Nathan Collins (2'), Bryan Mbeumo (20'), Christian Nørgaard (28'), Ethan Pinnock (45') and Fábio Carvalho (90').

For their opponents, Wolverhampton Wanderers had 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Matheus Cunha (4'), Jorgen Strand Larsen (26') and Rayan Aït-Nouri (93') scored.

The match was refereed by Andrew Madley.

ℹ️ Team News: Wolves

Sasa Kalajdzic (Fitness), Sam Johnstone (unknown injury), Enso González (Cruciate ligament tear) and Yerson Mosquera (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Wolves gaffer Vítor Pereira.

It’s our opinion that Wolves should opt for a 3-4-2-1 formation in the match, utilising Jose Sa, Matt Doherty, Emmanuel Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Andre, Rayan Ait Nouri, Marshall Munetsi, Matheus Cunha and Goncalo Guedes.

📋 Team News: Brentford

Brentford manager Thomas Frank has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Fábio Carvalho (Shoulder injury), Josh Dasilva (Knee surgery) and Vitaly Janelt (Heel injury) will miss out on this game.

It’s our belief that The Bees appear most likely to utilise a 4-3-3 formation using Mark Flekken, Michael Kayode, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Keane Lewis-Potter, Christian Noergaard, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Mikkel Damsgaard, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa and Kevin Schade.

✨ Prediction

We believe that Brentford and Wolverhampton Wanderers should end up playing out a closely-fought contest here.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and there should be goals with a draw being quite a realistic outcome. We’re therefore seeing a great battle with a score draw at full-time.

Peter Guest, 14:01 25/05/2025