📏 Form Guide

Manchester United

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Manchester United are hoping to win again following the 5-4 Europa League success vs Lyon.

In that match, Manchester United had 41% possession and 21 shots on goal with 8 on target. For Manchester United, the scorers were Manuel Ugarte (10'), Diogo Dalot (45'), Bruno Fernandes (114'), Kobbie Mainoo (120') and Harry Maguire (121'). On the other side, Lyon got 21 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Corentin Tolisso (71'), Nico Tagliafico (78'), Rayan Cherki (105') and Alexandre Lacazette (110') scored for Lyon. The match was eventually decided in extra time and won by Manchester United.

Over their prior 6 games, Rúben Amorim's Manchester United have scored 10 times resulting in an average number of goals per match of 1.67.

Analysis of their past results shows that Manchester United:

• are undefeated in their previous 3 home league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Wolves will go into the match following a 4-2 Premier League win vs Tottenham Hotspur in their last match.

In that match, Wolverhampton Wanderers managed 38% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Wolverhampton Wanderers, the goals were scored by Rayan Aït-Nouri (2'), Jorgen Strand Larsen (64') and Matheus Cunha (86'). Tottenham Hotspur had 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Djed Spence (38' Own goal), Mathys Tel (59') and Richarlison (85') scored for Tottenham Hotspur.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have regularly broken through opposing defences in their most recent fixtures, scoring 11 times in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Vítor Pereira will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Wolverhampton Wanderers can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same outings.

Leading up to this clash, Wolverhampton Wanderers:

• have left without a victory over Manchester United in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 03/01/2022 shows us that Manchester United have won 4 of them & Wolves 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

A combined sum of 14 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 8 of them from The Red Devils and 6 belonging to Wolves. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The previous league game between these clubs was Premier League match day 18 on 26/12/2024 when it ended Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester United.

In that game, Wolverhampton Wanderers managed 51% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Matheus Cunha (58') and Hee-chan Hwang (99').

For their opponents, Manchester United got 11 shots on goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Tony Harrington.

📰 Team News: Manchester United

Jonny Evans (Muscle injury), Joshua Zirkzee (Thigh problems), Toby Collyer (Leg injury), Ayden Heaven (Foot injury), Amad Diallo (Ankle injury) and Lisandro Martínez (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be able to feature for Manchester United gaffer Rúben Amorim.

ℹ️ Team News: Wolves

Wolves boss Vítor Pereira has to currently contend with reduced team options. Sasa Kalajdzic (Cruciate ligament tear), Yerson Mosquera (Cruciate ligament tear) and Enso González (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Wolverhampton Wanderers will likely be able to score against this Manchester United team, however that isn’t expected to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We are anticipating a narrow 2-1 advantage for Manchester United by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Looking forward to this.

Peter Guest, 12:02 20/04/2025