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Wolves vs Manchester Utd Prediction & Betting tips
Giant killer Wolverhampton Wanderers starts the cup adventure this year with a game against Manchester United. The Wolves have been unbeaten for four consecutive games against the record champion, but lost three of the last five games they played. Manchester United, however, was dismissed by Arsenal on New Year’s Day and has something to put right!
Wolverhampton Wanderers:
Wolverhampton started the current calendar year with an unexpected defeat: the Wolves lost on New Year’s Day from low-flyer Watford. On Vicarage Road, the team of Nuno Espírito Santo fell 2-1 and few people expected that. Last Sunday, Wolverhampton played another great game visiting league-leader Liverpool, but that game was also lost for the Wolves (1-0). Perhaps the busy program is now starting to take its toll at the club from the industrial city. Nuno has played almost every match with the same basic players in the last few months, but had to rotate a bit in the last two weeks due to fatigue and that did not benefit the results.
Fortunately for Wolverhampton, only two players with injuries are missing: Morgan Gibbs-White and Willy Boly have not been there for a while. For the rest, the Wolves survived the festive period in England well when it comes to injuries. The results, on the other hand, are somewhat disappointing and the Wolves must therefore now be satisfied with seventh place in the Premier League. The last three times that Wolverhampton faced Manchester United happened every time at Molineux and the Wolves won 2-1 twice (once in the Premier League and once in the FA Cup). That other game ended in a 1-1 draw early in the season, meaning Wolverhampton had to share the points with Manchester United.
Manchester United:
For a club like Manchester United, the FA Cup is of course not the highest on the priority list. The Manchester United supporters still expect their club to compete for the Premier League title and the Champions League win. The fact is that Manchester United has dropped in recent years and that The Red Devils can now be happy if they even end up in the top 4 of the Premier League and they can be active in the Champions League at all. This season is no different: Manchester United is fifth in the Premier League with only one point ahead of Wolverhampton and five points behind number four Chelsea.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær could have reduced the gap with Chelsea to two points this week. Manchester United knew that Chelsea lost points on a Wednesday afternoon visit to Brighton (1-1), but The Red Devils did not benefit from that in the Arsenal game. That game was even lost 2-0 to Manchester United, which played a staggeringly weak at the Emirates Stadium and was not entitled to a result for a single moment. Paul Pogba made minutes at Manchester United on Boxing Day after he returned after his injury, but now it appears that the Frenchman has been injured again and has been out for at least three weeks. Solskjær is expected to rotate somewhat against Wolverhampton at Manchester United. For example, the 22-year-old talent Axel Tuanzebe could sometimes be positioned in the defense at Manchester United.
Wolves vs Manchester Utd head to head matches
19.08.19 PL Wolves Manchester Utd 1 : 1
02.04.19 PL Wolves Manchester Utd 2 : 1
16.03.19 FAC Wolves Manchester Utd 2 : 1
22.09.18 PL Manchester Utd Wolves 1 : 1
18.03.12 PL Wolves Manchester Utd 0 : 5