Time is of the essence. Wolves need to pick up points if they’re to avoid being relegated to the Championship.
Vitor Pereira is embroiled in a dogfight at the bottom of the table with his Wolves side separated from Ipswich Town only by goals scored.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 16 |  EvertonEverton | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -10 | 20 |
| 17 |  WolvesWolves | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 51 | -19 | 16 |
| 18 |  IpswichIpswich | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 43 | -23 | 16 |
Things aren’t getting any easier for the Old Gold. Wolves will play Arsenal at Molineux on Saturday afternoon.
Unsurprisingly, the home team has been given little chance of pulling off an upset.
Arsenal tipped for easy victory against Wolves
Preparing for a tough match, Pereira knows his side will need to be at their absolute best, including Matheus Cunha, who is heavily linked with a January transfer.
Having lost their last three league games — and conceding three goals in all of them — Wolves must put in a better showing and shore up their defence if they’re to cause Arsenal any problems.
Unfortunately, Chris Sutton doesn’t have much faith they can do it though.
“Arsenal slipped up badly against Aston Villa last weekend, letting them back in it from 2-0 up, but I don’t see them having any problems here,” he wrote in his BBC Sport column.
As Sutton pointed out, the Gunners surrendered a two-goal lead last time out against Unai Emery’s Villains — Wolves’ misfiring attack make history repeating itself this weekend very unlikely.
Results elsewhere to save Vitor Pereira’s blushes
Even though Sutton is expecting Wolves to suffer a 15th defeat of the season, the side could still remain just outside of the drop.
Ipswich travel to leaders Liverpool while 19th-placed Leicester City take on Tottenham on Sunday. Sutton is expecting both to lose.
No matter what rock-bottom Southampton do against Newcastle, they’ll remain rooted to the foot of the table, so for Wolves, results elsewhere could mean they stay in 17th.
Eyes will also be on Everton, who are set for a tough match away to Brighton. Sutton is confident the Seagulls will also record a 2-0 win, and should he be right, would keep things pretty much as they are at the bottom of the table.
Wolves’ next league match after Arsenal will be against Aston Villa on February 1st.