Wolves fans may feel a little bit more nervous about Rob Edwards’ opening game against Crystal Palace after the Premier League’s referee announcement.
Rob Edwards has been given a fairly tough ask in his first game as Wolves manager, with Oliver Glasner and his mid-table Crystal Palace side coming to Molineux.
Crystal Palace have won three of their last five fixtures against Wolves, which includes a whopping 12 goals during the last four games.
| Date | Wolves | Crystal Palace |
| 20th May 2025 | 4-2 loss | 4-2 win |
| 2nd November 2024 | 2-2 draw | 2-2 draw |
| 11th May 2024 | 3-1 loss | 3-1 win |
| 3rd September 2023 | 3-2 loss | 3-2 win |
| 25th April 2023 | 2-0 win | 2-0 loss |
One of the big decisions for Edwards will be who features in his starting XI, having had very minimal time to work with the club’s international players.
We believe that it will be a five at the back formation that involves Hwang Hee-chan and Jorgen Strand Larsen at the pinnacle of the attack, with Jean Ricner-Bellgarde in the roaming midfield role.
Premier League announce Anthony Taylor to referee Wolves vs Crystal Palace
The Premier League have announced their referee appointments for matchday 12, which sees Anthony Taylor referee Wolves’ clash with Crystal Palace.
His assistants will be Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. The fourth official will be Ruebyn Ricardo, with Stuart Atwell on VAR and his assistant Richard West.
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Anthony Taylor has refereed 32 Wolves games in his career, in which they’ve lost 16, won 10 and drawn six.
The latest was a 3-1 defeat to Leeds United at Molineux earlier on this season.
Anthony Taylor controversy during Wolves vs Newcastle United
Anthony Taylor will be a name that Wolves fans don’t have fond memories of
Back in October of 2023, Taylor refereed the 2-2 draw between Newcastle United and Wolves at Molineux.
With the game at 1-1 in first-half stoppage time, on-field referee Anthony Taylor awarded a spot-kick when Hwang challenged Schar for the ball in the Wolves area, but the Newcastle man appeared to kick the turf and looked to already be on his way down before any contact.
This led to pure chaos both during and after the match, as Matt Hobbs was sanctioned for a comment towards Taylor, whilst he himself was demoted to the Championship after that game.
What made things worse was that even Newcastle United star Callum Wilson admitted