Wolves are in desperate need of turning their form around when the Premier League resumes after the international break.
Gary O’Neil’s side have had a disastrous start to the 2024/25 campaign, still winless in the league after seven games played.
In fact, Wolves haven’t won in the top flight since April, making it over five months without a victory.
The squad haven’t been able to put together a wholly convincing 90 minutes of football yet, with matters not made easier by their gruelling run of fixtures to start the season.
Wolves next 10 Premier League fixtures
From the opening seven games, Wolves have already faced six of last season’s top seven, losing each of those contests.
Fortunately, O’Neil is set to get some respite from the blockbuster clashes, as per the understanding of the Premier League’s Fixture Difficulty Ratings (FDR) tool.
When evaluating the next 10 fixtures that clubs in the league face, each game was graded based on difficulty, seeing Wolves sit second-bottom of the pile with some of the ‘easiest’ upcoming matches.
| Opponent | Home/Away | Difficulty rating |
| Manchester City | H | 5 |
| Brighton and Hove Albion | A | 2 |
| Crystal Palace | H | 2 |
| Southampton | H | 2 |
| Fulham | A | 3 |
| Bournemouth | H | 2 |
| Everton | A | 3 |
| West Ham United | A | 2 |
| Ipswich Town | H | 2 |
| Leicester City | A | 2 |
After the clash with Manchester City at Molineux, Wolves have a run of simpler fixtures, which are theoretically easier to manage than facing those who finished closer to the summit last term.
Wolves average a fixture difficulty of 2.5 per game, which is the second-lowest in the league, in comparison to Liverpool at the top of the pile with 3.3 per game.
Heading into Christmas, it’s integral that O’Neil’s side find a way to pick up their form to avoid a possible relegation battle in the new year.
Premier League early relegation candidates’ fixture difficulty
Wolves’ task is to simply get results from their next 10 games and while O’Neil will be implementing a tunnel vision approach, it’s insightful to consider what’s going on elsewhere.
The current bottom six in the Premier League table are Leicester City, Everton, Ipswich Town, Crystal Palace, Southampton and of course, Wolves.
Below is how the Old Gold’s early relegation rivals’ next 10 fixtures look in comparison to those that face O’Neil’s squad, painting a picture of how the bottom five could look by Christmas time.
| Club | Difficulty rating | Notable fixtures |
| Leicester City | 2.4 | NEW (A), MUN (A), CHE (H) |
| Everton | 2.7 | CHE (H), MUN (A), ARS (A), LIV (H) |
| Ipswich Town | 2.4 | TOT (A), MUN (H), NEW (H) |
| Crystal Palace | 3.0 | TOT (H), AV (A), NEW (H), MC (H), ARS (H) |
| Southampton | 3.0 | MC (A), LFC (H), TOT (H), AV (A), CHE (H) |
Crystal Palace and Southampton, who like Wolves, remain winless in the league after seven games, have the fourth-hardest next 10 fixtures in the top flight, while Ipswich and Leicester are credited to have the joint-easiest.
The data only emphasises how important it is for Wolves to secure as many points as possible from their next 10 fixtures, with an early thought to how the table could look in May.