The games are coming in quick for Wolves, as they travel to Old Trafford on Tuesday night to take on Manchester United.
Earlier in December, the Old Gold fell to a 4-1 defeat, and they will be looking to avenge that result in hopes of their first win.
Life will be made tough for the Wanderers, as Andre has been suspended for this away trip. With injuries to Marshall Munetsi and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, the timing of the suspension is less than ideal.
Wolves will no doubt be underdogs heading into this match, but after a strong performance away from home at Anfield, there are certainly reasons to remain optimistic.
Here are three of our bold predictions for Tuesday’s fixture.
What way do you see Wolves’ trip to Old Trafford going?
Rob Edwards goes with four at the back
Rob Edwards will have quite a few players unavailable against Manchester United, but more pertinently, he will be hoping Yerson Mosquera is available.
The Colombian was withdrawn at Anfield after receiving medical treatment on the field, and that would mean Wolves are three central defenders down.
Emmanuel Agbadou’s participation with Ivory Coast at AFCON means he will not be in the squad once again. Meanwhile, Toti Gomes is still sidelined for quite a few weeks with a hamstring injury.
Andre’s suspension, alongside the two aforementioned midfield injuries, means Ladislav Krejci remains the only natural partner for Joao Gomes in the middle, taking yet another option away from the defence.
Finish the sentence: Rob Edwards should play ______ in midfield alongside Joao Gomes vs Man United.
His options are slim without Andre.
For this reason, and due to a lack of numbers, Rob Edwards will switch things up, and he will move from his base of three centre-backs to two.
Hopefully, it will be a fruitful switch.
Level at half-time
Besides in Saturday’s game against Liverpool, Wolves have gone into the half-time break in each of their matches under Rob Edwards with the scores level.
On Tuesday, normality will resume, and the Old Gold will come out for the second half with it all still to play for.
They were handed the same circumstance in the reverse fixture at Molineux, but they were unable to capitalise, and Man United completely dominated proceedings.
Rob Edwards should have learnt quite a lot about his team that day and a lot about his opposition, so he can now use that to his advantage.
Rob Edwards listens to Arne Slot’s advice
After Liverpool defeated Wolves 2-1, Arne Slot admitted that he was ‘frightened’ when Edwards used two tall strikers.
Against Manchester United, that same tactic will be used. In fact, we may have already seen the skeleton of Wolves’ tactics vs the Red Devils.
The combination of Jorgen Strand Larsen and Tolu Arokodare will trouble the Manchester United defence, who are sorely lacking the injured Matthijs de Ligt.
Hopefully, as we predict, Edwards will be brave with his selections and will truly go for a strong result at Old Trafford.
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