Preview: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Manchester United - prediction, team news, lineups

Manchester United look to marque amends for a woeful show past clip retired erstwhile they spell to Wolverhampton Wanderers connected Boxing Day successful the Premier League.

The Red Devils volition spell into the clash successful the bottom fractional of the table astatine this signifier successful the play for the archetypal clip since 1989, aft being humbled connected location turf by Bournemouth connected Sunday.

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If Ruben Amorim was not alert of the monumental task that was successful beforehand of him erstwhile helium joined Man United past month, it has present been laid bare to him successful brutal circumstances.

After losing 3-2 astatine home to Nottingham Forest, Man United were beaten 3-0 astatine location by the Cherries for the 2nd successive play astatine the weekend, meaning the caller manager has won conscionable 2 conscionable of his archetypal 5 league games successful charge.

Being knocked retired of the EFL Cup by Tottenham Hotspur past midweek present means that Amorim has overseen 4 defeats successful his past six games, pursuing a tally of 7 games unbeaten instantly aft Erik 10 Hag was sacked.

That makes their astonishing win distant to rivals Manchester City adjacent much of a surprise, and backing it up whitethorn beryllium tough, considering they person not won back-to-back distant league games since February.

Six points indispensable beryllium targeted from their last 2 games of the twelvemonth though, present astatine Wolves and astatine location to Newcastle United, due to the fact that United past look Liverpool to commencement 2025, earlier facing Arsenal successful the FA Cup a fewer days later.

The distant enactment volition look to the club's Boxing Day grounds for immoderate inspiration, considering nary squad successful English shot league past has won arsenic galore games connected this time arsenic Man United (54, 22 of which person travel successful the Premier League era), contempt not keeping a cleanable expanse successful immoderate of their past 10.

Molineux has besides been a favoured crushed contempt their troubles successful caller years, due to the fact that United volition beryllium seeking a 5th consecutive triumph astatine this venue, aft winning a 4-3 classical backmost successful February.

Wolves besides person a formidable caller Boxing Day grounds though, present having gone 7 without decision - winning five.

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Spirits volition beryllium precocious among the location enactment excessively aft they saw caller manager Vitor Pereira usher them to a 3-0 win distant to relegation rivals Leicester City past week.

That ended a four-game losing run, and moved them to wrong 2 points of Leicester and information already, with their past 2 wins present some coming distant from home, scoring 7 goals successful the process.

Wolves' melodramatic commencement to the play is perfectly encapsulated by the information they person scored either the aforesaid magnitude oregon much goals than six of the 10 teams successful the apical fractional (27).

A uncommon cleanable expanse past Sunday was a immense bonus, and they volition present question back-to-back shutouts for the archetypal clip since January up of what is simply a treacherous tally of fixtures for Wolves.

Their adjacent 9 league opponents are each clubs who volition fancy themselves to beryllium successful contention for either the rubric oregon the apical four, including the existent apical three, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal.

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Amorim was coy erstwhile much astir whether wantaway Marcus Rashford could beryllium progressive present aft the Bournemouth game, but the world is that the attacker is improbable to play for the nine again.

Injury-prone duo Mason Mount and Victor Lindelof were some forced disconnected aboriginal connected against Man City and Spurs respectively, and are acceptable for spells connected the sidelines, portion Luke Shaw has besides suffered different setback which volition support him out.

Matthijs de Ligt missed the decision implicit Bournemouth with illness, but helium should beryllium good to return, portion Tyrell Malacia is apt to driblet retired aft a pugnacious archetypal fractional astatine the weekend.

After a cleanable debut successful charge, Wolves brag Pereira whitethorn beryllium reluctant to alteration much, adjacent if Rayan Ait-Nouri is backmost from suspension.

Matheus Cunha is inactive yet to perceive backmost from the FA astir a imaginable misconduct complaint from the decision implicit Ipswich, but a prohibition determination on the enactment is expected for the Wolves apical scorer, who recovered the nett again connected Sunday.

We say: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Manchester United

In 1 of the astir intriguing festive fixtures, it could beryllium telling successful however some club's seasons cookware out, due to the fact that different triumph for Pereira successful his 2nd crippled could spot them cruise to safety.

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