Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Portsmouth - prediction, team news, lineups

Wolverhampton Wanderers volition invited Portsmouth to Molineux for the archetypal gathering betwixt the sides successful 16 years.

The hosts presently beryllium successful eighth presumption successful the Championship standings, portion Portsmouth are 3 points adrift successful 13th place.

Match preview

Wolves person not had it each their ain mode successful caller times, having failed to triumph 4 of their past 7 Championship matches (W3, D1), including consecutive defeats against Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers successful their archetypal 2 games backmost from the planetary break.

Fortunately for Cesar Peixoto, the unit gathering connected his shoulders was somewhat eased by Friday's hard-fought 2-1 triumph against Burnley astatine Turf Moor.

Fer Lopez netted his 5th league extremity of the play to cancel retired Jamie Vardy's opener, earlier substitute Tawanda Chirewa struck successful the 72nd infinitesimal to seal Wolves's 5th Championship victory.

After claiming 3 points connected their travels, the eighth-placed broadside volition instrumentality to Molineux for their rescheduled clash against Portsmouth, knowing that a triumph would determination them to wrong 2 points of the automatic promotion spots.

While Wolves person not faced Portsmouth since 2010, they person failed to triumph immoderate of their past six head-to-head meetings since signaling a 3-2 distant triumph successful January 2002.

Wolves person managed to grounds 2 victories from their past 3 location games, though they are astatine hazard of losing back-to-back location matches aft falling to a 3-1 decision to Bolton successful their past outing successful beforehand of their supporters. 

Portsmouth volition transportation momentum into Tuesday's fixture aft bouncing backmost from a derby decision against rivals Southampton with back-to-back victories.

Pompey near it precocious to clinch a 3-2 location triumph implicit 10-man Sheffield United, earlier Marko Milovanovic scored a decisive punishment successful Saturday's 1-0 distant triumph implicit Norwich City. 

The hard-fought triumph astatine Carrow Road represented Portsmouth's archetypal distant occurrence since beating Lincoln City 3-1 connected August 22, portion it besides extended their unbeaten distant tally against Norwich to six games.

John Mousinho's broadside volition present caput connected their travels with hopes of signaling consecutive distant victories for the archetypal clip since getting the amended of Charlton Athletic and Millwall successful February.

They are besides looking to proceed their unbeaten tally astatine Molineux, having avoided decision successful each of their past six distant clashes against Wolves, though that tally is made up of 5 consecutive draws anterior to a 1-0 triumph connected their past sojourn successful October 2009. 

The opening extremity could beryllium important successful their efforts to prime up a affirmative result, considering they person mislaid each 3 league games successful which they person conceded archetypal this season. 

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Team News

Wolves striker Raul Jimenez volition beryllium retired until the caller twelvemonth aft undergoing country for the genu wounded helium sustained successful past month’s EFL Cup clash against Everton.

Rodrigo Gomes remains sidelined with an ankle occupation helium picked up earlier this month, portion Boubacar Traore and Bertrand Traore are retired with calf and hamstring injuries respectively.

Adam Armstrong is besides improbable to diagnostic aft missing Friday’s triumph astatine Burnley, leaving Sean Neve successful presumption to clasp his starting spot for the midweek fixture.

As for the visitors, their wounded database features Connor Ogilvie, Conor Shaughnessy, Benjamin Arthur, Mark Kosznovszky, John Swift, Luke Brooke-Smith, Franco Umeh and Thomas Waddingham.

Attacker Keshi Anderson volition beryllium retired for six to 8 weeks aft going down with a hamstring wounded during his substitute quality against Sheffield United past Wednesday. 

Striker Colby Bishop picked up a genu contented successful Saturday’s pre-match warm-up, making him a uncertainty for the travel to Molineux.

Wolverhampton Wanderers imaginable starting lineup:

Sa; Tchatchoua, Djiga, Toti, Konan; Munetsi, Andre; Mane, Lopez, Said; Neve

Portsmouth imaginable starting lineup:

Schmid; Swanson, Poole, Dia, Meghoma; Adams, Pack; Kamara, Segecic, Kamara; Marezi

We say: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Portsmouth

While Portsmouth whitethorn person momentum aft signaling back-to-back wins, a travel to Molineux represents 1 of their toughest distant assignments of the season, and we deliberation they volition yet autumn abbreviated against a squad that has won 2 of their past 3 location games. 

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