Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Sunderland - prediction, team news, lineups

Sunderland volition endeavour to ascent backmost into the apical fractional of the Premier League table and propulsion towards the European spots erstwhile they question to Molineux to look already-relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers connected Saturday afternoon.

After winning the reverse fixture 2-0 astatine the Stadium of Light successful October, the Black Cats are looking to implicit their archetypal league treble implicit the Old Gold since the 1949-50 season.

Match preview

Wolves cannot hold for the 2025-26 run to travel to an end, and Rob Edwards’s broadside are simply playing for pridefulness aft their relegation to the Championship was confirmed earlier this month.

Since beating reigning Premier League champions Liverpool 2-1 astatine Molineux and past drafting 2-2 with Brentford successful March, the Old Gold person suffered 3 successive defeats to relegation-threatened trio West Ham, Leeds and Tottenham by an aggregate people of 8-0, losing 1-0 astatine location to the second past weekend.

Wolves are the Premier League’s lowest scorers this play with 24 goals and person failed to people successful a division-high 18 of their 34 games; the past squad to not people successful much matches were Norwich City successful the 2021-22 run (22).

Under Edwards, Wolves person accumulated capable points to determination wide of Derby County’s unwanted 11-point full from 2007-08 – the lowest successful PL past – and they should present purpose to ascent supra managerless Burnley disconnected the ft of the table, with conscionable 3 points separating Wolves from the Clarets successful 19th spot.

Wolves caput into Saturday’s contention having mislaid each 4 of their Premier League matches against promoted teams this season, but they tin instrumentality immoderate comfortableness from their tally of 7 location league games without a decision against Sunderland (W3 D4).

Sunderland volition beryllium looking to shingle disconnected the disappointment of their humbling 5-0 location defeat to Nottingham Forest past week, their archetypal location league nonaccomplishment by 5 oregon much goals since a 6-1 thrashing by Birmingham City backmost successful April 1958.

Four of those goals were conceded successful the opening 37 minutes of a bizarre crippled that caught everyone disconnected defender successful the Premier League. A “painful” Regis Le Bris has since warned his Black Cats players that “when you driblet your standards conscionable by 10%, your hostile tin termination you”.

Although that effect represents their 4th location nonaccomplishment successful 5 matches and has seen them gaffe to 12th successful the table, Sunderland stay successful the premix for European qualification, arsenic they beryllium conscionable 3 points down Bournemouth successful seventh with 4 games remaining.

Sunderland question to Molineux this play having conceded 9 goals crossed their past 2 league games, with the aforementioned nonaccomplishment to Forest taking spot aft a 4-3 decision to Aston Villa. Only erstwhile successful their league past person the Black Cats conceded astatine slightest 4 goals successful 3 successive games, doing truthful betwixt September and October successful 1928.

The Wearside outfit person faired amended successful caller encounters with Wolves, though, arsenic they person kept a cleanable expanse successful each of their past 4 league meetings - a tally stretching backmost to April 2012 - including back-to-back wins by an aggregate people of 5-0.

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Team News

Wolves volition beryllium without injured duo Sam Johnstone (shoulder) and Enso Gonzalez (knee), portion Ladislav Krejci volition person a cervix wounded assessed up of kickoff.

Yerson Mosquera is disposable for selection, though, aft serving a two-match suspension and the defender is acceptable to instrumentality to a three-man backline to play alongside Santiago Bueno and Toto Gomes.

Tolu Arokodare and Hwang Hee-Chan volition some beryllium hoping to unit their mode into the archetypal XI, but Edwards whitethorn determine to lineup with Mateus Mane and either Jean-Ricner Bellegarde oregon Rodrigo Gomes successful down cardinal striker Adam Armstrong.

As for Sunderland, Romaine Mundle (hamstring) remains injured, but Bertrand Traore (knee), Jocelin Ta Bi (ankle) and Nilson Angulo (unspecified) could instrumentality to the matchday squad either connected Saturday oregon adjacent weekend.

Trai Hume could beryllium replaced astatine left-back by Reinildo Mandava, and Chemsdine Talbi is an enactment to instrumentality the spot of Chris Rigg connected the close flank, but a midfield trio of Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki and Habib Diarra should stay intact.

Wilson Isidor is the Premier League subordinate to person played much games than anyone other without completing the 90 minutes successful immoderate of his 29 appearances. The Frenchman could beryllium handed a 12th commencement of the play this weekend, but Le Bris is much apt to instrumentality with Brian Brobbey up front.

Wolverhampton Wanderers imaginable starting lineup:

Sa; Mosquera, S. Bueno, Toti; Lima, J. Gomes, Andre, H. Bueno; Mane, Bellegarde; Armstrong

Sunderland imaginable starting lineup:

Roefs; Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo; Xhaka, Sadiki; Talbi, Diarra, Le Fee; Brobbey

We say: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Sunderland

Considering however susceptible Wolves and Sunderland person looked successful defence successful caller weeks, we expect the nett to ripple astatine some ends of the transportation this weekend. However, Sunderland volition inactive beryllium regarded arsenic favourites and should person capable prime successful their broadside to assertion 3 invaluable points to support their top-seven hopes alive.

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