Wolves vs Crystal Palace Prediction, Preview, Lineups and Team News|Premier League November 2, 2024

Preview

• Competition: Premier League
• Date: Saturday, 2nd November, 2024
• Kick-off: 12:30 pm GMT
• Venue: Molineux Stadium

In the Premier League game week 10, 19th-placed Wolves are set to take on Crystal Palace sitting in 17th position at Molineux Stadium on Saturday. Both sides are struggling down at the bottom of the table, as the hosts are without a victory in their first 9 league outings in this campaign with two points in hand. Meanwhile, the guest are hovering just above the relegation zone managing just 6 points in 9 matches with a single win, so far this season.

Both, Wolves and Crystal Palace have had a rocky start to the 2024/25 league campaign’s journey. Last weekend, Gary O’Neil’s side fought back to restore the 2-goal deficit against Brighton & Hove Albion thanks to Matheus Cunha’s stoppage-time equaliser to avoid an away defeat. On the other hand, the Eagles bounced back with an impressive 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspurs last week and knocked out Aston Villa courtesy of a 2-1 triumph in the Carabao Cup midweek.

Wolves Team News

For Wolves, Mario Lemina and Sam Johnstone should return to the first eleven in this home fixture, after getting plenty of time for recovery building up to this game. But for Gary O’Neil none of the following names are unavailable for selection such as Yerson Mosquera, Bastien Meupiyou, Boubacar Traoré, Saša Kalajdžić, Enso Gonzalez and Hwang Hee-chan all are sidelined nursing injury issues.

Crystal Palace Team News

Meanwhile, Oliver Glasner was forced to take out both scorers of the opener Eberechi Eze and Adam Wharton after the duo sustained injuries in the first half of the EFL clash against Villa. Jefferson Lerma will joined by Eze due to hamstring problems, along with Jefferson Lerma, Chadi Riad, Matheus Franca and Chris Richards remain in medical care receiving treatments and will miss the trip.

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Wolves vs Crystal Palace Predicted Lineups

Wolves Predicted Lineup (3-4-2-1)

Goalkeeper: Johnstone

Defenders: S. Bueno, Toti, Dawson

Midfielders: Semedo, Lemina, Doyle, Ait-Nouri; Gomes, Cunha

Forward: Larsen

Crystal Palace Predicted Lineup (3-4-2-1)

Goalkeeper: Henderson

Defenders: Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi

Midfielders: Munoz, Kamada, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Nketiah

Forward: Mateta

Head-to-Head Record

These two sides have faced each other 12 times in the Premier League, the Glaziers secured 7 wins scoring 16 goals against Wolves. The hosts have clinched victories in 4 matches and shared spoils with the Eagles once. Eberechi Eze has scored the most goals in Wolves versus Palace meetings with 4 goals in 8 appearances.

Key Player to Watch in Wolves vs Crystal Palace

Matheus Cunha (Wolves)

Matheus Cunha netted the clutch equaliser in the Brighton match to rescue a point for his side in the previous outings. With that goal, he has now 4 league goals to his name this season in 9 appearances. The Brazilian is the key player for the Wolves, having shifted to the number 10 role and second striker role this season to cater to Jørgen Strand Larsen for the the primary striker role. Hence, he will be an important figure for the hosts in this game.

Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace)

The French international striker has established his stature as a prolific goal-scorer following an amazing tally of 24 goals involvement last season. He finished the 2023/24 season as Crystal Palace’s top scorer with 19 goals in all competitions. This season, in 9 appearances, Mateta has scored 3 league goals including the the winner against a narrow 1-0 triumph against Tottenham Hotspurs to mark Eagle’s maiden league win of the season.

Wolves vs Crystal Palace Prediction

The favourable momentum is surely in the favour of Crystal Palace, after two registering two successive wins in the Premier League and EFL Cup, the morale of Oliver Glasner should have been boosted coming into this fixture. On the other hand, the Wolves have experienced quite poor results at home and they are the only side to not pick a single point at home in the 2024/24 campaign. Therefore, our prediction for this fixture is a 2-0 triumph for visitors over the hosts.

Predicted score: Wolves 0-2 Crystal Palace

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