The 24th round Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bournemouth will take place on 31 January at Molineux Stadium. Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Bournemouth: prediction, betting odds and statistics.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers played a decent away match in the previous round against Manchester City but still lost 0:2. As a result, a run of four league matches without defeat (one win and three draws) came to an end. At the same time, it is worth noting that the victory over West Ham at the beginning of January remains the only win in the last 27 Premier League meetings (six draws and 20 defeats). The club still sits at the bottom of the table, and the gap to the safety of 17th place has increased to 17 points. The team also has the worst attack in the league, with just 15 goals scored.
- A maximum of three goals was scored in the club's previous eight Premier League matches.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers failed to win in 12 of their last 13 home Premier League matches (three draws and nine defeats).
- At least one of the opponents failed to score in five of the club's previous six home league matches.
Potential Wolverhampton Wanderers Lineup (3-5-2)*
José Sá – Ladislav Krejci, Erson Mosquera, Santiago Bueno – Jackson Tchatchoua, André Neto, Hugo Bueno, João Gomes, Mateusz Mane – Hwang Hee-chan, John Arias.
Defender Tote Gomes is out with an injury. Fellow defender Jean-Ricner Bellegarde is currently doubtful (recovering). Forward Jørgen Larsen is moving to another club.
Bournemouth
Bournemouth appear to have come out of a crisis based on recent results. In the previous round the club managed to defeat Liverpool 3:2. It was the second consecutive home league win — earlier they beat Tottenham by the same score. Between those victories the side drew away with Brighton 1:1. The club has risen to 13th in the table and is now seven points behind the European places. In addition, the team's matches are the most entertaining in the Premier League, with an average of 3.5 goals scored.
- The club failed to win 12 of its previous 14 league matches (six draws and six defeats).
- Both teams scored in Bournemouth's last eight Premier League matches.
- At least four goals were scored in five of the team's previous six Premier League matches.
Potential Bournemouth Lineup (4-2-3-1)*
Jorge Petrovic – Adam Smith, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, James Hill – Alex Scott, Lewis Cook – Eli Junior Krupi, Alex Jiménez, Amin Adli – Evanilson Barbosa.
Out injured are goalkeeper William Dennis and midfielder Tyler Adams, forwards Marcus Tavernier, Ben Doak and Justin Kluivert, and defender Julio Soler. Midfielder David Brooks is doubtful for the match. Note the loan of goalkeeper Christos Mandas from Lazio, as well as the signing of forward Ryan from Vasco da Gama.
Referee
Michael Oliver (England)
Matches – 18 (Premier League, 2025/26);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 48;
Average yellow cards per match – 2.6;
Red cards shown – 1;
Average fouls per match – 22;
Penalties – 6%.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Bournemouth: Match Prediction
The teams have started to play noticeably more entertainingly and consistently, which has led to improved results. However, Wolverhampton Wanderers are still far from the safety of 17th place. Therefore the hosts will be aiming to perform as well as possible in the upcoming clash — they will attack a lot to try to take points against an opponent that concedes at the level of relegation candidates. It should be noted that on average both sides concede around 1.9 goals per match in the league.
We think there will be at least three goals in this meeting, primarily because of Bournemouth, whose recent matches have seen four or more goals. Incidentally, such scoring occurred in eight of the club's last nine away Premier League matches. We would add that Bournemouth have failed to keep a clean sheet in the league only once since April last year.
Prediction: Over 2.5 goals
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For each team the starting lineup from their previous match in this tournament is indicated.
