Wolves continue their push for European qualification against struggling Brentford at Molineux.
Victory could take Wolves up to eighth if Brighton loses elsewhere, whilst Brentford can move up to 14th with a win.
Team News
Hwang Hee-chan and Boubacar Traore are both available for Wolves following their return from international duty for South Korea and Mali respectively.
Brentford will be without Josh Dasilva after he suffered a knee injury which forced him to miss their defeat against Manchester City.
Saman Ghoddos is available following his return from international duty but Aaron Hickey (hamstring), Rico Henry (knee), Kevin Schade (adductor), Bryan Mbeumo (ankle), Frank Onyeka and Yoane Wissa (both international duty) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Wolves host Brentford at Molineux on Saturday 10 February at 3pm GMT, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Wolves are unbeaten in four of five previous Premier League meetings against Brentford (W3, D1, L1).
- Brentford have won one of their two previous Premier League visits to Wolves (W1, L1), in which both visits ended in a 2-0 result.
- Wolves’ Hwang Hee-Chan has scored three goals in his last two appearnces against Brentford.
- Cityzens
- Brentford have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 14 matches in all competition (W3, D1, L10).
Prediction
Following their dominant first away win to Chelsea to end their Premier League hoodoo at Stamford Bridge, Wolves now need to build upon that clinical display and tidy up their defensive marking because they can really get in on the scrap for a lower European qualification spot.
Brentford meanwhile didn’t play too shabby against Man City especially in the first half but a mix of sloppy defensive switch-offs and poor shot conversion cost them, so a response is needed here if want to try and stay slightly adrift of the relegation fight.
Both teams however played out a FA Cup replay thriller here barely a month ago and I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a similar battle given their leaky defences, but this time really should be a tighter draw if there is improvement at the back.
Prediction: Wolves 2-2 Brentford
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