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Wolves Looking to Crack the Top Half When Forest Comes to Town

Wolverhampton vs Nottingham Forest - 09/12/2023

Wolves Looking to Crack the Top Half When Forest Comes to Town
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Wolverhampton Wanderers are aiming for their second win this week when they welcome Nottingham Forest at Molineux this Saturday where Steve Cooper's side look to quickly move on from the horrors of midweek.

Wolves managed to keep a clean sheet without Jose Sa during the week, as they beat Burnley 1-0. However, Forest were absolutely destroyed by Fulham at the same time.

In fact, by losing 5-0 to the Cottagers, Forest recorded their biggest away loss since coming back into the Premier League, outside of a loss to Manchester City last season.

It has thrown Cooper's men closer to relegation than they have been all season, and with Everton looking even better since their 10-point deduction, they are now within four points of the drop zone where Luton Town occupy the final spot and also just three above the Toffees.

Forest also have some worrying injuries to deal with ahead of this game, as Willy Boly and Chris Wood came off with injuries during the week and could miss out on a spot in the squad as a result.

Danilo also won't feature here and continues to be sidelined until around Christmas.

Taiwo Awoniyi is going to be out for most of the season and won’t come back until closer to April. Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santos will face another late fitness test and should be fit to play.

Wolves have turned their form around in recent weeks after a tough start to the campaign saw them rack up just two wins in the first seven games.

The club beat Burnley at home during the week, as Hwang Hee-chan bagged himself another goal to put him on eight for the season already.

Better yet, although Jose Sa was out injured, backup goalkeeper Dan Bentley earned a clean sheet on a rare Premier League appearance for himself.

Wolves now sit five clear of Forest in the table and have the same amount of wins as teams like Chelsea and Brentford (5).

Wolves will be without Pedro Neto until the new year once more, while Joseph Hodge and Jonny Castro won't feature here and are still injured. Rayan Ait Nouri is facing a late fitness test, but Sa might be back in time.

Forebet predicts a win for Wolves and over 2.5 goals.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
512920
1
2 - 1
3.05
1.85
1.85 3.60 4.33 no no no
FT
1 - 1(1 - 1)
-
- - -

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Premier League
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Manchester City 91 38 28 7 3 62
2
Arsenal 89 38 28 5 5 62
3
Liverpool 82 38 24 10 4 45
4
Aston Villa 68 38 20 8 10 15
5
Tottenham 66 38 20 6 12 13
6
Chelsea 63 38 18 9 11 14
7
Newcastle United 60 38 18 6 14 23
8
Manchester United 60 38 18 6 14 -1
9
West Ham 52 38 14 10 14 -14
10
Crystal Palace 49 38 13 10 15 -1
11
Brighton 48 38 12 12 14 -7
12
Bournemouth 48 38 13 9 16 -13
13
Fulham 47 38 13 8 17 -6
14
Wolverhampton 46 38 13 7 18 -15
15
Everton 40 38 13 9 16 -11
16
Brentford 39 38 10 9 19 -9
17
Nottingham Forest 32 38 9 9 20 -18
18
Luton Town 26 38 6 8 24 -33
19
Burnley 24 38 5 9 24 -37
20
Sheffield United 16 38 3 7 28 -69

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