Having enjoyed a break of over a week following the festive period, the Premier League returns to action this weekend with several games on Saturday afternoon. One of which takes place at Molineux as Wolverhampton Wanderers host Newcastle United.
Wolverhampton Wanderers come into the weekend in 7th place in the Premier League and just 6 points off 4th place Chelsea. If other results go their way, Wolverhampton Wanderers could move up to 5th place and within 3 points of the top four. Newcastle United begin the weekend in 13th place, 5 points clear of the relegation zone and 5 points behind their opponents.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are looking to get back to winning ways having failed to win their last 3 matches in all competitions. They have lost each of their last two Premier League games which were both away from home at Liverpool and Watford. Last weekend they played Manchester United at home in the FA Cup and were held to a 0-0 draw, meaning they must go to Old Trafford for a replay.
Home form in the Premier League shows Wolverhampton Wanderers have lost only one of their last 7 and 2 of their last 18 league matches at Molineux. They have managed to score at least one goal in their last 12 home league games and both teams have scored in 11 of their last 13 Premier League matches.
Much like their opponents, Newcastle United are also aiming to return to winning ways having failed to win any of their last 4 games in all competitions. They have lost each of their last 3 Premier League matches and were held to a 1-1 draw at Rochdale in the FA Cup last weekend. The 3 defeats in the Premier League have come against Manchester United away plus Everton and Leicester City at home.
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Trends Show Newcastle United have lost 4 of their last 5 Premier League games picking up just one victory which came at home against Crystal Palace. Away form shows just 2 wins in their last 8 league games and they have kept a clean sheet in just one of those 8 matches.
Looking ahead to the team news and Wolverhampton Wanderers are still without injured central defender Willy Boly. They also have doubts over the fitness of Morgan Gibbs-White, Diogo Jota and Meritan Shabani.
Newcastle United are without defender Jamaal Lascelles who has a knee injury. Several players are struggling for fitness ahead of this game including Allan Saint-Maximin, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Fabian Schär, Javier Manquillo, Jetro Willems and Yoshinori Muto.
Wolverhampton Wanderers will be feeling confident of victory in this match. They what it takes to breakdown the Newcastle United defence score a few goals to claim maximum points.