Tottenham vs Wolves Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Ange Postecoglou is under pressure in charge of Tottenham Hotspur as they now welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers, who have started brilliantly under former Porto boss Vitor Pereira.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 29th December, 2024: UK – 3:00pm / US ET – 10:00am / US PT – 7:00am
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – Peacock
Tottenham Preview: Ange’s entertainers
In 27 matches across all competitions so far this season, there has been a combined total of 96 goals but that entertaining style of football is not enough to stave off the pressure on Australian boss Ange Postecoglou, who is struggling get Spurs playing consistently.
They begin the weekend sitting in the bottom-half of the Premier League as they come into this one on the back of a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Boxing Day. That means they have won of six matches since hammering Manchester City 4-0 last month.
Wolves Preview: Back-to-back wins
A couple of weeks ago, Wolverhampton Wanderers took the decision to sack manager Gary O’Neil and replace him with Al Shabab boss Vitor Pereira, who has managed to propel Wolves out of the bottom three and the relegation places after just two matches.
Following up a 3-0 demolition of Leicester City at the King Power Stadium in his opening match last weekend, Wolves then defeated Manchester United by two goals to nil at Molineux on Boxing Day thanks to goals from Matheus Cunha and Hwang Hee-chan.
Tottenham Team News: Dragusin adds to defensive woes
Following their defeat to Forest, Postecoglou has said that Romania international centre-back Radu Dragusin will have to be assessed due to an ankle injury. Djed Spence was sent off against his former side and is now missing through suspension.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Forster; Porro, Bissouma, Gray, Udogie; Bentancur, Sarr; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Solanke
Unavailable: Vicario (Injured), Romero (Injured), Van de Ven (Injured), Davies (Injured), Spence (Suspended), Odobert (Injured), Richarlison (Injured)
Questionable: Dragusin (Injured)
Wolves Team News: Lemina a doubt
Mario Lemina has picked up what has been described as a ‘small injury’ and he wasn’t risked against Leicester last week or Manchester United so remains a doubt for this one with the likes of Yerson Mosquera, Pablo Sarabia and Enso Gonzalez all out injured.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Sa; Doherty, Bueno, Toti; Semedo, Andre, J. Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Guedes, Cunha; Strand Larsen
Unavailable: Mosquera (Injured), Traore (Injured), Sarabia (Injured), Gonzalez (Injured), Kalajdzic (Injured)
Questionable: Lemina (Injured)
Tottenham vs Wolves Prediction
Unlike Spurs, Wolves’ boss Vitor Pereira is known for a more defensive and reactive style of football with the intention being safety first and looking to frustrate the opposition and back-to-back clean sheets has proven that with an ability to hurt anyone they face in attack thanks to the quality of personnel they possess. That means Wolves will fancy their chances of handling an often frustrating Spurs side and also punishing a weak defence at the best of times that are now struggling with a plethora of injury issues.
Tottenham vs Wolves Tip: Double chance – Wolves to win or draw
