Manchester United
- Manchester United is 7th in the Premier League with 26 points from 17 matches.
- United’s approach is about as far removed from pragmatic as you can get.
- After a 0-0 draw at home to Newcastle United, a 2-1 defeat away to Aston Villa and a 4-4 thriller at the weekend at ‘Fortress’ Old Trafford against AFC Bournemouth, United have won one, drawn three and lost one of their last five.
- No home win in their last three and just four wins at the Theatre of Dreams (D2, L2) show they’re struggling to dominate at home.
Wolverhampton
- Wolverhampton has the worst record in the English Premier League after 17 games, taking just two points.
- Having been thrashed 4-1 away from home by Manchester United just two weeks ago in the Premier League, Wolves return to Old Trafford on Tuesday in desperate need of the points to pull them out of their current crisis.
- New Wolves boss Rob Edwards has his work cut out for him to stop the freefall, with the Black Country outfit losing all of their last 5 Premier League games, including a 2-1 defeat to Arsenal and a 2-0 home loss to Brentford last weekend.
Key Players
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Recent attacking form:
- Hee-Chan Hwang is Wolves’ top league scorer this term with just 1 goal in 12 Premier League matches.
- Bryan Mbeumo is on 6 goals in 16 league appearances for United and his pace and ability to drift into the channels has helped unlock low blocks.
Betting Insights
- Wolves will set up to frustrate United and try to soak up pressure before hitting on the counter-attack or from set-pieces.
- The visitors have only scored 2 goals in 8 away Premier League matches this term, making it hard to see them creating enough to cause United many issues.
- United are extremely low odds to win at 1.32 against a side that has lost all of their last 5 games and taken no points from their two most recent away fixtures.
- There are better odds on the Over 2.5 goals market (1.53) and that could offer some value for bets expecting an easy United win.
Prediction
- Red Devils to dominate at Old Trafford
- United to ease past Wolves