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Today sees Wolverhampton Wanderers host Tottenham Hotspur in the early kick-off, with the visitors missing several key players after red cards and injuries sustained last weekend against Chelsea. Spurs remain second in the table ahead of this weekend’s action, with a victory taking them back to the top above Man City.
Wolves on the other hand have won just one of their last four and sit 14th in the table, while they are themselves missing key forward Pedro Neto through injury.
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- Wolves XI: Sa, Semedo, Kilman, Dawson, Toti, Bellegarde, Lemina, Gomes, Ait-Nouri, Hwang, Cunha
- Spurs XI – Vicario, Porro, Dier, Davies, Royal, Hojbjerg, Bissouma, Sarr, Kulusevski, Son, Johnson
- Goal – Johnson opens the scoring in the first attack of the game (0-1)
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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
GREAT CHANCE! How many of these are Wolves going to squander?! Toti does brilliantly to bring the ball out of defence, playing a give-and-go with Gomes before finding Ait-Nouri to his left. His cutback is taken in by Cunha on the edge of the box, but he sends an awkward finish wide of Vicario’s goal!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
Cunha breaks into the Spurs box with another mazy run, but he tries to beat one man too many and Dier takes the ball away from him. Wolves fail to make anything of another positive position.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
Son goes down holding his face after a collision with Dawson, but the referee shows no interest whatsoever and Wolves can break at speed…
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
Looking at the average positions taken up by the Wolves players so far, only Dawson, Kilman and Toti have spent the majority of their time inside their own half. The hosts have certainly taken a positive approach, but their decision-making in the final third has been poor.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs ended Monday’s 4-1 defeat against Chelsea with just four players who had started the game still on the field of play (Vicario, Son, Porro and Bissouma). Will the strains of that crazy game take their toll in the second half, or will Spurs hang on?
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham try to play out from the goal-kick and Bellegarde and Emerson Royal collide inside the box as Wolves press their visitors. Both men stay down initially, but they’re both back to their feet as Spurs restart the game.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
What a waste! Bellegarde flicks the ball over Emerson Royal and runs at the Tottenham backline, who back off. He has options left and right but opts to shoot from outside the area, and he flashes a wild effort over the bar! Hwang and Cunha were definitely better options there.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham get the second half under way, with no changes made by either boss at half-time.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
Wolves have managed nine shots to Tottenham’s two so far, but just two of those have hit the target and the hosts have only narrowly shaded the expected goals (xG) battle 0.46-0.43. O’Neil will be encouraged by the way his men have threatened Spurs with pace and power on the break, but they need cool heads in the final third! Don’t go anywhere, the second half is coming right up!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Tottenham Hotspur
Referee Tim Robinson blows the half-time whistle, and a patched-up Tottenham team lead Wolves 1-0 at Molineux. Despite being without Maddison, Van de Ven, Romero and Udogie, Spurs flew out of the traps as Johnson needed just two minutes and 14 seconds to net his first league goal for the club, tapping in from Porro’s right-wing centre. Spurs’ absences have been more obvious since then, with Wolves constantly finding themselves in good positions but struggling to produce the final ball. Their best chance came when Lemina broke into the box just after the half-hour mark, but Vicario kept his shot out at full stretch. Will the Tottenham goalkeeper be busy after the interval? It’s still all to play for!