Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Wolverhampton Wanderers & Tottenham Hotspur face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Wolverhampton Wanderers nor Tottenham Hotspur as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats
Wolves have not come this way in the Carabao Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Nottingham Forest. Last season, Wolves's Carabao Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Three Premier League home games done for Wolverhampton Wanderers, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches. It's been an uphill battle for Wolves in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Brighton & Hove Albion game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Wolverhampton Wanderers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Brentford. The attacker Adama Traoré was declared "man of the match" for Wolves with the rating of 7.61/10. Traoré hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 11 of 12 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Watford with a 2-0 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Wolverhampton Wanderers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wolves as a small favourite), we find nine games. Wolverhampton Wanderers has won one of these, drawn three and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wolves as they are travelling to their away game against Southampton in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
The lack of attacking qualities in Wolves means that they have only scored 0 goals in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the final.Things could have gone better for Tottenham Hotspur in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Tottenham Hotspur aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 228 league minutes without a goal. Son Heung-Min was the last player to find the net.
Tottenham Hotspur might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Chelsea proved too strong as Spurs slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris could enjoy a brilliant day's work against Chelsea, but in spite of making six saves the beating could not be avoided. Defender Cristian Romero was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Romero won 6 of 8 duels.
Prior to that match, the Tottenham Hotspur manager N. Simões Espírito Santo faced defeat when travelling to Crystal Palace and losing 0-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Tottenham Hotspur in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Spurs, one draw and one defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Arsenal.
Tottenham Hotspur have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Wolves victories, three draws and five Tottenham Hotspur wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Son 2 goals |   H. Hwang 1 goals |  B. Alli 1 goals |
Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 22 | 41 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Conceded | C | 22 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6 | ||
| 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.9 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 21% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | Everton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Watford | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Arsenal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Southampton | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Newcastle United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 19 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -12 | 0 |