FA Cup: Buckle up for the Manchester United - Wolverhampton Wanderers clash

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Competition: England FA Cup
Date: Wed 15.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Manchester United & Wolverhampton Wanderers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the FA Cup.

Manchester United have performed here at Old Trafford this season with 6 wins from 11 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. Two home wins in a row for Manchester United bring valid hopes of a third.

The Manchester United supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Norwich City in Premier League and win 4-0. Preceding that match was a Carabao Cup defeat to Manchester City (1-3).

As mentioned above, Manchester United "killed" Norwich City in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Manchester United handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D0-L0.

Manchester United are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Liverpool awaits in four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 11 games), Manchester United's attacking play is working. Manchester United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Old Trafford in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

Wolverhampton Wanderers's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.

The visitors are W3-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Wolverhampton Wanderers seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in Wolverhampton Wanderers's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Newcastle United. A draw for Wolverhampton Wanderers before that, at their own venue hosting Manchester United (0-0).

We have checked recent matches where Wolverhampton Wanderers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were W0-D0-L2.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Southampton.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Wolverhampton Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Wolverhampton Wanderers - Manchester United 0-0, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Manchester United won 4, Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3 and 3 draws. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
14 goals
Manchester UnitedA. Martial
A. Martial
8 goals
Wolverhampton WanderersR. Jiménez
R. Jiménez
8 goals

Manchester United missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Manchester United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
12 7   Won W   5 11
7 4   Drew D   5 10
6 1   Lost L   3 4
43 29   Scored S   19 38
25 11   Conceded C   16 25
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 84%
56% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 44%
32% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 16%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
52% 67%   BTTS BTTS   77% 68%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 28%
24% 0%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
5 5.2   Corners For (avg) C F   5.3 5.5
4.6 3.1   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.3 4.3
1.7 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
0 0   Red Cards R C   2 2
 
348 194   Total Shots T S   171 329
127 75   Shots on Target S O   56 116
34% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 21 20 1 0 50 14 11 11 0 0 29 9 10 9 1 0 21 5 36 61
2 Manchester City 22 15 2 5 62 25 11 8 1 2 29 10 11 7 1 3 33 15 37 47
3 Leicester City 22 14 3 5 47 21 11 7 2 2 20 11 11 7 1 3 27 10 26 45
4 Chelsea 22 12 3 7 39 29 11 5 2 4 14 10 11 7 1 3 25 19 10 39
5 Manchester United 22 9 7 6 36 25 11 6 4 1 24 10 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 34
6 Sheffield United 22 8 8 6 24 21 11 5 2 4 13 10 11 3 6 2 11 11 3 32
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 7 10 5 31 28 11 4 5 2 17 15 11 3 5 3 14 13 3 31
8 Tottenham Hotspur 22 8 6 8 36 31 11 6 2 3 21 11 11 2 4 5 15 20 5 30
9 Crystal Palace 22 7 8 7 20 24 11 4 4 3 10 10 11 3 4 4 10 14 -4 29
10 Arsenal 22 6 10 6 29 31 11 4 4 3 17 17 11 2 6 3 12 14 -2 28
11 Everton 22 8 4 10 25 32 11 6 2 3 13 11 11 2 2 7 12 21 -7 28
12 Southampton 22 8 4 10 27 39 11 3 2 6 11 25 11 5 2 4 16 14 -12 28
13 Newcastle United 22 7 5 10 21 34 11 4 4 3 11 12 11 3 1 7 10 22 -13 26
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 6 6 10 25 30 11 4 4 3 15 12 11 2 2 7 10 18 -5 24
15 Burnley 22 7 3 12 24 37 11 5 0 6 14 17 11 2 3 6 10 20 -13 24
16 West Ham United 21 6 4 11 25 33 10 3 1 6 16 19 11 3 3 5 9 14 -8 22
17 Watford 22 5 7 10 20 34 11 3 4 4 11 14 11 2 3 6 9 20 -14 22
18 Aston Villa 22 6 3 13 28 43 11 4 2 5 14 20 11 2 1 8 14 23 -15 21
19 AFC Bournemouth 22 5 5 12 20 35 11 2 4 5 10 17 11 3 1 7 10 18 -15 20
20 Norwich City 22 3 5 14 22 45 11 2 3 6 17 25 11 1 2 8 5 20 -23 14

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