Wolverhampton Wanderers greet Burnley with faith in picking up all three points. Will they? Check our match preview!
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burnley have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers have less rest than Burnley in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Norwich City, so at least Wolverhampton Wanderers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats
Wolverhampton Wanderers have collected 9 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-0-3. There’s a good atmosphere here at Molineux Stadium after three straight home wins.
The Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Jose Pedro Malheiro de Sa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 192 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Wolves manager B. Nascimento and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Norwich City (placed 19th) in the Premier League. Goalkeeper José Sá got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.03 out of ten. Sá stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting West Ham United in a game that was won 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wolverhampton Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Wolves as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Liverpool are visiting.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Wolves here at Molineux Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Wolves's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Burnley form and stats
There's been little loot from Burnley's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Burnley only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. Burnley has drawn their two previous away games.
Burnley delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Crystal Palace (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Premier League game. As you can tell from the result, the match against Crystal Palace was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Defender James Tarkowski was the best team player with a rating of 8.43. Tarkowski signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 18 of 21 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Chelsea that ended 1-1.Burnley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and one defeat. From a total of eight matches.
The schedule is very tough for Burnley now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Newcastle United is waiting in only three days.
Burnley find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Burnley have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Wolverhampton Wanderers victory, four draws and five Burnley wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Cornet 5 goals |   H. Hwang 4 goals |  R. Jiménez Rodríguez 3 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 23% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 31% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 67% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.3 | 7.7 | 6.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 13.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.7 | 11.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 22% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | 28% |
| 11.7 | 9.5 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.7 | 19.7 | 16.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5 |
- All of Burnley's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Burnley have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Burnley have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Burnley have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Premier League
- Burnley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Burnley have yet to win a game away.
- Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 30 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 28 | 28 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Brentford | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Everton | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Southampton | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Watford | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 18 | Burnley | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -20 | 9 |
| 20 | Newcastle United | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
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