Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Manchester United Preview & Prediction 23 May 2021

This could be an interesting match as Wolverhampton Wanderers have their presumed home advantage while Manchester United are ahead 26 points in the Premier League table.

Insights:

Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Manchester United have the most points from losing position (31) in Premier League

Wolverhampton Wanderers have less rest than Manchester United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Everton.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. United have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 2nd place no matter what happens.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

7-4-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Wolverhampton Wanderers so far this season.

Wolves haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. M. Gibbs-White scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Wolves will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Everton (placed 8th). Attacking player Adama Traoré bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Traoré dribled passed the opponent 7 of 10 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tottenham Hotspur (0-2).

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 Wolverhampton Wanderers as a small favourite), we find eight games. Wolves has won one of these, drawn three and lost four.

Wolves has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Wolves have conceded 23 in these home matches.

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Manchester United form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 7 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League.

Manchester United's last game was the home draw against Fulham (1-1). Attacker Edinson Cavani got a player rating of 7.73 in the game. "Man of the match" Cavani scored one goal and hit one key pass.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Liverpool.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Manchester United in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Manchester United, two draws and two defeats.

United has another fixture away, a Europa League game, against Villarreal in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Manchester United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 33 goals from 18 games. Manchester United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United have met before this season: Manchester United - Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Wolverhampton Wanderers won two, Manchester United won four and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Borges Fernandes

18 goals

M. Rashford

11 goals

E. Cavani Gómez

10 goals

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Manchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Wolverhampton Wanderers				Manchester United
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	6	18	37
12	7	1	Won	W	3	11	20
9	4	1	Drew	D	3	7	11
16	7	3	Lost	L	0	0	6
35	20	5	Scored	S	9	33	71
50	23	8	Conceded	C	3	15	43
92%	94%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	50%	72%	81%
62%	67%	60%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	67%	68%
41%	44%	60%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	50%	56%	59%
22%	22%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	50%	50%	46%
11%	11%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	22%	24%
46%	56%	60%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	61%	62%
27%	28%	20%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	39%	35%
35%	22%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	28%	22%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
1.4	1.6	1.2	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2	1.5	1.7
1	1	0	Red cards	R C	0	0	1

12.2	14.6	13.4	Shots (avg)	S (	13.8	12.9	13.7
4.2	4.9	3.2	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	4.3	5.6	5.5
23%	22%	31%	Goal Efficiency	G E	35%	33%	35%

Wolverhampton Wanderers			First Half	Manchester United
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	6	18	37
6	2	0	Won	W	1	3	8
18	10	2	Drew	D	3	11	20
13	6	3	Lost	L	2	4	9
15	7	1	Scored	S	2	10	26
23	14	6	Conceded	C	3	12	24
57%	56%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	50%	67%	65%
27%	39%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	17%	44%	41%
14%	17%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	17%	11%	16%
5%	6%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	8%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	5%
16%	22%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	17%	39%	32%
51%	50%	40%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	39%	49%
76%	72%	80%	Failed to Score	F T	83%	56%	54%

Wolverhampton Wanderers			Second Half	Manchester United
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	6	18	37
11	8	2	Won	W	3	10	18
13	6	3	Drew	D	3	8	12
13	4	0	Lost	L	0	0	7
20	13	4	Scored	S	7	23	45
27	9	2	Conceded	C	0	3	19
78%	83%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	50%	67%	78%
35%	33%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	33%	44%	51%
11%	6%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	33%	33%	32%
3%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	8%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
19%	22%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	17%	27%
49%	56%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	100%	83%	62%
54%	39%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	33%	32%

Key stats in Premier League this season:

Manchester United have not yet lost a game away.
Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
Manchester United have scored more than double the goals of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Manchester United have the most points from losing position (31) in Premier League
Manchester United have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Manchester City	37	26	5	6	78	32	18	12	2	4	38	17	19	14	3	2	40	15	46	83
2	Manchester United	37	20	11	6	71	43	19	9	4	6	38	28	18	11	7	0	33	15	28	71
3	Chelsea	37	19	10	8	57	34	19	9	6	4	31	18	18	10	4	4	26	16	23	67
4	Liverpool	37	19	9	9	66	42	18	9	3	6	27	20	19	10	6	3	39	22	24	66
5	Leicester City	37	20	6	11	66	46	18	9	1	8	32	26	19	11	5	3	34	20	20	66
6	West Ham United	37	18	8	11	59	47	18	9	4	5	29	22	19	9	4	6	30	25	12	62
7	Tottenham Hotspur	37	17	8	12	64	43	19	10	3	6	35	20	18	7	5	6	29	23	21	59
8	Everton	37	17	8	12	47	43	19	6	4	9	24	28	18	11	4	3	23	15	4	59
9	Arsenal	37	17	7	13	53	39	18	7	4	7	22	21	19	10	3	6	31	18	14	58
10	Leeds United	37	17	5	15	59	53	18	7	5	6	25	20	19	10	0	9	34	33	6	56
11	Aston Villa	37	15	7	15	53	45	18	6	4	8	27	26	19	9	3	7	26	19	8	52
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	9	16	35	50	18	7	4	7	20	23	19	5	5	9	15	27	-15	45
13	Crystal Palace	37	12	8	17	41	64	19	6	5	8	20	32	18	6	3	9	21	32	-23	44
14	Southampton	37	12	7	18	47	65	19	8	3	8	28	25	18	4	4	10	19	40	-18	43
15	Newcastle United	37	11	9	17	44	62	19	6	5	8	26	33	18	5	4	9	18	29	-18	42
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	9	14	14	40	44	19	4	9	6	22	22	18	5	5	8	18	22	-4	41
17	Burnley	37	10	9	18	33	54	19	4	6	9	14	27	18	6	3	9	19	27	-21	39
18	Fulham	37	5	13	19	27	51	18	2	4	12	9	26	19	3	9	7	18	25	-24	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	37	5	11	21	34	73	19	3	6	10	15	39	18	2	5	11	19	34	-39	26
20	Sheffield United	37	6	2	29	19	63	18	4	1	13	11	27	19	2	1	16	8	36	-44	20

Wolverhampton Wanderers:

Wolves
Express & Star - (local newspaper)

Manchester United:

Manchester United
Manchester Evening News - (local newspaper)
Man U News - (news aggregator)

Premier League:

NewsNow Premier League

England:

English Football Association

Table

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Manchester City	37	26	5	6	78	32	18	12	2	4	38	17	19	14	3	2	40	15	46	83
2	Manchester United	37	20	11	6	71	43	19	9	4	6	38	28	18	11	7	0	33	15	28	71
3	Chelsea	37	19	10	8	57	34	19	9	6	4	31	18	18	10	4	4	26	16	23	67
4	Liverpool	37	19	9	9	66	42	18	9	3	6	27	20	19	10	6	3	39	22	24	66
5	Leicester City	37	20	6	11	66	46	18	9	1	8	32	26	19	11	5	3	34	20	20	66
6	West Ham United	37	18	8	11	59	47	18	9	4	5	29	22	19	9	4	6	30	25	12	62
7	Tottenham Hotspur	37	17	8	12	64	43	19	10	3	6	35	20	18	7	5	6	29	23	21	59
8	Everton	37	17	8	12	47	43	19	6	4	9	24	28	18	11	4	3	23	15	4	59
9	Arsenal	37	17	7	13	53	39	18	7	4	7	22	21	19	10	3	6	31	18	14	58
10	Leeds United	37	17	5	15	59	53	18	7	5	6	25	20	19	10	0	9	34	33	6	56
11	Aston Villa	37	15	7	15	53	45	18	6	4	8	27	26	19	9	3	7	26	19	8	52
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	9	16	35	50	18	7	4	7	20	23	19	5	5	9	15	27	-15	45
13	Crystal Palace	37	12	8	17	41	64	19	6	5	8	20	32	18	6	3	9	21	32	-23	44
14	Southampton	37	12	7	18	47	65	19	8	3	8	28	25	18	4	4	10	19	40	-18	43
15	Newcastle United	37	11	9	17	44	62	19	6	5	8	26	33	18	5	4	9	18	29	-18	42
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	9	14	14	40	44	19	4	9	6	22	22	18	5	5	8	18	22	-4	41
17	Burnley	37	10	9	18	33	54	19	4	6	9	14	27	18	6	3	9	19	27	-21	39
18	Fulham	37	5	13	19	27	51	18	2	4	12	9	26	19	3	9	7	18	25	-24	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	37	5	11	21	34	73	19	3	6	10	15	39	18	2	5	11	19	34	-39	26
20	Sheffield United	37	6	2	29	19	63	18	4	1	13	11	27	19	2	1	16	8	36	-44	20