TEAM NEWS
Tottenham’s defensive problems have grown worse after Radu Dragusin injured his ankle against Nottingham Forest. He now faces a fitness test. Djed Spence is out due to suspension after his red card in that match, and Ben Davies has suffered a setback in his recovery.
Wolves midfielder Mario Lemina could make a return after missing Vitor Pereira’s first two games with a minor injury. However, Pablo Sarabia remains sidelined with a calf problem. Long-term absentees include Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traore, Enso Gonzalez, and Sasa Kalajdzic.
MATCH STATS & FACTS
Head-to-head
Tottenham have lost the past three league meetings.
Wolves have won five Premier League away fixtures versus Spurs, one more than than they have lost, with three of those victories coming in their five visits to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Wolves have earned eight Premier League wins against Tottenham, their joint-highest tally against an opponent along with Everton, Fulham and Southampton.
Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs are guaranteed to be lower than seventh in the league at the turn of the year for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
They have suffered four defeats in their past five league games, and six in their last 10.
In their 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest, Spurs averaged over 65% possession for the seventh time in a league match this season – but they have lost five of those games (W1, D1).
They have conceded the first goal in 10 league fixtures this season, a tally only surpassed by Leicester, Wolves and Southampton.
Tottenham have lost 16 top-flight matches in 2024, with only Wolves (21) and Brentford (17) faring worse.
They could concede four or more goals in three consecutive home league games for the first time in their history.
Spurs have lost a league-high four times in December. It is their most defeats in a month since December 2003, while they last lost five times in one month in October 1955.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Vitor Pereira is the first Wolves manager to win his first two top-flight league games in charge since Sammy Chung in August 1977. No manager has ever won his first three top-flight fixtures in charge of the club.
Pereira has already equalled the number of league victories Wolves earned in 16 attempts under Gary O’Neil this season.
After a run of one clean sheet in 28 league matches, they have kept two in a row in Pereira’s opening two matches.
Wolves could become the second team to score at least 30 goals and concede at least 40 at the halfway stage of a 38-game Premier League season, emulating Sheffield Wednesday in 1997-98.
Matheus Cunha is the first Wolves player to score as many as 16 top-flight goals in a calendar year since John Richards netted 18 in 1980.
Cunha has been involved in 11 goals in his last 10 league appearances, scoring seven and assisting four.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Kavanagh. Assistants: Richard West, Tim Wood. Fourth official: Tim Robinson. VAR: Jarred Gillett. Assistant VAR: Nick Hopton.
MATCH INFO
This one kicks off at 3pm on Sunday 29th December at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.