We bring you all the stats, facts and predictions ahead of Wolves game against Brentford at Molineux.
team news
Brentford head coach Keith Andrews says Jordan Henderson and Igor Thiago are both touch and go for Saturday after picking up minor knocks against Leeds, with a late call expected after checks with the medical staff. The Bees remain without Josh Dasilva (knee ligament), while Fábio Carvalho and Antoni Milambo are out for the season with ACL injuries. Frank Onyeka and Dango Ouattara are also unavailable due to AFCON duty with Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
Wolves will be without Emmanuel Agbadou and Tawanda Chirewa as they are on international duty. Hugo Bueno is still unavailable but may be in contention for next weeks game against Liverpool. Yerson Mosquera is suspended and won’t feature.
rob edwards
On the “desperately sad” loss of Wolves academy graduate Ethan McLeod, Edwards said: “Words fail me. We are all thinking of Ethan’s family and friends.”
Edwards will have to make some changes for this game with Emmanuel Agbadou and Tawanda Chirewa away with Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe at the Africa Cup of Nations while Yerson Mosquera is suspended.
Meanwhile, the Brentford game comes too soon for injured Hugo Bueno, which means there will be opportunities for young players.
On 18-year-old forward Mateus Mane who set up Tolu Arokodare’s equaliser at Arsenal last Saturday: “He’s brave, he’s direct and he’ll take risks. They’re all things we want from forward players”.
Despite the defeats, Edwards was pleased with the manner of his side’s performances against title chasers Aston Villa and Arsenal: “It’s a lot harder for me to sleep when we have a poor performance and we don’t do things that we can control.”
Edwards praised Hwang Hee-chan’s tactical understanding: “Walking off the pitch at half-time at the Emirates, he’s giving me the half-time talk. All of the things I’ve been talking about with the staff, he’s seeing. He’s really intelligent.”
On Wolves’ form at Molineux: “Our two best performances have come away from home. It hasn’t got to be the world’s best performance, but we have to show character, resilience and do the basics well.”
On the role of home fans: “Supporters haven’t seen the team win in such a long time. It’s down to us. We’ve got to show some belief, some intensity. I know then that supporters will come with us.”
On facing his former Wolves team-mate in Brentford boss Keith Andrews: “He was always going to be successful. It’s not a shock – he’s very intelligent. I’m looking forward to seeing Keith.”
match stats & facts
Wolves have won just one of their four Premier League home games against Brentford (D1 L2), beating them 2-0 in April 2023.
Having lost three of their first five Premier League games against Wolves (W1 D1), Brentford are now unbeaten in their last three (W2 D1).
Wolves have lost each of their last nine Premier League games, their longest losing run in their league history. Only three teams have ever lost 10+ consecutive Premier League matches within the same season – Norwich in 2019-20 (10), Aston Villa in 2015-16 (11) and Sunderland in 2002-03 (15).
Wolves are winless in their last 20 Premier League matches (D3 L17). There have only been four longer runs in the competition’s history, with only one of those runs coming without suffering relegation in between (Derby winless in their last 32 games in 2007-08).
Wolverhampton Wanderers are winless in 10 home league games (D2 L8), their worst run at Molineux since going 12 without a win between December 2011 and May 2012.
Since the start of last season, only Wolves (17) have lost more away Premier League matches than Brentford (15), with the Bees losing the last four in a row. In December, Brentford have lost nine out of 12 away Premier League matches (W1 D2), winning only at West Ham in 2022.
Brentford have conceded just one goal from a corner in the Premier League this season, the fewest in the division. However, the Bees are also the only team yet to score from a corner.
Brentford have dropped more points from winning positions than any other side in the Premier League this season (13), drawing 1-1 with Leeds despite scoring first last time out.
No Wolves player has scored more goals in all competitions this season than Tolu Arokodare (3), with his leveller against Arsenal last time out his first goal in the Premier League.
Despite going three games without a goal, Brentford’s Igor Thiago is still the second highest scorer in the Premier League this season (11). Five of his 11 strikes have come from the penalty spot, with only Ivan Toney scoring more penalty goals in a single campaign for the Bees (6 in 2022-23).
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