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TEAM NEWS
Pedro Neto is unlikely to return tomorrow for Wolves after two months out with a hamstring injury. Tommy Doyle is available, having been ineligible to face parent club Manchester City last weekend.
Head coach Gary O’Neil will be back on the touchline after serving a one-match ban.
Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi made his comeback as a late substitute against Manchester United on Monday night after three months out with a knee injury.
GARY O'NEIL
Pedro Neto has returned to training but will not be involved on Saturday because he has “not done enough at high speeds to guarantee it’s not a risk for him”. However, Santiago Bueno is back and available.
O’Neil said “the change in results and momentum” show how injuries have impacted them this season, adding: “No excuse, of course – we understand all teams have injuries. To have no forwards available for a long part of the season is tough in the Premier League.”
On next season: “We want to push on so I don’t want it so be seen as ‘yeah we’ve done OK this year and everyone can go off and be happy’. It’s something to build on.”
He said he believes Crystal Palace’s upturn in form is down to both the change in manager and key players returning. He said: “The new coach and fresh ideas, they’ve got [Ebrechi] Eze and [Michael] Olise back, and [Marc] Guehi coming back. Roy Hodgson did a fantastic job for a very long time. The changes are not only due to form and not only due to a change of coach. It will be a tough test for us – they’re on a really good run.”
He added: “A last home game that we want to be enjoyable for us and the fans. A chance to go out on a high.”
On the club’s plans for the summer, O’Neil said there is lots still to be discussed but he “isn’t sure how much they will be able to do”. He added: “I don’t think there will be money available to us if nobody leaves. If we decided not to sell a big player there may be some bits and pieces we can do. The club is expected – in the foreseeable future, maybe not long-term future – to be able to fund itself.”
MATCH STATS & FACTS
Head-to-head
Wolves have lost five of the six most recent Premier League meetings, with the exception a 2-0 victory at Molineux in April last season.
Crystal Palace won this season’s reverse fixture 3-2 in September when Roy Hodgson was still in charge. Odsonne Edouard scored twice for the Eagles.
Crystal Palace
Palace need to win their remaining two matches to equal the club Premier League record points total of 49 from 1992-93 and 2018-19.
The Eagles have taken 13 points from their past five fixtures.
Crystal Palace have won the past five Premier League games in which Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise both started. The pair scored a combined 11 of the team’s 16 goals in those matches.
They’ve won five of their 11 league fixtures under Oliver Glasner, compared to six victories in 24 attempts under Roy Hodgson this season.
However, their solitary win in 12 Premier League away games was by 1-0 at Liverpool in April.
Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored nine Premier League goals since Glasner became manager in February; only Cole Palmer (11) and Alexander Isak (10) have been more prolific over the same period.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolves beat Luton in their previous home game but it’s their only win in nine attempts in all competitions (D2, L6).
They have not won their final home league fixture of a season since 2020, when they defeated Crystal Palace 2-0.
Gary O’Neil’s side have scored 49 Premier League goals this season, two short of their club record set in 2019-20.
Wolves are the only team in Europe’s top five leagues yet to score in the top flight from outside the penalty area in 2023-24.
They have conceded 29 goals in 15 top-flight games since the start of February, the fourth worst record in the division.
Hwang Hee-chan can become the first Wolves player to score in three successive league matches since Raul Jimenez in November 2019.
Max Kilman is one of two outfield players to play every Premier League minute for his club this season, alongside Arsenal’s William Saliba.
Pablo Sarabia celebrates his 32nd birthday on the day of this game.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tom Bramall Assistants: Wade Smith, Akil Howson. Fourth official: Simon Hooper VAR: Michael Salisbury. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.
MATCH INFO
This is our last match at Molineux this season. The match kicks off at 3pm on Saturday 11th May, it will not be shown live on television in the UK.
