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TEAM NEWS
Craig Dawson was injured during the Christmas Eve match against Chelsea and whilst this initially looked serious Gary O’Neil has suggested that it was actually a cut to his knee and he could be available for selection against Brentford.
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Boubacar Traore and Fabio Silva are all doubtful because of illness.
Pedro Neto returned to training last week but was not quite ready for the match against Chelsea.
Brentford defender Ben Mee begins a three-game ban following his sending off against Aston Villa. Frank Onyeka is also ruled out after accumulating five yellow cards, meaning the Bees could be without 10 players through suspension or injury.
MATCH STATS & FACTS
Head-to-head
- Brentford’s only win in their past eight league games against Wolves was by 2-0 at Molineux in September 2021 (D2, L5).
- The Londoners are winless in each of their previous four home league fixtures versus Wolves (D2, L2).
Brentford
- The Bees lost just three of their opening 11 league games this season but have been beaten in five of their subsequent six.
- They are in danger of losing four consecutive Premier League fixtures for the first time since a club record run of five matches from January to February 2022, with the fourth defeat in that sequence coming at home to Wolves.
- Brentford have lost three of their past six home league games, as many defeats as in their previous 27 at the Gtech Community Stadium.
- They have dropped 17 points from winning positions this season, more than any other top-flight side prior to the latest round of fixtures.
- Yoane Wissa has scored one goal in his previous 15 top-flight appearances, with none in his last eight.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Wolves are winless in 14 Premier League matches in London since beating Tottenham 2-0 in February last year (D3, L11).
- They have lost 12 of their last 16 top-flight away games (D2, L12), including each of the previous four.
- Their only clean sheet in 24 away league fixtures came in August’s 1-0 win at Everton.
- Matheus Cunha has scored four goals in his past seven Premier League away appearances – the last Wolves player to score more on the road in a season was Raul Jimenez in 2019-20.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Madley. Assistants: Harry Lennard, Nick Hopton. Fourth official: Simon Hooper. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Stuart Burt.
MATCH INFO
The match kicks off at 7.30pm on Wednesday 27th December at The G-Tech Community Stadium and will be shown live on Amazon Prime in the UK.