The Eagles head to Molineux this weekend for an important fixture against a side struggling below them in the Premier League table.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 2 November 2024 – 5.30pm |
| Molineux Stadium, Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4QR |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 11/05/2024 – The Eagles had a wonderful trip to Molineux last time out as goals from Michael Olise, Jean-Philippe Mateta, and Ebere Eze sealed all three points. Matheus Cunha scored the consolation for the hosts. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Michael Olise (8.4) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Anthony Taylor |
| Assistant | Gary Beswick |
| Assistant | Adam Nunn |
| Fourth Official | Simon Hooper |
| VAR | Paul Tierney |
| Assistant VAR | Ian Hussin |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, Chris Richards, Matheus Franca, Jefferson Lerma, Adam Wharton, Ebere Eze, Joel Ward, and Rob Holding are all unavailable. Cheick Doucoure is closing in on a return.
WOLVES – Yerson Mosquera, Enso Medina, Sasa Kalajdzic, Boubacar Traore, Hee-Chan Hwang, and Bastien Menadjou are not expected to feature. Sam Johnstone and Mario Lemina could return.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – none |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 2.5) – Rayan Ait-Nouri (4), Nelson Semedo (4), Will Hughes (4), Joao Gomes (4), Toti Gomes (4), Daniel Munoz (3), Jefferson Lerma (3) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 01/08/2024 | Palace 3-1 Wolves |
| 11/05/2024 | Wolves 1-3 Palace |
| 03/09/2023 | Palace 3-2 Wolves |
| 25/04/2023 | Wolves 2-0 Palace |
| 18/10/2022 | Palace 2-1 Wolves |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 30/10/2024 | Villa 1-2 Palace |
| 27/10/2024 | Palace 1-0 Spurs |
| 21/10/2024 | Forest 1-0 Palace |
| 05/10/2024 | Palace 0-1 Liverpool |
| 28/09/2024 | Everton 2-1 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Wolves;
| 26/10/2024 | Brighton 2-2 Wolves |
| 20/10/2024 | Wolves 1-2 Manchester City |
| 05/10/2024 | Brentford 5-3 Wolves |
| 28/09/2024 | Wolves 1-2 Liverpool |
| 21/09/2024 | Aston Villa 3-1 Wolves |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture Palace are 17th in the Premier League with 6 points from 9 games played, while Wolves are 19th with 2 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST WOLVES
| Played | 76 |
| Won | 27 |
| Drawn | 19 |
| Lost | 30 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Matheus Cunha | 7.13 |
| Maxence Lacroix | 7.00 |
| Ebere Eze | 6.97 |
| Rayan Air-Nouri | 6.81 |
ONE TO WATCH
| MATHEUS CUNHA |
| FORMER CLUBS – Coritiba, Sion, RB Leipzig, Hertha BSC, Atletico Madrid |
| The Brazilian international has become a key man for Wolves since he joined the club in January 2023. In his short time at the club he has made his own contribution with 16 goals in just over 40 appearances. |
KEY CLASH
| MAXENCE LACROIX v MATHEUS CUNHA |
| The French defender has become a fan favourite with his excellent defensive performances after just a short time at the club. He will likely have to play a big part in keeping the hosts Brazilian striker quiet. |
THE NUMBERS
Palace have won 6 of their last 7 Premier League games against Wolves (L1), as many wins as they had managed in their previous 20 league matches against them (D4 L10).
Wolves are winless in 9 Premier League games this season (D2 L7). They have only had a longer winless start to a top-flight season once – 14 games in 1983-84.
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 3 (18th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE, Maxence LACROIX, Tyrick MITCHELL 1 (49th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 500 (21st) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 33 (1st) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 628 (22nd) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 37 (3rd) |
| Fouls | Daniel MUNOZ 15 (14th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 13 (23rd) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 30 (6th) |
| Clearances | Marc GUEHI 55 (1st) |
| Big Chances Missed | Ebere EZE 5 (8th) |
TEB PREDICTION
The hosts will see this as a must win but for Palace it has to be a must not lose to keep Wolves at arms length. Palace make the trip with a number of injuries to key players off the back of two wins in a row. Wolves will be buoyed by their late fight back to secure a point at Brighton last time out and they did not have a game in midweek either. All adds up to be a draw, hopefully.
