Wolves and Liverpool are set to clash this evening, with the two teams occupying very different positions in the Premier League table.
Gary O’Neil’s side currently sits at the bottom, propped up by goal difference, and is one of five teams still searching for their first win as the weekend approaches.
Despite their position, Wolves’ performances have been encouraging – excluding a disappointing 6-2 loss at home to Chelsea.
They were unfortunate not to secure points in their last two matches against Newcastle and Aston Villa.
Conversely, Arne Slot’s Liverpool team is in fourth place and has bounced back impressively from a surprising 1-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest.
They have won their last three games, scoring a total of 11 goals, including a dominant 5-1 victory over West Ham in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
A victory for Liverpool tonight would propel them to the top of the table, following Manchester City ‘s 1-1 draw at Newcastle earlier in the day.
Speaking ahead of the game, Arne Slot said: “I don’t think it represents the way they played and they had a very tough fixture list in the first five games – I think they played Arsenal away, Newcastle away, [Aston] Villa away, Chelsea at home, so that’s [a] more difficult schedule than we had, for example.
“You always have to take this into account. Of course I had to watch a few games of them because we play them tomorrow and I can see that even the games were very tight and they deserved more than they got a few times.
“I think they will be fine during the season – hopefully not tomorrow – but they will be fine in the end of the season.
“If you look at us, our games, I think it’s always in a game the first 15 to 20 minutes both teams have a lot of energy and they are all very hard and try to get maximum energy in the start.
“Then after 10, 15, 20 minutes, the game mostly settles down and the team that, in my opinion, plays the best football gets the ball a lot and starts to play.
“But the first 15 to 20 minutes are always two teams that are doing this.
“When it comes to Wolves, I am not surprised that they go up because they play really good football. I think they’ve been really unlucky not getting the results they might’ve deserved.”
Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister; Salah, Jota, Diaz.
Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Quansah, Bradley.
Darwin Nunez misses out on the squad due to illness.
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