After Cup Excitement, League Duty Returns As Palace Head To Molineux

With the Premier League table looking very disjointed due to teams having played a different number of games, the Eagles will need to shake off the exhilarations of their cup exploits and get back to picking up points now that the thirty point barrier has been broken

DATE

5th March 2022

KICK OFF

3pm

VENUE

Molineux Stadium, Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4QR

LAST TIME

This fixture was last played out in January 2021 when a first half goal from now Barca player Adama Traoure was enough for the hosts to take all three points.

WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Ruben Neves (8.0)

OFFICIALS

Referee: Andy Madley. Assistants: Eddie Smart, Derek Eaton. Fourth official: Craig Pawson. VAR: Graham Scott. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis

TEAM NEWS

PALACE – Nathan Ferguson (thigh) and Joel Ward (groin) are both unlikely to feature

WOLVES – Nelson Semedo (thigh) is the only absentee

DISCIPLINARY

RED CARDS – Wilfried Zaha (1), Raul Jiminez

YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Ruben Neves (9), Joel Ward (6), Conor Gallagher (6), Raul Jiminez (5)

FORM GUIDE

Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;

  • 06/11/21 Palace 2-0 Wolves
  • 30/01/21 Palace 1-0 Wolves
  • 08/01/21 Wolves 1-0 Palace
  • 30/10/20 Wolves 2-0 Palace
  • 20/07/20 Wolves 2-0 Palace

Last FIVE results for Palace:

  • 01/03/22 Palace 2-1 Stoke
  • 26/02/22 Palace 1-1 Burnley
  • 23/02/22 Watford 1-4 Palace
  • 19/02/22 Palace 0-1 Chelsea
  • 12/02/22 Brentford 0-0 Palace

Last FIVE results for Wolves;

  • 27/02/22 West Ham 1-0 Wolves
  • 24/02/22 Arsenal 2-1 Wolves
  • 20/02/22 Wolves 2-1 Leicester
  • 13/02/22 Spurs 0-2 Wolves
  • 10/02/22 Wolves 0-1  Arsenal

RECORD AGAINST WOLVES

  • Played 70
  • Won 22
  • Drawn 19
  • Lost 29

FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED

  • Conor Gallagher 7.27
  • Rayan Ait-Nouri 7.12
  • Romain Saiss 6.99
  • James McArthur 6.88

ONE TO WATCH

DANIEL PODENCE

FORMER CLUBS – Belenenses, Sporting, Moreirense (loan), Olympiacos

The Portuguese winger joined the club in 2020 and made a slow start to life at Molineux but he has found more opportunities under the new manager and has contributed to the clubs push for a top ten finish

KEY CLASH

CHEIKHOU KOUYATE v RUBEN NEVES

One of the key battles across the pitch will be this one between two very good midfield players. Neves has been in good form of late for Wolves and is never shy to shoot from distance while Kouyate has himself bagged a goal in midweek and has shown what Palace have been missing since he returned from the AFCON

PRE-MATCH FACTS

  • Wolves have won their last 3 home matches against Palace, keeping a clean sheet in each of them
  • Palace head into the fixture unbeaten against Wolves in the last 2 games
  • Wolves have won 2 and lost 3 of their last 5 games while Palace have only lost once
  • Palace last beat Wolves away in January 2019 (2-0)

PRE-MATCH STATS

  • GOALS – Gallagher/Zaha (8 – 12th in PL)
  • ASSISTS – Michael Olise (5 – 10th in PL)
  • PASSES – Marc Guehi (1721  – 6th in PL)
  • TACKLES – Tyrick Mitchell (83 – 2nd in PL)
  • TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (1991 – 7th in PL)
  • SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (41)
  • SAVES – Guaita (59 – 13th in PL)

DID YOU KNOW?

Wolves were the first team in English professional football to win all four divisions, and they have won every competition presently being played in the country

PREDICTION

The hosts come into this game fresh having had no involvement in the FA Cup midweek, so it will be key how Patrick Vieira choose to use his squad of players for this trip. Meanwhile, Wolves head into the fixture off the back of two league defeats so a point from this with all things considered will be decent.

FINAL SCORE:  1-1

BETTING ODDS

  • Home – 13/10
  • Draw – 2/1
  • Away – 23/10
  • Both teams to score – 11/10

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