Palace hit the road again but it is the final time this season that they have to take a trip outside of London with just two away games to come with short treks to Spurs and Fulham.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 7.30pm
- 25th April 2023
- Molineux Stadium, Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4QR
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last trip to Molineux was a fruitful one for the Eagles who returned with all three points courtesy of first half goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Wilfried Zaha.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Jean-Philippe Mateta (8.2)
OFFICIALS
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Referee: Robert Jones
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Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Wade Smith
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Fourth official: Bobby Madley
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VAR: Peter Bankes
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Assistant VAR: Marc Perry
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Wilfried Zaha and Nathaniel Clyne remains doubtful. Nathan Ferguson will miss the rest of the season after an injury set back.
WOLVES – Sasa Kalajdzic and Francisco Oliveira are both unavailable while Mario Lemina and Boubacar Traore will have late fitness tests.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1), Cheick Doucoure (1), Matheus Nunes (1), Nathan Collins (1), Mario Lemina (1), Nelson Semedo (1), Jonny (1), Diego Costa (1),
YELLOW CARDS (7+) – Ruben Neves (10), Cheick Doucoure (9), Nelson Semedo (9), Marc Guehi (8), Joachim Andersen (7)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 18/10/22 Palace 2-1 Wolves
- 05/03/22 Wolves 0-2 Palace
- 06/11/21 Palace 2-0 Wolves
- 30/01/21 Palace 1-0 Wolves
- 08/01/21 Wolves 1-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 22/04/23 Palace 0-0 Everton
- 15/04/23 Southampton 0-2 Palace
- 09/04/23 Leeds 1-5 Palace
- 01/04/23 Palace 2-1 Leicester
- 19/03/23 Arsenal 4-1 Palace
Last FIVE results for Wolves;
- 22/04/23 Leicester 2-1 Wolves
- 15/04/23 Wolves 2-0 Brentford
- 08/04/23 Wolves 1-0 Chelsea
- 01/04/23 Forest 1-1 Wolves
- 18/03/23 Wolves 2-4 Leeds
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 37 points from 32 games played while Wolves are 3 points behind in 14th.
RECORD AGAINST WOLVES
- Played 73
- Won 25
- Drawn 19
- Lost 29
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Ruben Neves 6.97
- Eberechi Eze 6.94
- Michael Olise 6.93
- Joao Gomes 6.79
ONE TO WATCH
RUBEN NEVES
FORMER CLUBS – Porto, Padroense (loan)
This is a player that can turn a game with the click of a finger particularly with one of his shots from distance and while Wolves have struggled like a lot of teams this season, he remains one of the key threats for the hosts.
KEY CLASH
ODSONNE EDOUARD v CRAIG DAWSON
Palace’s French striker struggled to get into the game against Everton and it will be interesting to see if Roy Hodgson sticks with him for this game or not. If he does, he will be expected to create an impact and get on the score sheet, just like he did at Leeds. He will be up against a seasoned campaigner who knows every trick in the book, as we know all too well.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
Palace have won their last 4 matches against Wolves in all competitions, but had won a game against them in the previous 4
Wolves have only beaten Palace 3 times in the last 7 games at Molineux
The two sides have seen 9 red cards between them this season
Palace just edge Wolves in the form table with 10 points from 5 games compared with Wolves’ 7
The last time there were more than 2 goals scored in this fixture was when Palace beat Wolves 2-1 in October 2012
Palace have scored at least 2 goals in their last 3 matches against Wolves in all competitions
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Eberechi Eze (7)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (8 – 4th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1,758 – 11th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (72 – 7th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (2,131 – 15th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (58 – 18th in PL)
- FOULS – Jeffrey Schlupp (46 – 5th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Wilfried Zaha (80 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (85 – 7th in PL)
PREDICTION
Both teams have edged closer to safety but what that actually looks like in terms of points is fairly unknown. It is likely that Palace have done just enough while Wolves will probably need one or two more. For those reasons, we are going for a midweek draw.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1
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