After the events of the weekend, the Eagles return to Selhurst Park for the final home game of the season with fans looking to continue the celebrations after seeing Palace win the FA Cup for the very first time.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 8pm kick off – 20 May 2025 |
| Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 03/09/2023 – There was not much to report from the first half of this fixture, but the Eagles took the lead shortly after the break through Odsonne Edouard. The visitors equalised thanks to Hwang Hee-Chan before Ebere Eze gave the hosts the lead for a second time and Edouard grabbed his second of the game late on. Matheus Cunha scored a consolation in injury time. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Ebere EZE (8.5) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | David WEBB |
| Assistant | Matthew WILKES |
| Assistant | Marc PERRY |
| Fourth Official | Darren BOND |
| VAR | Chris KAVANAGH |
| Assistant VAR | Lee BETTS |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, and Cheick Doucoure continue are expected to miss out but Doucoure has returned to training. Adam Wharton and Marc Guehi will miss the game through injury.
WOLVES – Leon Chiwone, Yerson Mosquera, Enso Medina, Sasa Kalajdzic, and Sam Johnstone are not expected to feature. Hee-Chan Hwang is fit again while Tommy Doyle will be assessed.
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 – Daichi KAMADA (1), Eddie NKETIAH (1), Marc GUEHI (1), Chris RICHARDS (1), Rayan AIT-NOURI (1), Joao GOMES (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 7.5) – Will HUGHES (11), Daniel MUNOZ (10), Jefferson LERMA (9), Joao GOMES (8) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 02/11/2024 | Wolves 2-2 Palace |
| 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 |
Last 5 results for Palace;
| 17/05/2025 | Palace 1-0 City |
| 11/05/2025 | Spurs 0-2 Palace |
| 05/05/2025 | Palace 1-1 Forest |
| 26/04/2025 | Palace 3-0 Villa |
| 23/04/2025 | Arsenal 2-2 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Wolves:
| 10/05/2025 | Wolves 0-2 Brighton |
| 02/05/2025 | City 1-0 Wolves |
| 26/04/2025 | Wolves 3-0 Leicester |
| 20/04/2025 | United 0-1 Wolves |
| 13/04/2025 | Wolves 4-2 Spurs |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th with 49 points from 36 games played while Wolves are 14th with 41 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST WOLVES
| Played | 77 |
| Won | 27 |
| Drawn | 20 |
| 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 | 7.35 |
| Daniel MUNOZ | 7.13 |
| Ebere EZE | 7.09 |
| Rayan AIT-NOURI | 6.98 |
ONE TO WATCH
| JORGEN STRAND LARSEN |
| FORMER CLUBS – Kvik Halden, Sarpsborg 08, AC Milan (loan), Gronigen, Celta Vigo |
| The Norwegian striker is on a season long loan at Molineux with a £30 million obligation to buy at the end of the season, and scored an impressive 6 goals in his first 12 games at the club. |
THE NUMBERS
Palace have won 6 of their last 8 Premier League games against Wolves (D1, L1), with both exceptions in this run coming away from home.
Wolves have lost their last 4 Premier League away fixtures against Palace.
The Eagles have won 21 matches in all competitions this season. The only campaigns in which they recorded more victories as a top-flight club were 1989-90 and 1990-91, claiming 22 and 28 wins respectively.
Palace ended a run of 5 league fixtures without a win by beating Tottenham on 11 May.
Victory in this game would give Palace 52 points, the most by a Premier League side who failed to win any of their first 8 matches of the season.
A draw would put the Eagles on 50 points – they have not reached that milestone in a top-flight season since 1991-92, when they amassed 57 points.
Palace have only lost their final home league game in one of the past 12 seasons (W8, D3).
Eberechi Eze could become just the third Palace player to score in 4 consecutive Premier League appearances, emulating Christian Benteke and Neil Shipperley.
Daniel Munoz has scored 4 goals and had 5 assists in this season’s Premier League, and could become the first Palace defender to reach double figures for goal involvements in a single campaign in the competition.
KEY CLASH
| EBERE EZE v MATHEUS CUNHA |
| While this is not a true face to face match up, these are the two shining lights for each team and it will be very interesting to see which one shines brightest under the lights at Selhurst Park. |
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 14 (10th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE 8 (10th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 1741 (23rd) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 115 (2nd) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 2206 (27th) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 101 (5th) |
| Fouls | Will HUGHES 62 (5th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 44 (25th) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 101 (7th) |
| Clearances | Maxence LACROIX 187 (9th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 17 (6th) |
TEB PREDICTION
We didn’t predict for the cup final, and we are not going to predict here. Yes, a point or three will see the Eagles reach their highest points tally in the Premier League, but Selhurst Park will be rocking as the fans welcome back home their FA Cup winning heroes, and rightly so.
| PREDICTED SCORE: We’re 12th and won the FA Cup! |
