Everton Still Not Clear of Danager as They Travel to Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton vs Everton - 30/12/2023
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One of six fixtures to be played in the English Premier League on the 30th of December takes place at Molineux Stadium as Wolverhampton Wanderers meet Everton.
The hosts begin the weekend in 11th place on 25 points while the visitors are in 17th place on 16 points.
Wolves come into the game on the back of an excellent 4-1 win at Brentford in the Premier League on Wednesday night.
Wolves opened the scoring in the 13th minute and quickly doubled their advantage to lead 2-0.
Brentford pulled one back in the 16th minute but restored their 2 goal advantage 12 minutes later. Wolves scored the only goal of the second half to secure the victory.
The win at Brentford means Wolves are undefeated in 4 of their 5 most recent fixtures.
There have been wins over Burnley and Chelsea at home plus a draw at home against Nottingham Forest, all in the Premier League. The only defeat came at West Ham United in the league.
Trends show Wolves have not suffered any defeats in their 7 most recent home Premier League matches.
They have won 3 of their last 4 home Premier League games and have scored exactly 2 goals in 4 of their last 7 Premier League fixtures on home soil.
Wolves have conceded only 2 goals in their last 3 home Premier League matches.
Everton make the trip to Molineux Stadium having lost 3-1 at home against Manchester City in the Premier League.
The Toffees opened the scoring in the first half and went in at half time winning the match.
However, Everton had no answer to the dominance of Manchester City in the second half and once the defending champions equalised in the 53rd minute, there was only going to be one winner.
The defeat to Manchester City means Everton have lost their 3 most recent fixtures in all competitions.
The additional defeats have come away to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and via a penalty shootout at home in the League Cup against Fulham.
Trends show Everton have lost their last 2 Premier League games but they have won 4 of their last 5 league matches on the road.
However, Everton have a poor recent record against Wolves and they have lost 4 of their last 5 meetings in the Premier League.
Looking ahead to the team news and Wolves have doubts over the fitness of Craig Dawson and Hwang Hee-Chan.
Everton are without injured midfielder Idrissa Gueye and have doubts over the fitness of Ashley Young and Abdoulaye Doucouré.
Striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin should start having been on the bench against Manchester City.
Everton have done well in recent away matches but their recent record against Wolves shows this is going to be a tricky game for the visitors.
Wolves have been good at home of late and could come out on top, winning the match, and keeping a clean sheet.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
372736
1
2 - 0
2.43
11° 2.60
2.60
3.30
2.75
no
no
no
3 - 0(1 - 0)