Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion

Form and table position

Wolves have taken eleven points from six matches, winning two of their last five recent results, drawing one and losing two. The Sheffield United v Wolverhampton Wanderers preview preceded a 1-0 win, but a midweek defeat followed. West Brom have fourteen points from seven, with two wins, two draws and one defeat in their last five. A draw would take them to fifteen points from eight; a win would make it seventeen.

The gap is three points but the comparison is skewed by the fixture count. Wolves sit ninth with a game in hand on most of the top six, West Brom fourth in a cluster that includes Swansea and Middlesbrough on the same points tally. A home win closes the gap entirely; a West Brom victory stretches it to six.

What the market expects

The market-implied probability gives Wolves a 53.1 per cent chance of winning, West Brom 21.7 per cent and the draw 25.2 per cent. That makes the home side clear favourites despite the table showing the visitors three points better off. The explanation sits in the fixture count: Wolves have played six, West Brom seven, and the market appears to rate the hosts' underlying form more highly than the raw points difference suggests. The five head-to-head meetings above contain seventeen goals in total, and Wolves won the most recent encounter 2-0.

Confirmed line-ups

Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-2-3-1): José Sá, Kieran Trippier, André, Fernando López, Mateus Mané, Hugo Bueno, Adam Armstrong, Marshall Munetsi, Nasser Djiga, Rodrigo Gomes, Toti Gomes

West Bromwich Albion (4-4-2): Max O'Leary, Callum Styles, Nathaniel Phillips, Conor Townsend, George Campbell, Harry Whitwell, Jayson Molumby, Ousmane Diakite, Isaac Price, Aune Heggebo, Jimmy Morgan

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