Wolves vs Tottenham: Premier League preview, team news, stats, prediction, kick-off time

Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Wolves vs Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday; kick-off 2pm.

Team news

Bruno Lage's maiden home game as Wolves boss against Tottenham could see Raul Jimenez make his first competitive appearance at Molineux for nine months.

The striker returned after recovering from a fractured skull as Wanderers began the season with a 1-0 defeat at Leicester last weekend and is expected to keep his place in the starting line-up.

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Defensive duo Yerson Mosquera and Willy Boly remain out with hamstring injuries, along with Pedro Neto, Jonny (both knee) and Daniel Podence (groin).

Tottenham will make a decision on whether or not to include wantaway striker Harry Kane after Saturday's training session as Nuno Espirito Santo returns to Molineux.

Record-signing Tanguy Ndombele will not be included as he continues to be frozen out by Nuno.

Cristian Romero should be OK after coming through his first 90 minutes since July in the Europa Conference League match against Pacos de Ferreira, but fellow defender Joe Rodon is injured.

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Prediction: Jones Knows writes...

If you hadn't been aware of any managerial changes of the past few months, you'd have been excused for thinking Wolves were still managed by Nuno Espirito Santo based on their defeat to Leicester last weekend. That isn't a bad thing, especially with Raul Jimenez back leading the line but Wolves do look in need of a fresh idea or two. I'm yet to be convinced they can break anywhere near the top half though. I'm happy to side with Nuno's new boys to kick on from where they left off last Sunday, although the 11/8 price with Sky Bet doesn't inspire me much.

One angle that interests me from a betting perspective is Eric Dier in the shots market. For some warped reason, the centre-back rates himself as a threat from attacking free-kicks within shooting range - probably based on his goal for England vs Russia in the 2016 European Championships. He has rarely been given a chance to showcase his so-called talents from range with Harry Kane grabbing the ball at every opportunity but now he's out of the picture for the time being, Dier, who took an attacking free-kick vs Arsenal in pre-season, is the most likely to step up for a pop. That, added to the threat he carries when attacking set pieces in the air, makes him a very interesting proposition to register one or more shots at 10/11 with Sky Bet.

SCORE PREDICTION: 1-2

BETTING ANGLE: Eric Dier to have one or more shots on goal (10/11 with Sky Bet)

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• Wolves have won one of their seven Premier League matches at Molineux against Spurs (D2 L4), a 1-0 victory in February 2010 thanks to a winning goal from David Jones.
• In all competitions, this will be the 100th meeting between Wolves and Spurs. In their last meeting in May, Spurs won 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and are looking for consecutive Premier League wins over Wolves for the first time since winning both meetings in 2003-04.
• Since Wolves returned to the Premier League in 2018-19, they have not won their first home league match of the season in any of their three campaigns (D2 L1), and lost 3-1 to Manchester City last season in their home opener.
• Of the previous 14 Premier League meetings between Wolves and Spurs, 50 per cent of them have been won by the away team (W7 D3 L4). Among all fixtures played as many as 14 times, only Leicester City vs Manchester City has a higher away win ratio (55 per cent - P20 W11).
• Wolves have lost each of their last four Premier League games, scoring just one goal in the process. It's their longest losing run in the top-flight since a run of seven between March and April 2012.
• Wolves kicked off their 2021-22 campaign with a 1-0 loss at Leicester - they haven't lost their first two games of a league season since 2003-04, their first ever season in the Premier League.
• This will be the eighth time that Nuno Espírito Santo has faced a fellow Portuguese in the Premier League (Marco Silva, Jose Mourinho and now Bruno Lage), with the Spurs boss winning just two of the previous seven such games (D3 L2).

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