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Edward Bazeley
Thu 6 March 2025 7:40, UK
Everton are looking to get back to winning ways when they travel to face Wolves on Saturday.
Everton have managed an unbeaten run of seven games in the league, but they have also yielded just one win in their past four outings.
That came against Crystal Palace on February 15, three days after their 2-2 draw with Liverpool in the Merseyside derby.
Everton were subsequently held to a 2-2 draw on home soil by Manchester United, having previously held a 2-0 lead, while they then went on to draw 1-1 at Brentford in their last game on 26 February.
Wolves v Everton preview
Everton’s trip to Wolves sees them face the side who sit just one place below them in the Premier League, albeit the Toffees hold a significant 10-point gap over their opponents, who are 17th in the table.
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Wolves are just five points clear of the relegation zone, and have suffered two defeats in their last three league outings.
Premier League table Team Games played Points
16 Everton 27 32
17 Wolves 27 22
18 Ipswich 27 17
19 Leicester 27 17
20 Southampton 27 9
The Premier League’s bottom five as it stands
Vitor Pereira’s side were also knocked out of the FA Cup via a penalty shootout defeat to Bournemouth last Saturday.
Everton will hope to capitalise on Wolves’ lowly position and poor form, as they strive to pick up their fifth win since the re-appointment of Moyes back in January.
The last time Everton took on Wolves, they hammered the West Midlands side 4-0 thanks to strikes from Ashley Young, Orel Mangala and a brace of own goals by Craig Dawson.
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Everton manager David Moyes (Credit: Imago)
Wolves v Everton team news
Everton will head to Wolves without the experienced Seamus Coleman, who has not featured since Boxing Day and is unlikely to return until April.
Elsewhere for the Toffees, Orel Mangala is out for the rest of the season with an ACL injury, while Dwight McNeil has not featured since the reverse fixture against Wolves and will likely remain sidelined.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin is also unlikely to return in time for the Wolves clash, and Saturday’s game may also come too soon for Iliman Ndiaye, who is currently nursing an injury.
Fellow striker Armando Broja remains a long-term absentee, so the in-form Beto will likely lead the line for Moyes’ men once more.
Wolves’ main concern is the fact that they will be without star man Matheus Cunha, who was handed a ban for violent conduct after being shown a red card during their FA Cup defeat to Bournemouth.
Wolves forward Goncalo Guedes is currently nursing an injury, and has not made an appearance since his side’s 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on 16 February.
Predicted lineups
Wolves: Sa, T.Gomes, Bueno, Doherty, Ait Nouri, J.Gomes, Andre, Semedo, Sarabia, Bellegarde, Munetsi
Everton: Pickford, Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Tarkowski, O’Brien, Iroegbunam, Garner, Harrison, Alcaraz, Lindstrom, Beto
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Everton predicted XI v Wolves
Wolves v Everton previous meetings
As previously mentioned, it was Everton who got the better of Wolves during their last encounter, with an emphatic 4-0 victory.
Before that, though, Wolves claimed the bragging rights over the Toffees with both a 1-0 and a 3-0 win during the 2023/24 Premier League campaign.
Everton’s last win at Molineux came back in January 2021, when goals from Alex Iwobi and Michael Keane either side of a Ruben Neves equaliser sealed a 2-1 victory on the road for the Merseyside outfit.
Since then, Wolves have inflicted two wins over Everton on home soil, including a 3-0 hammering in December 2023, while May 2023 witnessed a 1-1 draw.
Prediction: Wolves 0-1 Everton
Wolves’ uncomfortable position in the Premier League is likely to make this encounter with Everton a cagey affair.
The Molineux side will miss the high quality usually provided to their attacking ranks, and could struggle to break the Toffees down.
Everton, meanwhile, should have enough of a threat to get the better of Wolves, who could be looking nervously over their shoulders at the full-time whistle.
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