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TEAM NEWS
Wolves have no additional injury concerns ahead of the match against Everton. Vitor confirmed that Strand Larsen still has a minor injury to his achilles.
David Moyes further confirmed that he “hoped” that Vitaliy Mykolenko will be ready to go against Wolves as “it was important” for them to get him back, and confirmed that Adam Aznou has “a little bit of a problem” with his ankle but is back in training.
VITOR PEREIRA
Pereira confirmed there are no new injury concerns but revealed doubts over Jorgen Strand Larsen, who is managing a minor knock.
On Strand Larsen and transfer rumours: “It is important that we know every person has ambition in life, but at this moment, Jorgen is our player, is working hard because he has a good personality and is a team player. He is dealing with a small injury problem, and I hope we can play tomorrow with him. He is our player and an important player for us, and everything we cannot control, we cannot lose our energy. At this moment, it is important to think about the game.”
Pereira reiterated that he doesn’t expect Strand Larsen to be affected by these rumours as “he has a good personality” and “is focused on the team to do his best”.
On rumours of incomings: “A lot of these players, I don’t know. I don’t talk about them, but it is normal, it is football and the media. The club is trying to do it until the last minute. My experiences in football, we have lost the best player in the last minute, and we have also kept the best player. This is football, and I hope that the window closes, we can fight and focus.”
Pereira stated that they are keen on a specific player profile as the Premier League is “decided a lot by set pieces”, and as a result, they look to bring in players who are six feet and taller. He also stated that there needs to be “competition” within the team and wants two players in each position.
The Wolves manager added that the club is focusing on signing versatile players who can cover multiple positions, given their limited resources compared to other teams.
On departures: “Fabio Silva was a player that since the beginning we knew that he will go for another club as he didn’t want to stay here, he didn’t feel comfortable, and I want players with me who are committed to the club.”
On Everton: “Physical team, very vertical way to play, very strong in set-pieces, strong in counter-attacks, and we need to show the mentality to compete against this team. We have to be at our best level, facing a strong team. We know we have to be at the highest level to face them.”
MATCH STATS & FACTS
Wolves have lost just two of their 11 Premier League home games against Everton (W4 D5), going down 3-0 in April 2011 and 2-1 in January 2021.
Having been winless in six Premier League meetings with Wolves between the 2021-22 and 2023-24 campaigns (D1 L5), Everton remained unbeaten in both matches last term (W1 D1).
Wolves are winless in their last 11 Premier League home matches in the month of August (D6 L5) since beating Fulham 2-0 in 2011 – they’ve lost their last three, conceding at least four goals in each with 14 shipped overall (1-4 v Brighton, 2-6 v Chelsea, 0-4 v Man City).
Everton haven’t conceded more than once in any of their last 13 away Premier League matches (W5 D4 L4), though did lose 1-0 last time out at Leeds. The last side to have a longer run was Manchester City between October 2021 and May 2022 (14).
Wolverhampton Wanderers are looking to avoid losing their first three Premier League matches for a third time, also doing so in 2003-04 and 2021-22. The only previous times they’ve lost their first league games of a season without scoring was the aforementioned 2021-22 campaign and in 1978-79.
Although they’ve conceded just one goal so far in 2025-26, Everton have the most expected goals against of any side (4.6), with Jordan Pickford second among goalkeepers for goals prevented so far (1.6), behind Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario (1.7).
Across the first two matchdays of this season’s Premier League, Wolves have had the fewest shots (15), have the lowest xG (1.02) and only three sides have had fewer touches in the opposition box (33) than they have.
Only Fulham’s Sasa Lukic (7) has conceded more fouls in the Premier League so far this season than Wolves duo Joao Gomes and Matt Doherty (6 each), with the latter receiving yellow carded in both games. No Wolves player has ever been booked in their first three games of a campaign.
David Moyes has won eight of his last 13 Premier League matches against Wolverhampton Wanderers (D2 L3) and is unbeaten in his last seven against Wolves as Everton boss (W2 D5) since losing 2-1 in May 2004 during his first spell.
Jack Grealish assisted two goals in Everton’s 2-0 win over Brighton on his first Premier League start for the club, equalling his total from the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons combined for Man City (2 in 40 games). The last Toffees player to assist in his first two starts was Bryan Oviedo between 2012 and 2013.
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Referee: Michael Oliver. Assistants: Stuart Burt, Lee Betts. Fourth official: Adam Herczeg. VAR: Craig Pawson. Assistant VAR: Nick Hopton.