Wolves will be hoping to build on their midweek win as they host Everton on Saturday.
Marshall Munetsi has been a fixture of Vitor Pereira’s starting lineup so far this season.
It’s a new role for the Zimbabwe international, taking up more advanced areas alongside Jorgen Strand Larsen, with mixed results.
Jorgen Strand Larsen celebrating goal against Leicester City in the 2024/2025 Premier League with teammate Marshall Munetsi
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But Munetsi is confident heading into this weekend’s Premier League action, and he has outlined the plan for Wolves.
Marshall Munetsi names two things Wolves will be looking to do against Everton
Everton are a different proposition this season from what they have been known for in recent years. They’ve signed technical players with attacking threat, and have looked confident going forward in the games we have seen so far.
In an interview for Wolves’ official website, Munetsi acknowledges this but knows Wolves can use their momentum from the West Ham win to even things out.
He says: “It’s all about confidence. Everton have confidence after winning two games in a row now, but I think it’s something that each and every team, when they win games, they get confidence.”
Munetsi thinks the key to a positive result on Saturday will be to be aggressive from the start, as they did in the Carabao Cup.
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He continues: “We’ve got to try and put a lot of pressure on them, because if we start very well, as you’ve seen in the last game at home, we did push a lot when we played West Ham in the cup game.
“We’ve got to keep up that confidence into the first minutes of the game, and then from there, we can try to manage the game.”
Vitor Pereira has favoured Marshall Munetsi this season but he hasn’t impressed
Munetsi has been a fixture of the front line in the league so far. In the Man City game, he scored a header that was ruled offside, and he would continue to be caught out by City’s high line.
He was very quiet in the Bournemouth loss, offering little in terms of a creative spark.
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Marshall Munetsi (L) and Vitor Pereira, head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers celebrate following victory in the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and West Ham United FC
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Munetsi is physically dominant and great for a high press, but he has drawn criticism for his technical play as Wolves struggle to score.
Playing him in the front line has its benefits, but equally, it blunts the Wolves attack.
We think Pereira will start Munetsi against Everton, but another lacklustre attacking performance could spell the end for him in that position.