Overview
Tottenham have been on a very disappointing run of form recently, suffering back-to-back defeats in the Premier League.
In midweek, coach Ange Postecoglou's team was defeated by Nottingham Forest with a minimum score, thereby receiving the 4th loss in the last 5 rounds. Spurs also conceded 17 goals in just 5 matches.
Postecoglou is in danger of becoming the next Premier League manager to be sacked, with the Australian unlikely to stay unless results improve significantly by 2025.
Meanwhile, Wolves have shown signs of improvement under new coach Vitor Pereira. From a position in the relegation zone, they have successively defeated Leicester City 3-0 and Man United 2-0 to rise to 17th place. Facing a Tottenham with many problems, the team at Molineux will certainly be determined to create a surprise.
The Wolves will continue to put their faith in Matheus Cunha in attack. The Brazilian striker has scored in both of his last two matches, bringing his total goals to 10 this season. In addition, Cunha also has 4 other assists.
Notably, the history of the confrontation is also leaning towards Wolves rather than Tottenham. "The Wolves" have defeated Spurs 4/5 recent clashes, including both matches in the Premier League last season with the same score of 2-1. Therefore, it would not be too surprising if Wolves once again made Tottenham sad.
Human resources situation
Tottenham are in a defensive crisis after Djed Spence was sent off against Nottingham. Meanwhile, Radu Dragusin joins an injury list that includes Ben Davies, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Gugielmo Vicario. Strikers Richarlison and Wilson Odobert also remain absent.
On the other side of the front line, Yerson Mosquera, Enso Gonzalez, Boubacar Traore, Pablo Sarabia and Sasa Kalajdzic are injured, while Mario Lemina's ability to play is still open.
Expected lineup:
Tottenham: Forster, Porro, Gray, Sarr, Udogie, Bissouma, Bentancur, Maddison, Kulusevski, Son Heung-min, Solanke.
Wolves: Sa, Semedo, Ait-Nouri, Bueno, T. Gomes, J. Gomes, Andre, R. Gomes, Strand-Larsen, Bellegarde, Guedes.
The match between Tottenham and Wolves takes place at 22:00 on December 29 (Vietnam time).
