Overview
From struggling to stay in the league last season, Nottingham Forest has completely transformed in the 2024-2025 campaign. At the end of the first leg, Nottingham Forest had 37 points and ranked 3rd on the rankings, behind only Liverpool and Arsenal.
More impressively, Nottingham Forest are on a five-game winning streak in the Premier League. And their fans are starting to dream of European football.
With high spirits, Nottingham Forest have full confidence when traveling to Wolves' home ground. The home team is also making a strong comeback with the appearance of new coach Vitor Pereira.
They have 3 consecutive unbeaten matches and temporarily escaped the relegation group (before round 20). However, "The Wolves" are still rated lower than their opponents.
The defence is the biggest difference between the two teams at the moment. While Wolves have the second worst defensive record in the league with 42 goals conceded, Nottingham Forest have only conceded 19 goals, a number only worse than the top two teams.
In this match, Wolves still have the advantage of home ground Molineux. However, that is not enough for Wolves to stop a Nottingham Forest team that is full of confidence at the moment.
In terms of head-to-head record, the last five meetings between the two teams have all ended in draws. Wolves have won the previous two, while Nottingham's most recent win was at Molineux in 2018 when the two teams were in the Championship.
Human resources situation
In addition to the absence of Matheus Cunha through suspension, Wolves are also without Pablo Sarabia, Mario Lemina, Yerson Mosquera, Sasa Kalajdzic, Boubacar Traore and Enso Gonzalez.
On the other side of the front line, Nottingham Forest are worried about key defender Murillo after he missed the win over Everton, while midfield pair Ibrahim Sangare and Danilo remain sidelined.
Expected lineup:
Wolves: Sa, Semedo, Ait-Nouri, Doherty, Bueno, Dawson, Andre, J. Gomes, Strand Larsen, Hwang Hee-chan, Guedes.
Nottingham Forest: Selz, Williams, Aina, Morato, Milenkovic, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Ward-Prowse, Elanga, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.
The match between Wolves and Nottingham takes place at 3:00 a.m. on January 7 (Vietnam time).
