Wolves vs Crystal Palace preview, team news, prediction, kick-off

Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Wolves vs Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Monday (kick-off 8.15pm).

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Team news

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo will check on the fitness of his players ahead of the visit of Palace.

There are a handful of players nursing minor aches and pains after a demanding run of four matches in 12 days and the Portuguese will assess his squad.

Adama Traore has featured in the last two games despite dislocating his shoulder at Sheffield United on July 8. The likes of Jonny, Leander Dendoncker, Matt Doherty and Pedro Neto will be hoping for recalls.

Meanwhile, Palace skipper Luka Milivojevic will need to be assessed before Monday's clash with Wolves, while the Eagles will definitely be without left-back Patrick van Aanholt - who was forced off against Manchester United on Thursday with a shoulder problem - after scans revealed the Dutchman will be unavailable for the rest of the campaign.

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Charlie Nicholas' prediction

It really is last chance time for Wolves. They will not make the Champions League now and they will not turn around the goal difference - it will not happen.

They are still in the Europa League and they will want to keep it that way, and this will be the game that keeps them in it. I think 59 points will get you there and a Wolves win gets them there. They need to go after it before the Chelsea match.

Sheffield United and Tottenham have awkward games, but Crystal Palace can be awkward too. It was a case of close but not close enough against Manchester United.

Roy Hodgson's side have suffered six defeats in a row with two to come, without scoring in five of those six. This is not promising for them here. They will sit in, but Wolves will get over the line. This will be another defeat for Palace.

CHARLIE PREDICTS: 2-0 (5/1 with Sky Bet)

Opta stats

• Wolves have won just one of their last five league meetings with Crystal Palace (D1 L3), having won each of their previous three against them before this run.
• Crystal Palace have won three of their last four away league games against Wolves (L1) including each of their last two - they've never won three in a row at Molineux in their league history.
• Having won back-to-back home Premier League games on five occasions last season, Wolves are looking to win consecutive matches at Molineux for the first time in 2019-20.
• Crystal Palace have lost their last six Premier League matches, failing to score in five of those fixtures. Their manager, Roy Hodgson, has never previously suffered seven consecutive defeats in the competition, while the Eagles last did so in September 2017 (eight in a row).
• Excluding own goals, Wolves are the only team in the Premier League yet to have an English scorer this season. In Premier League history - again excluding own goals - Wolves have the lowest percentage of goals scored by Englishmen - just 18.9 per cent (46/243).
• Wolves have scored 73.5 per cent of their Premier League goals this season in the second half - the only teams to have scored a higher such percentage in a season are Portsmouth and Stoke in 2008-09 (both 73.7 per cent) and Reading in 2007-08 (75.6 per cent).

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