Wolves vs Crystal Palace

Wolves have been the surprise package of the Premier League season so far. They will be looking to carry on shocking people, as they host Crystal Palace on Wednesday evening.

Nuno Espirito Santo's men produced a dazzling display at Tottenham Hotspur last time out, and ended up 3-1 victors.

Crystal Palace did not fare so well, as they were narrowly beaten by Chelsea at Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon.

These two teams locked horns in October this season, and Matt Doherty's second-half strike was the only goal in a tight game in London.

Matt Doherty celebrating his strike in October for Wolves (Image via AOL)

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Team News

Wolves will assess the fitness of forwards Adama Traore and Diogo Jota prior to the visit of Palace.

Jota has been out of action for the last three games with a hamstring issue, while Traore was taken off because of a similar problem during Saturday's victory at Wembley.

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson is set to make changes to his side that was beaten by Chelsea.

Midfielder Max Meyer and striker Connor Wickham are both in contention to start at Molineux.

Christian Benteke remains out for the Eagles, with the forward nursing a long-term knee injury.

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The Managers

Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo: "We are back at Molineux. The home factor of the competition is very important but it will be tough because Crystal Palace are a very good team.

"Knowing that the schedule is so tight; it's how you prepare the whole match. Fresh legs change a lot of things in football. Sometimes your plan works out great - Tottenham was one of those days - but we know that it is not always the same."

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson on his team's attacking record: "As far as I know; there's not one team in the bottom seven or eight that has a good record in front of goal.

"One or two may have scored more than us but we're all pretty much in the same ballpark. And the fact that we have the best goal difference of those teams is down to the fact that we haven't conceded many, so that's why we're on minus nine and the next best team around us has minus 12. The players that have been working here deserve a lot of credit."

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Match Stats

- Wolves have lost just one of their last 12 top-flight meetings with Palace; a 1-0 loss in January 1980 at Selhurst Park.

- Palace are winless in all six of their top-flight visits to Molineux, their longest away run without beating an opponent.

- Wolves have earned 13 points from their last six games of 2018; with only Spurs and Liverpool having a better record in that specific period.

- Crystal Palace have earned 10 points in away matches this season, which is one more point than they've earned at home.

- Wilfried Zaha has not scored or assisted a goal in his last 11 Premier League matches.

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Betting Odds

Wolverhampton Wanderers: 21/20

Draw: 23/10

Crystal Palace: 16/5