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Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head
- Manchester United have lost just one of their last 13 home league games against Wolves (W9 D3), going down 1-0 in January 2022 under Ralf Rangnick.
- Following their 2-0 win on Boxing Day, Wolves are looking to complete their first league double over Manchester United since 1979-80.
- Manchester United have won all four of their home league games played on Easter Sunday by an aggregate score of 9-1. Meanwhile, this is Wolves’ first ever league match played on the day.
- Man Utd have lost 14 Premier League games this season, equalling their total from last season; last losing more league games in 1989-90 (16). On 38 points and with six games to go, they are guaranteed their lowest points total in the Premier League era even if they end the season on a six game winning run, with 58 in 2021-22 their current lowest.
- Wolves have won their last four Premier League games, their best top-flight winning run since January 1972. They last had a longer winning streak in the top division in September/October 1970 (six in a row).
- Ruben Amorim has lost 10 of his first 21 Premier League games as Manchester United manager (W6 D5). It’s the fewest games for a Red Devils boss to lose 10 league games since John Chapman back in January 1922 (13).
- Victory for Wolves in this game would put them level on points with Manchester United in the Premier League table with 38 apiece. Ahead of Vitor Pereira’s first game in charge on 22 December, they trailed the Red Devils by 13 points.
- Since Ruben Amorim’s first game in charge on 24 November, only Spurs (18), Ipswich (13), Leicester (8) and Southampton (6) have won fewer points than Manchester United (23). He’s already lost more league games by 3+ goals as United boss (2) than he did in 167 games in the Primeira Liga (1).
- Alejandro Garnacho has scored two goals across his last four Premier League appearances for Manchester United, as many as he had in his previous 23 combined. The Argentinian has never scored in consecutive games in the competition.
- Matheus Cunha has scored 14 Premier League goals for Wolves this season, with Raúl Jiménez the only player with more in a season for the club (17 in 2019-20). He is looking to become the third Brazilian player with 15 goals in a season, along with Roberto Firmino in 2017-18 for Liverpool and Gabriel Martinelli in 2022-23 for Arsenal (15 each).
