Wolves welcome Manchester United to Molineux on Boxing Day as two newly-arrived Portuguese managers look to instigate a turnaround in fortunes for their sides.
The Vitor Pereira era got off to a fine start on Sunday as Wolves produced one of their best performances of the season, a 3-0 dispatching of Leicester clearing up much of the chaos that had led to Gary O’Neil’s exit. The veteran manager has waited more than a decade for another Premier League opportunity having narrowly missed out on the Everton job in 2013 and is desperate to make the most of it, with victory here lifting the club out of the relegation zone with Leicester not in action until later.
The visitors, meanwhile, concluded their efforts before Christmas with a poor showing against Bournemouth. A seventh defeat of the season leaves Manchester United languishing in the bottom half and with tough fixtures against Liverpool and Newcastle to come over the next few days, Ruben Amorim may need a result here to generate some momentum heading into the back half of the season.
Follow all of the latest updates from Molineux in our live blog below:
Wolves 1-0 Man Utd
90+6 min: A moment of relief for Wolves, as Cunha dribbles forwards and buys a free-kick from Dalot. Time is ticking away.
Wolves 1-0 Man Utd
90+5 min: Antony’s attempted cross from the right is terrible and easily cleared. In the centre circle, Maguire clearly handles the ball and the whole of Molineux screams for a free-kick, but the referee and his officials somehow miss it! United come again…
Wolves 1-0 Man Utd
90+3 min: Wolves make two more changes. Strand Larsen and Semedo are off; Dawson and Bellegarde are on.
Wolves 1-0 Man Utd
90+1 min: A decent delivery by Eriksen is flicked clear for a corner on the far side, which Eriksen takes too, but Wolves deal with it and smash the ball upfield, where Cunha hustles a throw-in from Mazraoui.
There will be eight minutes added on.
Wolves 1-0 Man Utd
90 min: Garnacho dribbles at Doherty on the left wing, who panics and chops down the forward. That’s rash, Doherty is booked, and United have a chance to deliver from wide…
Wolves 1-0 Man Utd
87 min: Wolves are defending anxiously in their own box, swiping the ball clear rather than keeping hold of it, and it’s allowing United to keep coming. After a flurry of attacks, finally the whistle stops play when Sa catches a high ball and Maguire clatters into him.
Wolves 1-0 Man Utd
85 min: Ait-Nouri is replaced by Rodrigo Gomes at left-wingback.
Wolves 1-0 Man Utd
84 min: Antony dribbles into the box and finds Eriksen, whose backheel into the Brazilian’s path is intercepted. Wolves are holding firm but United are really pushing here despite the one-man deficit.