Tips for match Wolverhampton — Manchester United
Wolverhampton - Manchester United, if not the loudest match in terms of the sign, then certainly in terms of unpredictability - the hosts recently fired the coach and after that finally scored 3 points, and Amorim is just starting to build their team in Manchester. But it is in the match of two unstable teams that have strong players in attack that a large number of goals are often recorded.
Wolves, unexpectedly (if we take into account the forecasts before the start of the season), are in 18th place in the Premier League with 12 points, ahead of Ipswich only by the difference in goals scored and conceded. And it was quite logical to fire Harry O'Neill, who, although a strong coach, clearly just did not work out in the "Portuguese-English" club. It is not to say that the team played poorly, but a huge series of failures in matches due to the carelessness of the players or simply lack of luck lowered the strong middle peasant of past seasons to the bottom of the tournament table.
The “wolves” have quite a strong squad, with which they can compete if not for European cups, then certainly not fall into the relegation zone. Cunha is generally one of the most popular players in fantasy leagues, and with the new coach he should open up even more. After Vitor Pereira came to the club, they immediately won Leicester away with a score of 0-3, and won more than confidently not only by the score, but also by the game. Yes, Leicester is also in crisis, they just changed the coach, but the starting positions were the same. What is worth noting is that in the last 10 matches, Wolverhampton failed to score only once, then they lost to Everton 0-4 despite having more possession of the ball, giving more accurate passes and only 2 fewer shots on target. And the total over 2.5 did not happen only once, the trend of “high” matches will definitely continue, because Pereira will not be able to strengthen the defense in a couple of weeks, but adding motivation and improving the psychology in terms of attacks is no problem.
Manchester United continues to rebuild, although it would be more correct to say “cleaning up”, after Ten Hag and his “magnificent” tactical decisions, transfers and wrinkled suit. Amorim will probably be given time and will not be pressured with demands for results until the second half of the season, so why MU is the favorite according to bookmakers in this match is a big mystery to me. Bookmakers give 1.9 on MU, who 1) play away, 2) in the last 5 away matches in all tournaments have won only against Viktoria Plzen and Manchester City, which is falling into the abyss.
But what is more important for us in order to place a bet on the Wolverhampton - Manchester United match is the statistics of goals in general for the match. United have not played with “Total Over 2.5” only twice in their last 10 games in all tournaments, 2-0 against Arsenal and 1-1 against Ipswich. And here Wolves are super-motivated, the inability (at least judging by the last 3 matches) of MU defenders to play with 3 central ones, so the trend of TB 2.5 will repeat itself.
Sportwars.net forecast for the match Wolverhampton - Manchester United, 12/26/24: Total Over 2.5 (3 or more goals will be scored in the match), odds 1.63.
Prediction for the exact score: 2-2, odds 11.