Seeking a fourth straight home win at the expense of their visitors’ European hopes, Wolverhampton Wanderers take on Brighton & Hove Albion in Saturday’s Premier League battle at Molineux.
The hosts’ six-game victorious sequence came to an end in last Friday’s 1-0 loss to Manchester City, while the Seagulls conceded a last-gasp leveller in a 1-1 draw with Newcastle United, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Out: Sasa Kalajdzic (knee), Enso Gonzalez (knee), Yerson Mosquera (knee), Leon Chiwone (knee), Sam Johnstone (unspecified)
Doubtful: Jorgen Strand Larsen (calf)
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Sa; Doherty, Agbadou, Toti; Semedo, Andre, Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Munetsi, Cunha; Larsen
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
Out: Joao Pedro (suspended), James Milner (thigh), Georginio Rutter (ankle), Ferdi Kadioglu (ankle)
Doubtful: Kaoru Mitoma (heel)
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Verbruggen; Veltman, Dunk, Van Hecke, Estupinan; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, O’Riley, Mitoma; Welbeck
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