📏 Form Guide

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Wolves, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 6-1 FA Cup success over Shrewsbury Town.

In that match, Wolverhampton Wanderers managed 67% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. For Wolverhampton Wanderers, the goalscorers were Jorgen Strand Larsen (9', 41', 58'), Jhon Arias (11'), Gomes (86') and Tolu Arokodare (92'). On the other side, Shrewsbury Town got 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target. John Marquis (26') was the scorer for Shrewsbury Town.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Wolverhampton Wanderers have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Wolverhampton Wanderers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 7 goals in the process. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Ahead of this meeting, Wolverhampton Wanderers have left without a victory over Newcastle United in their last 8 league games.

Newcastle United

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Manchester City in EFL Cup action, Newcastle United and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Newcastle United managed 42% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Manchester City got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Antoine Semenyo (53') and Rayan Cherki (98') scored for Manchester City.

The numbers tell their own story, and Newcastle United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 10 goals in all. Defensively, Newcastle United have seen their frailties exposed.

Coming into this fixture, Newcastle United haven't been beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Checking on past results between these clubs stretching back to 12/03/2023 tells us that these fixtures have not been kind to Wolves. They’ve not been able to get any victories at all whereas Newcastle United have simply been better than them, getting wins in 83 per cent of those matches.

A total of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 from Wolves and 13 belonging to The Magpies. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league encounter between the two was Premier League match day 4 on 13/09/2025 which ended up with the score at Newcastle United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In that game, Newcastle United managed 57% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Nick Woltemade (29').

At the other end, Wolverhampton Wanderers had 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Chris Kavanagh.

🗞️ Team News: Wolves

It seems likely that Wolves may well line up in a 3-5-2 formation this time with Jose Sa, Yerson Mosquera, Santiago Bueno, Ladislav Krejci, Jackson Tchatchoua, Joao Gomes, Andre, Mateus Mane, Hugo Bueno, Tolu Arokodare and Hee-Chan Hwang.

ℹ️ Team News: Newcastle United

We are inclined to think that The Magpies could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Lewis Hall, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Harvey Barnes, Nick Woltemade and Anthony Gordon.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Wolverhampton Wanderers might have a difficult job to find the net against this Newcastle United side who should be able to grind out a win.

Therefore, we predict a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 victory for Newcastle United at the end of the 90.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

Renata Leite, 13:05 18/01/2026