FM Preview: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United 18 Mar 2012

Last updated : 17 March 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United fixture

Manchester United face a trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Sunday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 48 games played, Red Devils have recorded 15 wins, and Wolverhampton Wanderers have come away with 24 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Molineux was just last season, in February 2011, the Wolves carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premier League match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 10 Dec Man. Utd. 4 - 1 Wolves Premier League
2010/2011 Sat 05 Feb Wolves 2-1 Man. Utd. Premier League
2010/2011 Sat 06 Nov Man. Utd. 2 - 1 Wolves Premier League
2010/2011 Tue 26 Oct Man. Utd. 3 - 2 Wolves League Cup
2009/2010 Sat 06 Mar Wolves 0 - 1 Man. Utd. Premier League
2009/2010 Tue 15 Dec Man. Utd. 3 - 0 Wolves Premier League
2009/2010 Wed 23 Sep Man. Utd. 1 - 0 Wolves League Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Wolverhampton Wanderers could not have a worse home record, losing every single one of the last six matches played! While Wolves have scored 4, a worringly large 16 have been leaked at the other end.

Manchester United's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Red Devils, and 6 goals against.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 22 points from their 28 games thus far.

Manchester United are leading the way in the Barclays Premier League, with their 28 games giving them a return of 67 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 1 1 4 5 18 4
Manchester United 6 3 0 3 11 9 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Manchester United are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Wolverhampton Wanderers Been beaten in each of their previous 6 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 8 home matches.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Manchester United 5 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 9 outings ago.

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