Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Manchester United: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

Having won three of their first five Premier League home games against Man Utd (L2), Wolves are now winless in their last five, losing the last four in a row (D1).

Manchester United have won seven of their last eight Premier League games against Wolves, with the exception being a 1-0 home defeat in January 2022.

In both Premier League and English Football League history, Manchester United have won more games and scored more goals on Boxing Day than any other side (22 wins, 74 goals in the Premier League, 54 wins, 202 goals all time).

Wolves are unbeaten in their last seven Boxing Day league games (W5 D2), having lost 11 of their 14 such games before this (W1 D2). This is only their third Boxing Day match since their return to the Premier League in 2018 (W1 D1).

Manchester United have only failed to score in one of their last 30 Boxing Day league games, a 2-0 loss at Stoke City in 2015. However, they’ve also conceded at least once in each of their last 10 such matches, their longest run without a clean sheet on December 26th.

Wolves won 3-0 at Leicester in their first Premier League match under Vítor Pereira last time out. The last manager to win both of his first two top-flight games in charge of Wolves was Sammy Chung in August 1977.

Manchester United have lost three of their six Premier League games under Ruben Amorim (W2 D1), with those defeats coming in their last four matches.

Wolves have conceded a league-high 16 goals from set-piece situations in the Premier League this season (excluding penalties), while Manchester United have shipped a league-high share 41% of their goals from such situations this term (9/22).

Matheus Cunha has been involved in nine goals in his last nine Premier League games, scoring six and assisting three. Overall he’s had a hand in 20 goals in 2024 (15 goals, 5 assists), the second most by a Wolves player in a single calendar year in the Premier League after Raúl Jiménez (24 in 2019).

With four goals and six assists, Amad Diallo has been involved in 10 goals in his last 11 appearances for Manchester United in all competitions. Overall, only Bruno Fernandes (16) has been involved in more goals for the Red Devils this term than the 22-year-old (12 – 5 goals, 7 assists).