Wolves v Manchester United: Premier League: Molineux 19 Aug 19: Kick off 20:00 BST
Match Line
Wolves +0.25 Goals @ 1.96
Man Utd -0.25 Goals @ 1.96
Goal line
Over 2.25 Goals @ 1.85
Under 2.25 Goals @ 2.05
Monday evening sees the match of the weekend when Wolves host Manchester United at Molineux.
Wolves returned to the Premier league last season and really made their presence felt under the guidance of Nuno Santo where they finished 7th.
Last Sunday they got off the mark gaining a point at Leicester after drawing 0-0.
Wolves home record to the Top 6 sides reads a very respectable W3, D1, L2 and they won last seasons corresponding fixture 2-1. Indeed if we extend this to look at Wolves home matches last season against the Top half sides it reads W5, D2, L2
Manchester United made the perfect start to their 2019/20 campaign by defeating Chelsea 4-0 at Old Trafford and although it is far too early to be jumping to conclusions. There definitely seems to be more optimism regarding the Red Devils prospects than there was before the Chelsea match.
Manchester United’s recent away record to Top half finishing sides reads an underwhelming W3, D1, L6
On the Match line I am going with the home side. It seems when playing at Molineux, the better the opposition the better Wolves seem to perform.
Also when looking at the last 5 seasons where Top half finishing sides hosted Top 6 finishing sides in the first 6 home matches of the season. In 79 matches the record reads W23, D27, L29
My ratings are suggesting some small value siding with Wolves to avoid defeat.
Goal Markets
As far as the goal markets are concerned then the stats suggest a leaning to Over 2.5 goals. When looking at Wolves 6 games at home to the Top 6 finishing sides last season. 4 matches finished with 3 or more goals. In the case of Manchester United 7 of their last 10 away to Top half sides finished over 2.5 goals.
When looking at the previously mention 79 matches involving Top half sides hosting the Top 6, 41 finished with 3 or more goals and only 15 finishing with 1 or less. 23 games finished with exactly 2 goals.
With the goal line set at 2.25 my ratings are suggesting that the value lies with overs and the above stats back this up. Over 2.25 goals can be backed at 1.85 and this is my selection for the game
Selection: Over 2.25 goals @ 1.85
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