Liverpool vs Wolves prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-12-26 15:00.
[p]Liverpool spent Christmas outside the top four despite a massive uptick in performance, while winless Wolves will be feeling anything but festive.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time since September and three successive wins in all competitions show Arne Slot’s men have seemingly turned a corner, as the defending champions aim to round off what’s been a successful 2025 on a positive note. The Reds usually thrive at this time of year, having won 17 of their last 20 top-flight matches between Christmas and New Year’s day (D2, L1), while at Anfield they’re unbeaten in 31 of their last 32 league outings played between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve (W25, D6), although that sole defeat did ominously come against Wolves in 2010![/p]
[p]Wolves probably can’t wait for the year to end, after their 2-0 defeat to Brentford last weekend meant the negative records kept on tumbling. That stretched their winless streak in the Premier League to 21 games (D3, L18), with only three teams ever going on longer runs without victory in the competition’s history. Their two points from their 17 league games this term (D2, L15) means they could potentially become just the second side in English Football League history to record as few points 18 matches into a season after Newport County in 1970/71, and join the Bolton Wanderers side of 1902/03 as the only team to open a top-flight campaign without winning any of their first 18 games.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]It’s been one-way traffic in favour of the Reds, who’ve won 16 of the last 17 league-held H2Hs (L1).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Liverpool have scored just two first-half goals in their last ten matches. [/p]
[p]Fifteen of Liverpool’s 17 Premier League games this term were won by the team scoring first.[/p]
[p]Each of Wolves’ last seven matches stood level at half-time, six of which were goalless.[/p]
[p]Pre-round, Wolves have conceded the most and scored the least second-half Premier League goals this season.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Liverpool’s Hugo Ekitiké has netted five goals in his last three league outings, with four of those strikes arriving after half-time. Wolves’ Hwang Hee-chan will be hoping to make an earlier impact here with six of his last eight club goals coming before half-time.[/p]
[p]Liverpool saw Conor Bradley and Alexander Isak hobble off against Spurs, with Isak set for an extended spell on the sidelines. Dominik Szoboszlai will also be missing for the Reds through suspension, while Wolves had to do without Toti last weekend.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The Reds will be out to prove their recent form isn’t down to luck, so backing Liverpool to win without conceding seems a great bet. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Peter Stavrinou[/i][/p]