Wolves vs Bournemouth prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-04-23 18:45.
[p]Swiftly dissipating into mid-table obscurity, Wolverhampton Wanderers have little but pride and places to play for until the end of the season, as they probably sit too far away from the European places to make a realistic challenge. Head coach Gary O’Neil will still hope his men can finish the season well, especially as they are enduring a rotten five-match league run without victory (D2, L3) after Saturday’s 2-0 home loss to Arsenal.[/p]
[p]They might have won marginally more points on home soil than on their travels this season (24 vs 19), but Wolves have now lost their last three matches at Molineux following that weekend defeat – conceding at least twice in all of those. Many will expect a resurgent performance here though, as the Old Gold haven’t lost four or more consecutive home games since 2021![/p]
[p]Providing the opposition are Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth, who sit just one place below Wolves and as such are just trying their best to see out the season strongly. The Cherries do come into this on the back of a poor three-game winless run (D1, L2) after relinquishing a 1-0 lead to lose 3-1 at Aston Villa at the weekend, although their Spanish boss did concede that the opposition “were on another level.”[/p]
[p]The Cherries now seek to avoid the ignominy of losing three straight Premier League away games for the first time since November. Slipping from a position of power seems to be an emerging trend with Bournemouth’s away adventures, as they’ve scored first and failed to win in three of their last four trips (W1, D1, L2), whilst they have won less than half of all league games when scoring first this term (W8, D5, L5). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Wolves’ Hwang Hee-Chan is yet to make a real impact since his return from injury, although he did score the decisive goal in his last two scoring appearances. As for Bournemouth, Antoine Semenyo could contribute to a rip roaring affair with three of his last four scoring appearances coming in games which saw both teams net at least twice. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Five of the last seven H2Hs produced under 2.5 total goals. [/p]