Wolves v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live
Share:
Let’s unpack those teams a bit. Wolves are much changed! Pedro Lima gets his Premier League debut (he has played twice in the League Cup this season) while Rodrigo Gomes, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Goncalo Guedes and Tommy Doyle all come back into the XI. Matheus Cunha is a big miss, he’s suspended. It’s not immediately clear who is captain, and Wolves have not announced that on their social media channels either.
Murillo and Callum Hudson-Odoi return for the visitors, having missed the win at Everton through injury. A big plus for Nuno. Wolves: José Sa, Doherty, Bueno, Ait Nouri, Pedro Lima, Doyle, Joao Gomes, Rodrigo Gomes, Goncalo Guedes, Hwang, Larsen. Subs: Johnstone, Lemina, Sarabia, Forbs, Bellegarde, Meupiyou, Cundle, Pond, Okoduwa.
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Dominguez, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood. Subs: Carlos Miguel, Morato, Awoniyi, Ward-Prowse, Alex, Jota Silva, Yates, Sosa, Boly. Referee: Peter Bankes. It may not be a surprise to learn that there are more Portuguese managers (four) in the Premier League than English ones (three). Two of them – Vítor Pereira and Nuno Espírito Santo – meet today, with the latter returning to the club and the city he called home between 2017-2021.
Wolves under Nuno were brilliant: promoted from the Championship in his first season, he then secured back-to-back seventh-placed finishes in his first two seasons in the top flight before a mid-table campaign rounded off his time in the Midlands. Nuno bought well, largely compatriots including Diogo Jota, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Rui Patrício, as well as Raúl Jiménez (albeit from Portuguese giants Benfica), Adama Traoré (from Middlesbrough) and Max Kilman (from non-league Maidenhead United). With that squad, plus academy graduate Morgan Gibbs-White, it is easy to see why Wolves qualified for the Europa League.
