Date: Thursday February 11th
Kick off: 17.30
Venue: Molineux
On Thursday Wolves welcome Southampton to Molineux for their FA Cup 5th round tie.
To get to this stage of the competition, Saints have played and beaten Shrewsbury Town and Arsenal. Wolves are in the 5th round courtesy of wins over Crystal Palace and Chorley.
Ralph Hasenhuttl is in the process of restoring confidence in his players after their 9-0 hammering at Old Trafford last week. It is a process that he has been through before as he was in the same situation in October 2019 following the 9-0 thrashing they received from Leicester.
Wolves come into the game on the back of a 2-1 home win against Arsenal and a 0-0 home draw against Leicester. As a result Nunos players are playing with some confidence again after a poor run of games.
Southampton followed their defeat at Old Trafford with a 3-2 defeat away to Newcastle meaning that they have lost their last 5 league games in a row.
Both sides have players missing but Wolves have the bonus of the return of wingback Jonny Otto who has returned to full training following cruciate ligament surgery and played 45 minutes against Leicester. On the other side of the coin, 2 more key players have joined the Wolves injury list. Centre back Willy Boly is out for several weeks with a hamstring problem and forward Daniel Podence is also sidelined due to an Adductor muscle strain.
The game will be shown live on BT Sport
Gem’s prediction 2-1
Wolves v Saints match preview
posted on 11/2/21
and if you told the (american) kids that they'd never believe you
posted on 11/2/21
Last time Wolves played Southampton at Molineux in the FA Cup we won 3-0. Mind you that was 1914. Don’t know what memories some of our older posters have of that game
posted on 11/2/21
comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
Last time Wolves played Southampton at Molineux in the FA Cup we won 3-0. Mind you that was 1914. Don’t know what memories some of our older posters have of that game
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I remember it was really busy in the Molineux Hotel bar before the game. Rushed off our feet. Big Albert the copper had to evict a few.
posted on 11/2/21
yeh it was a good game , didn't have to pay as i wasn't born yet and could give the away fans a good thumpimg for beating us 6-0 in my daughters first wolves game 90 years into the future......
and if you told the kids of today they'd never believe you
posted on 11/2/21
Just seen a tweet from Vitinha, "focused on the FA Cup" he says. Im guessing that means he's been told he'll start.
posted on 11/2/21
Have to say I’ve been a bit underwhelmed by Vitinha so far other than that goal at Chorley. Looks talented but not done enough. Bit of an MGW Mark 2.
Let’s hope he proves his worth in the next few months
posted on 11/2/21
early days to judge vitinha
posted on 11/2/21
He had one poor game (they all did) but I think he looks promising.
posted on 11/2/21
comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 6 hours, 24 minutes ago
Saw an article today which compared the points each team in the premier league has this season compared to the points they had after the same number of games last season.
Liverpool are the biggest sufferers and have 27 points less than last season. Sheff Utd are 22 points down and Wolves are third biggest points down with 7. Really don’t think that’s any big deal at all considering the number of injuries.
Biggest gainers compared to last season are West Ham then Villa, Everton and Man Utd
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I find that quite amazing given how poorly we have been playing and given the terrible run we have been on. Shows how tight the prem can be but hard to compare seasons as each is entirely different in it's make up.
For example we have lost ten this term compared to five at the same stage last term. The bottom three all have fewer points than the bottom club last term. Villa have more points than we had at this stage and have played two fewer games etc.
posted on 11/2/21
I think any other season the b0ggie5 would have been relegated by now? There is a lot at stake tonight if we want to keep our season interesting.
A cup final really would be something.