In this week 21 match on the 3rd of January, Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers will play a match in Manchester in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 6th placed Manchester United, recorded a 3-1 win against Burnley. Scott McTominay struck first for Manchester United in the 8th minute on a feed from Cristiano Ronaldo, then Ben Mee added another on an own goal in the 27th minute. Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Wolverhampton Wanderers is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Chelsea. Neither Wolverhampton Wanderers nor Chelsea could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 5 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Wolverhampton Wanderers is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United last played eachother at the Molineux Stadium on Aug 29th. Manchester United won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 31000 fans. Mason Greenwood scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 80th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Wolverhampton Wanderers was frustrated by Manchester United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester United ended the match with the shutout victory. Cristiano Ronaldo has been the most prolific scorer on Manchester United in the last 5 matches with 2 goals
Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United squad will be without Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba, Victor Lindelöf, Edinson Cavani, Nemanja Matić and Bruno Fernandes, while Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento’s squad will be without Fábio Silva, Jonny Castro, Pedro Neto, Rayan Aït Nouri and Yerson Mosquera.