EPL: Hammers attack Wolves

Wolves vs. West Ham
Venue: Molineux
Kick off: 4PM

West Ham United will be looking to continue their excellent start to the 2021-22 Premier League season when they head to Molineux this afternoon to face Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The high-flying Hammers are currently third in the table, three points behind leaders Chelsea, while Wolves occupy eighth position, just one point off sixth-placed Manchester United.

Wolves struggled for results in the early stages of the campaign, losing four of their first five Premier League matches, which brought some early pressure on new head coach Bruno Lage.

The West Midlands outfit have been victorious in four of their last six in the league, though, suffering just one defeat in the process, which has seen them rise into eighth spot in the table, just one point behind sixth-placed Manchester United ahead of the next set of fixtures.

Wolves had been on a five-game unbeaten run between September 26 and November 6 but entered the international break off the back of a 2-0 loss at Crystal Palace, which just halted their progress.

Lage’s team will be feeling much better about themselves following a tough start to the season, though, and will be looking to return to winning ways against West Ham, having lost their last two matches against the London club, including a 3-2 defeat at Molineux back in April.

West Ham, meanwhile, have won seven, drawn two and lost two of their 11 league matches this season to collect 23 points, which has left them third in the table, level on points with second-placed Man City and just three points behind leaders Chelsea.

The Hammers recorded a 3-2 victory over Liverpool before the international break, which made it seven matches unbeaten in all competitions, with the capital outfit also advancing to the knockout round of the Europa League with two matches to spare, in addition to booking their spot in the EFL Cup quarter-finals.

West Ham have two difficult away league matches to end the month, following this contest with a clash against Man City, while David Moyes’s team will also welcome Chelsea at the start of December.

The London club finished sixth in the table last season, just two points outside of the Champions League positions, and they certainly have the look of a top-four side at this moment in time.

West Ham, as mentioned, will be eyeing a third straight win over Wolves, but they did suffer four straight defeats to the West Midlands outfit between September 2018 and June 2020.

Wolves possible XI: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Neves, Moutinho, Ait-Nouri, Podence, Jimenez, Hee-Chan.

West Ham possible XI: Fabianski, Johnson, Zouma, Dawson, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Bowen, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio.