Wolverhampton Wanderers return to league action this afternoon with a trip to North London to face a turbulent Arsenal side at the Emirates Stadium.
Last time out, Nuno Santo’s men extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to a fifth straight game, which includes a shock victory over reigning champions Manchester City.
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The west Midlands club occupy 12th position having lost only two matches, which puts them alongside four of the top five in terms of defeats, so it’s clear to see that they draw too often.
That needs to change, and the Portuguese native can do so by electing for the subsequent formation…
In the three matches before their midweek Carabao Cup tie, Wolves started the game out in a 3-5-2 before switching to their Championship-winning 3-4-3 system.
The one recurring issue was that they went behind using the first formation in all three games, and they only found a way back into the match when Nuno changed things up.
Therefore, it makes sense to begin this one with the formation that has been working much better.
This means that Adama Traore and Diogo Jota will operate in the half-spaces behind striker Raul Jimenez.
Matt Doherty keeps his place in the starting XI, but only this time, he begins at his natural right wing-back position while Ruben Vinagre is preferred to Jonny just like he was in the City victory.
The most significant change will be the absence of Joao Moutinho, who Nuno has started in nine of their ten matches.
The pair of Ruben Neves and Leander Dendoncker will give Wolves some defensive stability over Arsenal’s midfield three, thus allowing their attacks to come through the wing-backs more often.
As seen in the Belgian’s change to centre-back in the Newcastle game and the fact that his Portuguese partner has been playing too deep this season anyway.
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Perhaps a controversial choice, but one that can pay dividends if it works out.
Much of the talk will be over who replaces Willy Boly after his severe leg injury – the Wolves chief clearly doesn’t fancy either Jesus Vallejo or Max Kilman after they both were on the bench versus Newcastle so Romain Saiss and the returning Ryan Bennett should play either side of skipper Conor Coady.
The 29-year-old should be good to go after returning to training last week.
