{"id":654891,"date":"2025-05-20T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=654891"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:38:38","slug":"wolves-predicted-lineup-crystal-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/05\/20\/wolves-predicted-lineup-crystal-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Predicted Lineup Vs Crystal Palace for May 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers travel to Selhurst Park on May 20 in their final away game of the season. Wolves have managed to secure top-flight safety under V\u00edtor Pereira with games to spare, a remarkable turnaround after a dismal start to the campaign. While Crystal Palace will be fresh from their FA Cup triumph against Manchester City, Wolves will be eager to end the season on a high note. Here is our Wolves predicted lineup.<\/p>\n<h2>Wolves Predicted Lineup Vs Crystal Palace As Visitors Look To Cut Cup Celebrations Short<\/h2>\n<h3>How Wolves Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n<p>Pereira has consistently deployed a 3-4-2-1 formation, emphasising defensive stability and quick transitions. Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 has frequently held onto his number 1 spot. The back three typically features Matt Doherty, Toti Gomes, and Emmanuel Agbadou, with Rayan A\u00eft-Nouri and N\u00e9lson Semedo operating as wing-backs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/05\/16\/sasa-kaladzic-hints-exit\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8216;I Don&#8217;t Want To Rule Anything Out&#8217; Striker Hints At Summer Exit From Wolves<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In midfield, Jo\u00e3o Gomes and Andr\u00e9 have formed a reliable partnership, while Marshall Munetsi and Matheus Cunha provide creativity behind striker J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen.<\/p>\n<h3>Wolves Recent Form And Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>Since Pereira&#8217;s appointment in December 2024, Wolves have experienced a dramatic upturn in form, collecting 32 points from 20 games, including a historic six-match winning streak that ensured their Premier League survival. The team&#8217;s defensive record has also improved significantly, with the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/news\/4288351#:~:text=He%20has%20effectively%20halved%20that,their%2016%20matches%20under%20Pereira.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">average goals conceded<\/a> dropping from 2.5 per game to 1.3<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: <\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/05\/08\/wolves-to-offer-new-contract-to-key-starter\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wolves<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Preparing New Contract For Key Player To Fend Off Manchester United And Liverpool<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Molineux club has seen their winning streak come to an end after a narrow defeat to Manchester City and a 2-0 loss to <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I7IIZNCKFaU\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brighton<\/a> in their last two games. Wolves will be hoping to bounce back in their remaining fixtures and claim as many points as possible, ending the season on a high note before a potential summer rebuild.<\/p>\n<h3>Injuries To Consider<\/h3>\n<p>Strand Larsen is expected to return to the starting lineup after making an appearance from the bench against Brighton. Enso Gonzalez and Sasa Kalajdzic played a behind-closed-doors game last week, but are still not ready to play first-team football. Yerson Mosquera remains sidelined with an ACL injury. <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NathanJudah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pereira<\/a> said during the pre-match press conference: &#8220;Tommy Doyle and Sam Johnstone, not big injuries, they need to clean up small issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Wolves Predicted Lineup Vs Crystal Palace<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GK: Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Defence: Nasser Djiga, Emmanuel Agbadou, &amp; Toti Gomes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Midfield: Pedro Lima, Jo\u00e3o Gomes, Andr\u00e9, &amp; Rayan A\u00eft-Nouri<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Forwards: Marshall Munetsi, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, &amp; J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers travel to Selhurst Park on May 20 in their final away game of the season. Wolves have managed to secure top-flight safety under V\u00edtor Pereira with games to spare, a remarkable turnaround after a dismal start to the campaign. While Crystal Palace will be fresh from their FA Cup triumph against Manchester City, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":638778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2510,3,1831],"tags":[1555],"class_list":["post-654891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wolves","category-premier-league","category-starting-line-up","tag-wolves"],"modified_by":"Henry Chung, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654891"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654911,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654891\/revisions\/654911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}