{"id":658508,"date":"2025-08-23T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=658508"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:55:43","slug":"wolves-predicted-lineup-bournemouth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/23\/wolves-predicted-lineup-bournemouth-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Predicted Lineup Vs Bournemouth for August 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers travel to The Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth in matchweek two of the Premier League. Wolves are looking to bounce back after a heavy defeat to Manchester City. Under the guidance of V\u00edtor Pereira, they look to improve on their 16th-place finish last season and need to get some points on the board against the Cherries to kick that off. Here is our Wolves predicted lineup.<\/p>\n<h2>Wolves Predicted Lineup Vs Bournemouth in Key Match<\/h2>\n<h3>How Wolves Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n<p>Last time out against Man City, Wolves stuck with their 3-4-2-1 formation with Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 in goal, and a back three of Matt Doherty, Emmanuel Agbadou, and Toti Gomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/19\/wolves-sign-jackson-tchatchoua\/\" target=\"_self\">Wolves Strengthen Defence With Signing Of Cameroon International<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The midfield four consisted of David M\u00f8ller Wolfe, Jo\u00e3o Gomes, Andr\u00e9, and Ki-Jana Hoever. The forward line was made up of Marshall Munetsi, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, and J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen.<\/p>\n<h3>Wolves Recent Form And Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>Wolves&#8217; season started under a bit of a cloud with a 4-0 thrashing at home to Manchester City, although there were positives, Wolves looked bright and caused problems for the first half hour until the defence collapsed, showcasing the defensive vulnerabilities and lack of firepower up front.<\/p>\n<p>Tactically, Pereira uses a 3-4-2-1 system with wing-backs that can transition from defensive to attack. He looks to build from the back using a three-centre-back set-up, aiming for compactness and fluid connections through the midfield four. Yet inconsistencies in pressing, pressing triggers, and shape retention remain concerns, as exposure to rapid counterattacks exposed them against City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/22\/wolves-agree-ladislav-krejci-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Wolves Agree Huge Deal for \u2018Commanding\u2019 Centre-Back With \u2018Incredible\u2019 Goal Record<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pereira had this to say during the pre-match <a  href=\"https:\/\/tv.wolves.co.uk\/player?nId=15428&amp;eId=0_fp4m4pmv\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to improve a lot of things (from the City game). We did some good things and know what we must correct. When we make a mistake against these kinds of players, they score.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Injuries To Consider<\/h3>\n<p>Wolves don&#8217;t face any selection issues going into the game against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<h3>Wolves Predicted Lineup Vs Bournemouth<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GK: Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Defence: Matt Doherty, Emmanuel Agbadou, &amp; Toti Gomes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Midfield: David M\u00f8ller Wolfe, Jo\u00e3o Gomes, Andr\u00e9, &amp; Ki-Jana Hoever<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Forwards: Marshall Munetsi, Jhon Arias, &amp; J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers travel to The Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth in matchweek two of the Premier League. Wolves are looking to bounce back after a heavy defeat to Manchester City. Under the guidance of V\u00edtor Pereira, they look to improve on their 16th-place finish last season and need to get some points on the board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":652748,"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":[2510,9,3,1831],"tags":[1555],"class_list":["post-658508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wolves","category-bournemouth","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\/658508","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=658508"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":658536,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658508\/revisions\/658536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}