{"id":658656,"date":"2025-08-26T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=658656"},"modified":"2025-08-26T05:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:03:00","slug":"wolves-predicted-lineup-west-ham-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/26\/wolves-predicted-lineup-west-ham-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Predicted Lineup vs West Ham For August 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wolverhampton Wanderers host West Ham United at Molineux in the second round of the Carabao Cup. After a stuttering start to their Premier League campaign, this fixture offers a chance to inject some momentum into their season. With West Ham under pressure themselves, this game is primed for Wolves to assert some control and get their first goal of the season. Here is our Wolves predicted lineup.<\/p>\n

Wolves Predicted Lineup Vs West Ham As Two Struggling Teams Go Head To Head<\/h2>\n

How Wolves Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n

Since the start of the season, V\u00edtor Pereira has largely stuck with a back-three system, which morphs into a back five when out of possession. Jos\u00e9 Sa has been ever-present in goal, while David M\u00f8ller Wolfe and Ki-Jana Hoever have been used as wing-backs. At the back, Toti Gomes, Emmanuel Agbadou, and Matt Doherty have been regulars.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> Jose Mourinho \u2018Opens Talks\u2019 for West Ham United \u2018Monster\u2019 in Four-Way European Race<\/a><\/p>\n

In midfield, Jo\u00e3o Gomes has started both games, while Jean-Ricner Bellegarde started against Bournemouth over Andr\u00e9. Marshall Munetsi and Jhon Arias have been given license to support the attack, and J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen has operated as the lone striker.<\/p>\n

Wolves Recent Form And Tactics<\/h3>\n

Wolves’ struggles have been clear to see in the opening two weeks of the Premier League. The 1-0 loss to Bournemouth<\/a> has left them without a point or a goal, and Toti’s red card only added to their frustrations.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> Wolves Agree Huge Deal for \u2018Commanding\u2019 Centre-Back With \u2018Incredible\u2019 Goal Record<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite the poor results, Pereira has stressed the importance of work ethic and organisation. His side has looked compact defensively in spells but lacked creativity in the final third. The expectation against West Ham is that he will use his usual 3-4-2-1 system, looking to stay solid at the back but then break forward through the wing-backs and midfield transition. This tie may also allow the attacking players to play with more freedom as they search for the elusive first goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Injuries And Suspensions To Consider<\/h3>\n

Toti Gomes will be suspended due to his red card against Bournemouth. Ki-Jana Hoever was also substituted due to injury in the first half of the game and is unlikely to feature.<\/p>\n

Wolves Predicted Lineup Vs West Ham<\/h3>\n

GK: Sam Johnstone<\/span><\/p>\n

Defence: Matt Doherty, Emmanuel Agbadou, & Santiago Bueno<\/p>\n

Midfield: Hugo Bueno, Marshall Munetsi, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, & Rodrigo Gomes<\/span><\/p>\n

Forwards: Fer L\u00f3pez, Jhon Arias, & J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wolverhampton Wanderers host West Ham United at Molineux in the second round of the Carabao Cup. After a stuttering start to their Premier League campaign, this fixture offers a chance to inject some momentum into their season. With West Ham under pressure themselves, this game is primed for Wolves to assert some control and get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":656176,"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":[2510,1831,27],"tags":[31721],"class_list":["post-658656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wolves","category-starting-line-up","category-west-ham","tag-wolves-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658656","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=658656"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":658673,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658656\/revisions\/658673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}