{"id":659953,"date":"2025-09-27T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=659953"},"modified":"2025-09-26T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:15:38","slug":"wolves-predicted-lineup-tottenham-hotspur-sep-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/27\/wolves-predicted-lineup-tottenham-hotspur-sep-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Predicted Lineup vs Tottenham Hotspur for September 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers head to North London looking to turn around a difficult run of results in the Premier League when they face Tottenham Hotspur. V\u00edtor Pereira&#8217;s side is still searching for its first win of the Premier League campaign, and with pressure mounting, Wolves will need to avoid the all too familiar defensive errors against a Spurs side flying high near the top of the league. Their midweek Carabao Cup win over Everton will have given them a boost, but they need points. Here is our Wolves predicted lineup.<\/p>\n<h2>Wolves Predicted Lineup vs Tottenham Hotspur<\/h2>\n<h3>How Wolves Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n<p>Pereira has alternated between a back three and a back four. Last time out against <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tyCQmo31zZQ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everton<\/a>, Wolves set up with a flat back four shielding Sam Johnstone with Matt Doherty, Santiago Bueno, Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed, and Hugo Bueno. In Midfield, Andr\u00e9 was the anchor, with Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Marshall Munetsi providing the drive and creativity further forward.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read More:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/19\/wolves-premier-league-struggles\/\" target=\"_self\">What Wolves Worst League Start in History is Telling Us<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the attack, J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen returned to the starting lineup alongside Jhon Arias and Hwang-Hee-chan. The shape tends to resemble a 4-3-3 that shifts into a 4-2-3-1, depending on whether Wolves are in or out of possession.<\/p>\n<h3>Wolves Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>Wolves enter this fixture in poor league form. Pereira&#8217;s men have lost all five of their opening Premier League games, making it their worst ever start to a top-flight campaign. Defensive frailty has been the major concern, with 11 goals conceded from 16 shots faced. Going forward, Wolves rely heavily on wide runners and transitions rather than long spells of possession.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read More:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/19\/wolves-pereira-new-contract-risk\/\" target=\"_self\">No Wins Since April: Wolves Gamble on Vitor Pereira<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The likes of Munetsi and L\u00f3pez will be crucial in stretching Spurs&#8217; backline, while the chosen centre forward, likely Tolu Arokodare after an impressive cameo against Everton, must hold the ball up and provide a focal point. Wolves&#8217; tactical challenge is to stay compact without ceding initiative, as Spurs thrive when given space to attack. Wolves are likely to adopt a more cautious approach, aiming to frustrate Tottenham and capitalise on any opportunities that arise. <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NathanJudah\/status\/1971560722804207964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pereira<\/a> said in his press conference:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We go to Spurs to win the game, not to draw&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n<p>Pereira advised that Strand Larsen is not fit enough to play 90 minutes, as stated in the pre-match <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NathanJudah\/status\/1971559700136353928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference<\/a>, but other than that, Wolves have no other selection issues.<\/p>\n<h3>Wolves Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"141\"><strong data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"125\">GK:<\/strong> Sam Johnstone<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"218\"><strong data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"155\">Defence:<\/strong> Matt Doherty \u2013 Santiago Bueno \u2013 Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed \u2013 Hugo Bueno<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"273\"><strong data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"233\">Midfield:<\/strong> Andr\u00e9 \u2013 Jo\u00e3o Gomes \u2013 Marshall Munetsi<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"335\"><strong data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"288\">Forwards:<\/strong> Jhon Arias \u2013 Tolu Arokodare \u2013 Hwang Hee-chan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers head to North London looking to turn around a difficult run of results in the Premier League when they face Tottenham Hotspur. V\u00edtor Pereira&#8217;s side is still searching for its first win of the Premier League campaign, and with pressure mounting, Wolves will need to avoid the all too familiar defensive errors against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":633867,"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":[3,1831,2510],"tags":[31721],"class_list":["post-659953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-starting-line-up","category-wolves","tag-wolves-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659953","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=659953"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659987,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659953\/revisions\/659987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}