{"id":662637,"date":"2025-12-27T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=662637"},"modified":"2025-12-26T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T22:03:32","slug":"wolves-predicted-lineup-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/12\/27\/wolves-predicted-lineup-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Predicted Lineup vs Liverpool for December 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wolverhampton Wanderers make the trip to Anfield on December 27 to face Liverpool in what promises to be an emotional Premier League encounter. Not only are the Old Gold desperately seeking points, but this is also the first meeting between the two sides since the tragic passing of Diogo Jota, a beloved figure for both Wolves and Liverpool, with Jota’s sons<\/a> set to accompany the players onto the pitch in a touching tribute ahead of kickoff. Wolves arrive rooted to the bottom of the table amid a miserable run of form, with several senior players missing for both sides; it is likely to be a tactically challenging test. Here is our Wolves predicted lineup.<\/p>\n

Wolves Predicted Lineup vs Liverpool In Emotional Premier League Clash<\/h2>\n

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

Wolves have had a turbulent season, marked by defensive uncertainty and a lack of cutting edge across the pitch. Last time out in a 2-0 loss to Brentford<\/a>, Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 made his return to the starting lineup. He was covered by a back three of Matt Doherty, Santiago Bueno, and Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> Council Leader Insists Backing Of Wolves Is \u2018Long and Proud\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

The midfield five consisted of Ki-Jana Hoever, Jo\u00e3o Gomes, Andr\u00e9, Fer L\u00f3pez, and David M\u00f8ller Wolfe. The two up top were J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen and Hwang Hee-chan.<\/p>\n

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

This season has been deeply challenging for Wolves. They remain anchored to the bottom of the Premier League, with just two points on the board and a goal tally that reflects the ongoing struggles in attack. Frequent defensive lapses and the inability to sustain possession have been persistent issues.<\/p>\n

Read More: Liverpool Legend Names a \u2018Good Way Around\u2019 Alexander Isak Injury<\/a><\/p>\n

Tactically, Wolves have adopted a cautious 3-5-2 formation, attempting to stay compact and spring counterattacks. Yet without consistent quality in transition or any creative spark, breaking down organised defences remains an uphill battle. In what may also be an emotionally charged occasion following the Jota tributes, discipline and structure will be essential for Wolves.<\/p>\n

Injuries To Consider<\/h3>\n

Rob Edwards said during his pre-match press conference<\/a> that Toti Gomes will be out for several weeks with a hamstring injury, and Hugo Bueno has been training with the squad so that he may make an appearance. When speaking about squad availability, Edwards said they “had a couple of muscle injuries over the last few weeks” due to the team “pushing hard”. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Rodrigo Gomes, and Marshall Munetsi are also still out injured.<\/p>\n

Wolves Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

GK:\u00a0<\/strong>Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1<\/p>\n

Defence: <\/strong>Santiago Bueno \u2013 Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed \u2013 Matt Doherty<\/p>\n

Midfield:<\/strong>\u00a0 Jackson Tchatchoua \u2013 Andr\u00e9 \u2013 Jo\u00e3o Gomes \u2013 Fer L\u00f3pez \u2013David M\u00f8ller Wolfe<\/p>\n

Forwards: <\/strong>Hwang Hee-chan \u2013 Tolu Arokodare<\/p>\n

Featured Image Credit<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

IMAGO \/ Propaganda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wolverhampton Wanderers make the trip to Anfield on December 27 to face Liverpool in what promises to be an emotional Premier League encounter. Not only are the Old Gold desperately seeking points, but this is also the first meeting between the two sides since the tragic passing of Diogo Jota, a beloved figure for both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":646955,"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":[3,16,1831,2510],"tags":[32688,7881,9236,32689],"class_list":["post-662637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-liverpool","category-starting-line-up","category-wolves","tag-hugo-bueno","tag-hwang-hee-chan","tag-rob-edwards","tag-tolu-arokodare"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662637","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=662637"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662660,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662637\/revisions\/662660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}