{"id":662853,"date":"2026-01-02T12:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=662853"},"modified":"2026-01-02T12:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:47:17","slug":"wolves-predicted-lineup-west-ham-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/02\/wolves-predicted-lineup-west-ham-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Predicted Lineup vs West Ham for January 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Molineux to host West Ham United in a vital relegation six-pointer as both clubs find themselves entrenched in a battle to climb out of the Premier League&#8217;s bottom three. Wolves, still searching for their first win of the season and rooted to the foot of the table, are under pressure to deliver a much-needed response after earning a gritty point away at Manchester United. West Ham arrive, also reeling from a poor run of form and desperately needing to arrest their slide. Here is our Wolves predicted lineup.<\/p>\n<h2>Wolves Predicted Lineup vs West Ham As Hosts Look To Build Momentum<\/h2>\n<h3>How Wolves Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n<p>Wolves have endured a torrid season so far, conceding constantly and scoring inconsistently, a combination which has left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table. Last time out, their 1-1 draw with <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KMfaYskgQlc\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> provided a rare positive. Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 started in between the sticks with a back three of Ladislav Krej\u010di, Matt Doherty, and Yerson Mosquera.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/12\/05\/fer-lopez-wolves-loan-latest\/\" target=\"_self\">Wolves Looking to Offload Under-21 International Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reshaped midfield comprised of Hugo Bueno, Mateus Man\u00e9, Jo\u00e3o Gomes, Jhon Arias, and Jackson Tchatchoua. The forward line consisted of Hwang Hee-chan and Tolu Arokodare.<\/p>\n<h3>Wolves Recent Form And Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>Premier League form has been abysmal for Wolves, with their winless run now extending to 19 games. Defensive frailties, 40 goals conceded, which is the worst in the league, have made life extremely difficult and points hard to come by. Attacking creativity is similarly scarce, with the side scoring just 11 goals all season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/11\/22\/christos-mandas-linked-with-wolves-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wolves Eye Move For Greek International After He \u2018Lost Patience\u2019 at Lack Of Game Time<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Injuries To Consider<\/h3>\n<p>Rob Edwards has provided updates during his <a  href=\"https:\/\/tv.wolves.co.uk\/player?nId=15428&amp;eId=0_z6w8rsxh\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pre-match press conference<\/a>. Andr\u00e9 has returned from suspension. Toti Gomes, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, and Marshall Munetsi are still out injured, and Santiago Bueno is back in contention for selection.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"141\"><strong>GK:\u00a0<\/strong>Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"141\"><strong data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"155\">Defence: <\/strong>Yerson Mosquera \u2013 Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed \u2013 Matt Doherty<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"141\"><strong data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"233\">Midfield:<\/strong>\u00a0 Hugo Bueno \u2013 Jo\u00e3o Gomes \u2013 Andr\u00e9 \u2013 Mateus Man\u00e9 \u2013 Jackson Tchatchoua<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"288\">Forwards: <\/strong>Hwang Hee-chan \u2013 Tolu Arokodare<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image Credit<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>IMAGO \/ Sports Press Photo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Molineux to host West Ham United in a vital relegation six-pointer as both clubs find themselves entrenched in a battle to climb out of the Premier League&#8217;s bottom three. Wolves, still searching for their first win of the season and rooted to the foot of the table, are under pressure to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":662860,"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":[3,1831,27,2510],"tags":[32688,9236,32689,31721],"class_list":["post-662853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-starting-line-up","category-west-ham","category-wolves","tag-hugo-bueno","tag-rob-edwards","tag-tolu-arokodare","tag-wolves-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662853","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=662853"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662862,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662853\/revisions\/662862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}