Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Premier League action at Molineux as they welcome Newcastle United on January 18. With points crucial in their fight for survival, Rob Edwards is expected to name a strong starting squad, whilst maintaining the formation and tactics that have sparked the recent upturn in form. Here is our Wolves team news and predicted lineup.<\/p>\n
Wolves have continued to favour a back three under Edwards, a system that has provided greater defensive solidity in recent weeks. Last time out against Shrewsbury, Sam Johnstone started in goal behind a defensive trio of Matt Doherty, Santiago Bueno, and Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed.<\/p>\n
Read More:<\/strong> Wolves Planning For The Future Despite Relegation Fears<\/a><\/p>\n The wing-back roles were occupied by Jackson Tchatchoua on the right and David M\u00f8ller Wolfe on the left, both tasked with providing width while maintaining their defensive discipline. In midfield, Jo\u00e3o Gomes operated as the anchor, supported by Jhon Arias and Andr\u00e9. Hwang Hee-chan and J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen led the attack.<\/p>\n After a historically difficult start to the campaign, Wolves have shown signs of improvement, beginning 2026 unbeaten. A victory over West Ham, followed by a hard-fought draw against Everton, and a 6-1 thrashing of Shrewsbury<\/a>, has lifted confidence within the squad, with the Old Gold collecting more points in their last three matches than across the previous eighteen.<\/p>\n Read More:<\/strong> <\/span>\u2018If It\u2019s Right for the Football Club\u2019: Rob Edwards Concedes Potential for J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen Transfer<\/a><\/p>\n Edwards has prioritised defensive compactness, with the 3-5-2 shape allowing Wolves to remain organised out of possession while still offering outlets on the counter-attack. Against Newcastle, Wolves are likely to concede territory at times but will aim to remain compact centrally, frustrate their opponents, and exploit space in behind when opportunities arise.<\/p>\n Marshall Munetsi<\/a> has been loaned out to Paris FC for the rest of the season. Emmanuel Agbadou has returned to the squad from the AFCON, and Edwards said during the pre-match press conference<\/a> that Tawanda Chirewa has been ill.<\/p>\n GK: <\/strong>Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1<\/p>\n Defence: <\/strong>Yerson Mosquera \u2013 Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed \u2013 Santiago Bueno<\/p>\n Midfield:<\/strong>\u00a0 Jackson Tchatchoua \u2013 Jo\u00e3o Gomes \u2013 Jhon Arias \u2013 Mateus Man\u00e9 \u2013 Hugo Bueno<\/p>\n Forwards: <\/strong>Hwang Hee-chan \u2013 J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen<\/span><\/p>\n Featured Imaged Credit<\/strong>:<\/p>\n IMAGO \/ Action Plus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Premier League action at Molineux as they welcome Newcastle United on January 18. With points crucial in their fight for survival, Rob Edwards is expected to name a strong starting squad, whilst maintaining the formation and tactics that have sparked the recent upturn in form. Here is our Wolves team news […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":656254,"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":[30,3,2510],"tags":[31721],"class_list":["post-663358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-premier-league","category-wolves","tag-wolves-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663358","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=663358"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663374,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663358\/revisions\/663374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Wolves Recent Form And Tactics<\/h3>\n
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