{"id":665475,"date":"2026-02-22T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=665475"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:17:35","slug":"wolves-predicted-lineup-crystal-palace-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/02\/22\/wolves-predicted-lineup-crystal-palace-team-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Team News and Predicted Lineup vs Crystal Palace for February 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Premier League action on February 22 as they travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace. After a battling performance in the midweek draw against Arsenal, Rob Edwards’ side will be looking to pick up their first away win of the season. Here is our Wolves team news and predicted lineup.<\/p>\n

Wolves Predicted Lineup As Edwards Men Look To Build Momentum<\/h2>\n

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

Wolves have remained unbeaten in their last three matches, most recently in a spirited 2-2 draw with Arsenal<\/a>. Jose Sa started in goal behind a back three of Yerson Mosquera, Ladislav Krejci, and Santiago Bueno. Jackson Tchatchoua and Hugo Bueno filled the wing-back positions, with Joao Gomes and Andre filling the centre of midfield.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> Wolves Tie Down Youngster Alan Shearer Praised As \u2018Absolutely Outstanding\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Mateus Mane and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde played just behind Adam Armstrong in the attack.<\/p>\n

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

Wolves\u2019 season has been challenging, with goals hard to come by and results extremely thin on the ground. However, recent performances have suggested a more resilient defensive approach under Edwards, with Wolves unbeaten in their last three matches across all competitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: Wolves Season Of Crisis And The Looming 11-Point Marker<\/a><\/p>\n

Under <\/span>Edwards<\/span><\/span>, Wolves have predominantly operated in a <\/span>3-5-2 formation. This structure has provided greater balance in midfield while giving the wing-backs licence to support attacks and defend in numbers. In their recent Premier League fixtures, Wolves have shown signs of improved organisation, holding Arsenal and Nottingham Forest to draws.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wolves Team News<\/h3>\n

Angel Gomes went off injured against Arsenal, but is fit and available. Toti Gomes is training with the team and could make the matchday squad. Hwang Hee-chan is unavailable but may return to training next week. Edwards<\/a> had this to say at the pre-match press conference:<\/p>\n

“Angel Gomes’ back has cleared up, and he’s available. There are a few others we have to check on. Toti could potentially be involved against Palace.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Wolves Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

Jose Sa<\/p>\n

Yerson Mosquera<\/p>\n

Ladislav Krejci<\/p>\n

Santiago Bueno<\/p>\n

Jackson Tchatchoua<\/p>\n

Angel Gomes<\/p>\n

Joao Gomes<\/p>\n

Andre<\/p>\n

Hugo Bueno<\/p>\n

Adam Armstrong<\/p>\n

Tolu Arokodare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Premier League action on February 22 as they travel to Selhurst Park to face Crystal Palace. After a battling performance in the midweek draw against Arsenal, Rob Edwards’ side will be looking to pick up their first away win of the season. Here is our Wolves team news and predicted lineup. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":665266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<\/smartframe-embed>","_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":[2510,30,3],"tags":[31721],"class_list":["post-665475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wolves","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-wolves-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665475","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=665475"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665496,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665475\/revisions\/665496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}