{"id":665700,"date":"2026-02-27T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=665700"},"modified":"2026-02-27T04:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:34:29","slug":"wolves-predicted-lineup-aston-villa-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/02\/27\/wolves-predicted-lineup-aston-villa-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Predicted Lineup and Team News vs Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Molineux for a Friday night derby against Aston Villa. With survival hopes slipping and only one win all season, Rob Edwards\u2019 side must produce a strong performance in this West Midlands derby. Here is our Wolves team news and predicted lineup ahead of kick-off.<\/p>\n

Wolves Predicted Lineup For West Midlands Derby<\/h2>\n

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

Last time out, they narrowly lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace<\/a>. Wolves’ defence was organised despite a red card and conceding late. However, results (and points) have been hard to come by, and they remain at the foot of the Premier League table. Against Palace, Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 started in goal behind a back three of Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed, Santiago Bueno, and Yerson Mosquera.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: What Wolves Worst League Start in History is Telling Us<\/a><\/p>\n

The midfield consisted of Hugo Bueno, Andr\u00e9, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Mateus Man\u00e9, and Jackson Tchatchoua. The attack was spearheaded by Tolu Arokodare and Adam Armstrong.<\/p>\n

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

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It\u2019s been a challenging campaign for the Wanderers, with goals hard to come by and points few and far between. The side\u2019s recent results reflect a team low on confidence but high on effort, with draws coming against stronger sides and defeats often by narrow margins.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Wolves Top Five Managers Of All Time<\/a><\/p>\n

Under Edwards, thwyhave changed between a 3-5-2 and 3-4-2-1 shape, seeking balance between defensive cover and attacking threat. The flexibility in midfield allows players like Jo\u00e3o Gomes and Andr\u00e9 to rotate between creative and defensive duties.<\/p>\n

Wolves Team News<\/h3>\n

Edwards provided an update on Hwang Hee-chan during the pre-match press conference<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Hwang is training really well, but tomorrow might be too soon. We hope to have him involved next week.”<\/div>\n
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Krej\u010d\u00ed is suspended after being sent off against Palace, although there are no other injury concerns.<\/div>\n
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Wolves Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n

Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1<\/p>\n

Yerson Mosquera<\/p>\n

Toti Gomes<\/p>\n

Santiago Bueno<\/p>\n

Jackson Tchatchoua<\/p>\n

Angel Gomes<\/p>\n

Mateus Man\u00e9<\/p>\n

Andre<\/p>\n

Hugo Bueno<\/p>\n

Adam Armstrong<\/p>\n

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers return to Molineux for a Friday night derby against Aston Villa. With survival hopes slipping and only one win all season, Rob Edwards\u2019 side must produce a strong performance in this West Midlands derby. Here is our Wolves team news and predicted lineup ahead of kick-off. Wolves Predicted Lineup For West Midlands Derby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":665715,"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":[30,1831,2510],"tags":[31721],"class_list":["post-665700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-starting-line-up","category-wolves","tag-wolves-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665700","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=665700"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665716,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665700\/revisions\/665716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}