{"id":669364,"date":"2026-04-30T09:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=669364"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:39:11","slug":"wolves-vs-sunderland-latest-news-and-predicted-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/04\/30\/wolves-vs-sunderland-latest-news-and-predicted-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves vs Sunderland: Latest News and Predicted Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and the predicted lineups ahead of the Wolves vs Sunderland game on Saturday. The home side, who are already relegated, will want to give their fans some cheer and hope for the future in their penultimate home game in the Premier League for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Cats have suffered back-to-back defeats, with hopes of a European place beginning to fade. However, three points here could reignite those dreams. Whatever happens, Sunderland will look back on a season where they have exceeded all expectations of them.<\/p>\n<h2>Wolves vs Sunderland: Latest News and Predicted Lineups<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Saturday 2nd May 2026<br \/>\n<strong>Venue:<\/strong> Molineux<br \/>\n<strong>Kick-off:<\/strong> 15:00 GMT<br \/>\n<strong>Last meeting:<\/strong> Sunderland 2-0 Wolves (18 October 2025, Premier League)<br \/>\n<strong>Referee:<\/strong> <span>Paul Tierney<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Current odds:<\/strong> Wolves 21\/10 , Sunderland 6\/5 (Sky Bet)<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/02\/26\/the-greatest-footballers-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_self\">Greatest Footballers of All Time, Part Two: 1918-1939<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Wolves Team News<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"04742eb90cefa12a5e3ab9bae92c2b93\" image-id=\"neim5oqH2sFp\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 3500px; aspect-ratio: 3500\/2333;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p>Wolves welcome back defender <span>Yerson Mosquera following suspension. Fellow centre back Ladislav Krej\u010d\u00ed will be missing again with a neck injury, while keeper Jose Sa is a major doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Manager Rob Edwards gave an injury update during his <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.wolves.co.uk\/news\/mens-first-team\/20260501-edwards-i-m-not-saying-we-re-perfect-but-the-lads-are-giving-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference<\/a> on Friday. He said: \u201cKrejci is progressing well, but he won\u2019t be right for tomorrow. We\u2019re hopeful for the week after. He joined in parts of training today, but obviously it\u2019s too soon to come into it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThen, Sa is a slight doubt again, but not with the issue that he had on his shoulder and his back; it\u2019s more his ankle, so we\u2019re going to try and get that right. There\u2019s a chance that he misses potentially the next game or two, because we\u2019re really keen to try and get that right. He\u2019s been playing through quite a bit of pain for a while now, so I think it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even though his side are relegated and will play Championship football next season, he said his players are giving everything. <span>\u201cThat side of it can\u2019t be questioned, certain bits can be \u2013 a bit of quality \u2013 and we\u2019ll always make mistakes, and there\u2019ll be things that we can improve on. I\u2019m not saying we\u2019re perfect, but the lads are giving everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Latest Sunderland Team News From Regis Le Bris Press Conference<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"04742eb90cefa12a5e3ab9bae92c2b93\" image-id=\"neimfeuw4a8g\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 6000px; aspect-ratio: 6000\/4000;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p>Regis Le Bris confirmed in his <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sunderlandecho.com\/sport\/football\/sunderland-afc\/sunderland-news-regis-le-bris-wolves-8289366\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference<\/a> on Thursday that winger Jocelin Ta Bi is available following injury. It was feared that the January signing would miss the rest of the season; however, he has recovered sooner than expected.<\/p>\n<p>Bertrand Traore and Nilson Angulo have begun training. There\u2019s a chance that they could be involved against Wolves, but more realistically, it will be the following game.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunderland head coach is expecting a reaction following the home defeat to Nottingham Forest. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sunderlandecho.com\/sport\/football\/sunderland-afc\/sunderland-news-regis-le-bris-wolves-8289366\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He said<\/a>: \u201cWe are working hard, but the league is evolving. I don\u2019t know if we dropped our standards or if our opponent found solutions to hurt us. Probably both.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working hard, it\u2019s not easy because it\u2019s about small margins. We talked about the organisation, different problems, commitment to win duels, and the second phase too. It\u2019s about culture, and I hope we\u2019ll fix this problem soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you start dreaming, maybe you can drop your standards. Probably the lesson from the previous games, two semi-finalists from the Europa League, nine goals we conceded, and this is a lesson about our level right now. So the next challenge is to be competitive, to win, and we\u2019ll see what the three points mean in the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Wolves Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>Jose Sa<br \/>\nSanti Bueno<br \/>\nY. Mosquera<br \/>\nToti Gomes<br \/>\nHugo Bueno<br \/>\nJoao Gomes<br \/>\nAndre<br \/>\nPedro Lima<br \/>\nMateus Mane<br \/>\nRodrigo Gomes<br \/>\nA. Armstrong<\/p>\n<h3>Sunderland Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>Roefs<br \/>\nMukiele<br \/>\nReinildo<br \/>\nO\u2019Nien<br \/>\nAlderete<br \/>\nXhaka<br \/>\nSadiki<br \/>\nTalbi<br \/>\nRigg<br \/>\nLe Fee<br \/>\nBrobbey<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image courtesy of SmartFrame\/Ryan Crockett\/Every Second Media<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word on Football brings you the latest team news and the predicted lineups ahead of the Wolves vs Sunderland game on Saturday. The home side, who are already relegated, will want to give their fans some cheer and hope for the future in their penultimate home game in the Premier League for the foreseeable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":669365,"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 customer-id=\"c78749ece7fd074ea5dc1889e7c53f0f\" image-id=\"esmeMsdHzqP0\" style=\"width: 100%;aspect-ratio: 1.5;max-width: 4638px\"><\/smartframe-embed><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support -->","_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":[30,1828,1830,9367,3,22,2510],"tags":[32189,31948,9236,32767,32238,32656,31721,32681],"class_list":["post-669364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-fixtures","category-injuries","category-predictions","category-premier-league","category-sunderland","category-wolves","tag-injury-news","tag-regis-le-bris","tag-rob-edwards","tag-sunderland-injury-news","tag-sunderland-predicted-lineup","tag-sunderland-team-news","tag-wolves-predicted-lineup","tag-wolves-team-news"],"modified_by":"Barry Dixon, LWOF Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669364","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\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669364"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669401,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669364\/revisions\/669401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}