At 4:15 a.m. Beijing time on February 2, 2024, and 20:15 p.m. local time on February 1, a key battle in the 22nd round of the Premier League is about to begin, and Wolves will sit at Molineux Stadium to meet the challenge of Manchester United.
Wolves and Manchester United have met 19 times in Premier League history, with United holding an overwhelming advantage with 12 wins, three draws and four defeats.
The two teams have met in the last 6 meetings in all competitions, and Manchester United also has a 5-1 record, completely crushing Wolves. This seems to be a bit contrary to the wolf team known as the "giant killer" in our impression. In fact, as early as the 2018-2019 season, Wolves did become Manchester United's nemesis for a time, with 1 win and 1 draw in the Premier League, and the FA Cup eliminated Manchester United to advance.
It's just that after the Wolves lost the "Wolf King" Nuno Santo, the team's bloodiness seems to be gradually lost, and in recent years, the traditional Big 6 teams have been constantly replenished, and it is not easy for the Wolves to relive the true colors of the "giant killer" again.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that in the past 6 meetings between Wolves and Manchester United, there have been few big scores, only 1 goal difference has reached 2, and no matter who wins the other games, it is a small victory of 1 goal, and the total number of goals between the two sides rarely reaches 3.
The recent situation of the two teams, Manchester United under the leadership of Ten Hag, the Premier League only achieved a poor record of 10 wins, 2 draws, 9 losses and 32 points in 21 rounds, temporarily ranking 9th in the Premier League standings, the team's record does not seem to have fulfilled the promise made when Ten Hag took over the coaching of Manchester United, and Manchester United's attack seems to have a big problem, only 24 goals have been scored in 21 rounds, ranking joint 3rd from the bottom among all 20 teams in the Premier League
Wolves, under the leadership of Gary O'Neill, have a record of 8 wins, 5 draws, 8 losses and 31 points in 21 rounds, temporarily ranking 11th in the Premier League standings, closely behind Manchester United and Chelsea.
The highlight of this campaign, judging from the past record, although Manchester United seems to have an absolute advantage, in fact, the strength of the two teams may be between the two, and the current ranking basically says everything.
It is worth mentioning that Antony, who was entrusted with the task by Ten Hag, was affectionately called "Compass" by fans, and finally broke a 30-game goal drought against League Two side Nurente County in the FA Cup a few days ago, and at the same time broke the number of assists.
So, the question is, will Antony still perform well against Premier League teams? Is Ten Hag's most trusted person at the bottom? Or was it a flash in the pan? We'll see.