Wolves 0-0 Newcastle
It's well struck by Lewis Hall, but no one can get a clean connection and it goes out for a goal kick.
Wolves 0-0 Newcastle
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Edwards: Confidence has grown at Wolves
Wolves boss Rob Edwards speaking on Sky Sports Premier League about what has changed since his first game in charge:
"There's more confidence now. I think there's more belief around.
"I believe we're working harder and there's a little bit more cohension as well.
"Confidence is a thing you can't just grab or give to someone straightaway and it's taken a bit of time to get here.
"We're going to have dips and lows and everything as the season goes along, but hopefully there's a little bit more resilience now to deal with that and deal with those moments.
"We've come back a couple of times and got points recently, which has been really good.
"There's lots more good things and positives to think about and to see, but you've got to keep going and try to keep some consistency.
"We all want to be in the Premier League, of course that's the aim, but we came into a situation where there was a lot of difficult things going on at the football club, a bit of anger around. That will take some time to turn around.
"We've been improving and our aim is just to try and keep that going."
If there's money to spend, we'll do so, says Howe
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe on PSR constraints:
"I don't count the money.
"I will react to the information I am given and collectively we will come to the right decisions.
"I don't think it's the case that there is a pot of money stood somewhere.
"I think PSR is constantly moving and changing, depending on our income. Lots of thing affect our income, whether we are in the Champions League or how successful we are during the season.
"You can't ever really get one reading on it becuase it changes on a daily basis. We are having to react to that as we go through the season.
"All I can assure everybody is that if there is money to spend, the club are willing to spend it. There's not a case of anyone holding anything back but of course, we have to comply within the rules and we know how important that is."
Wolves' away game against Crystal Palace moved
Wolves' away game against Crystal Palace has been moved from Saturday February 21 to Sunday February 22.
This is due to the Eagles' participation in the Conference League knockout phase play-offs.
The match will now kick off at 2pm and will be shown live on Sky Sports.
Wolves players keen to right wrongs, says Edwards
Rob Edwards believes his Wolves side are itching to “right some of the wrongs” as they look to continue their mini-revival when they welcome Newcastle on Sunday.
Bottom of the table with just two Premier League points to their name on Christmas Day, Wolves were on course to break several unwanted records but they are now unbeaten in four matches in all competitions.
They are still 14 points adrift of safety but Edwards insisted there is nobody looking to cut and run during the January transfer window after draws at Manchester United and Everton and a win over West Ham in recent weeks.
Edwards told a press conference: “With the group that we’ve got at the moment – which is interesting with the position that we’re in – there’s no one knocking on my door saying, ‘I want to go’.
“I’ve not had one of those conversations at all. The group are fighting here right now, and anyone coming in would have to want to be here and want to be ready for the fight.
“A lot of the lads around here want to try and right some of the wrongs. They want to help the club, and want to do well for themselves, but for the football club as well. They really are genuinely all committed.”
How in-demand Wolves wonderkid Mane changed the mood at Molineux
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Wolves are unbeaten in their last three Premier League games (W1 D2), earning more points from these matches (5) than they had from their previous 22 combined (3 – W0 D3 L19).
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Today's officials
Sam Barrott takes charge of today's match, with Tim Wood and Wade Smith his assistants.
The fourth official is Simon Hooper, the VAR is Paul Tierney and the assistant VAR is Richard West.
Jones Knows' prediction
Our resident betting expert has had his say on today's game...
Wolves have quietly become a very difficult team to score against. The standout trend in their recent performances is defensive improvement, and it's backed up by serious underlying numbers.
Across their last six games, only Arsenal can better Wolves' expected goals against process of 0.99 per 90. That's elite territory.
Wolves have faced Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United in that spell. So while the sample size is small, the quality of opposition gives those numbers real credibility.
We know Newcastle are a very different proposition away from St James' Park - and it's the attacking drop-off that's most striking. In their last 17 Premier League away games, they've scored more than 1.5 goals just three times.
On average, Newcastle are managing just 1.2 goals per away game in that run, struggling to generate sustained pressure or high-quality chances on their travels. The 6/5 with Sky Bet on them scoring under 1.5 goals again on the road looks a winner in waiting.
SCORE PREDICTION: 2-1
Newcastle team news
Starting XI: Pope, Trippier, Hall, Botman, Joelinton, Tonali, Gordon, Barnes, Thiaw, Woltemade, Guimaraes.
Subs: Ramsdale, Wissa, Elanga, Willock, A Murphy, Ramsey, Shahar, Neave, Miley.
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Wolves team news
Starting XI: Sa, Tchatchoua, Mosquera, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno, Andre, J Gomes, Mane, Hwang, Arokodare.
Subs: Johnstone, Doherty, Wolfe, Strand Larsen, Arias, Agbadou, Lima, R Gomes, Lopez.
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