Sunderland v Wolves Bet Builder Tips & Match Preview

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Wolves travel to Sunderland who are unbeaten at home across their three matches so far, picking up wins against both West Ham and Brentford at the Stadium of Light.
Vitor Pereira’s side had a mini revival just before the start of the international break, but are still hunting for their first win of the season in the Premier League.
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📈 Sunderland v Wolves Form & Tactics
Sunderland have been the most impressive of the newly promoted sides so far, having avoided defeat in five of their seven Premier League matches. Burnley and Leeds have also shown more fight already than the three newly promoted sides did last season, which gives an early indication that we may see one of the established Premier League teams drop down to the Championship next term.
The Black Cats’ performances at home have been particularly impressive, with two wins and a draw in front of their home fans so far. These performances have been built on a fierce organisation and an effective counter attacking structure. I still think Sunderland lack a consistent source of goals, which is something that’s missing from all three of the promoted sides, but Le Bris has more attacking options than both Leeds and Burnley, which could prove vital.
Wolves still have serious work to do if they want to avoid a relegation battle this year, though the side already look like one that could face the drop. There’s a lot of new faces in the Wolves team, without much overarching strategy, it seems as though the owners have been a bit too complacent in underestimating the strength of the newly promoted sides, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see more additions to the squad in January.
Wolves have conceded more goals than any other Premier League side so far this season (11). This was an issue that Vitor Pereira managed to clean up last year after taking over from Gary O’Neil, but it appears as though the issues are deeply rooted.
📔 Sunderland v Wolves Formation & Team News
Vitor Pereira has had a bit more success with this Wolves side by switching to a 4-2-3-1 from a 3-4-3, which was the system that Wolves had been playing for over a year.
This switch earned Wolves their first points of the season against Brighton and Tottenham, but I don’t think it’ll be sustainable in improving their defensive record - they signed players with the 3-4-3 system in mind, including wingbacks, so this could be quite a difficult change long-term.
When it comes to injuries and absences, Wolves are set to be without defensive duo Matt Doherty and Toti Gomes, who are recovering from minor injury and illness. Pereira was sent off against Brighton, so he won’t be on the touchline for this game either.
Sunderland line up in a 4-2-3-1, which occasionally slips into a 4-3-3 depending on who is lining up in the middle of the park. They sit quite deep, but are willing to get forward when the opportunity presents itself, with multiple attacking threats including Isidior, Le Fee and Simon Adingra.
Sunderland’s most notable absence, in my opinion, is Habib Diarra. The former Strasbourg midfielder formed a brilliant relationship with Xhaka and Sadiki in a midfield trio that possessed all the attributes to be successful in the Premier League. They’ll also be without Reinildo here, who is suspended following his sending off against Aston Villa.
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