Manchester United vs Wolves Prediction: Red Devils to punish sorry Wolves

There's six Premier League games taking place on Tuesday, with the final match of the day taking place at Old Trafford (20:15 GMT). The Red Devils will look to continue to build on their impressive recent league form with another home win over a seemingly doomed Wolverhampton Wanderers. 

Read on for my Manchester United vs Wolves predictions, supported by the latest match odds and team news.

Team News

Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon), Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast) and Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco) are unavailable for Manchester United due to their participation at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Meanwhile, Bruno Fernandes continues to be a major loss for Ruben Amorim after his hamstring injury against Aston Villa and the news doesn't get any better for United fans, with Amorim stating that Kobbie Mainoo, Mason Mount, Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt are all doubtful to return.

Premier League Odds

Wolves have a couple of Afcon absentees of their own with Emmanuel Agbadou (Ivory Coast) and Tawanda Chirewa (Zimbabwe) missing.

On the injury front, Rob Edwards is without Rodrigo Gomes (groin), Toti Gomes (hamstring), Marshall Munetsi (calf), Leon Chiwome (ACL) and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (illness). Meanwhile midfielder Andre will be suspended following an accumulation of yellow cards.

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Manchester United vs Wolves Odds

Manchester United have a solid home record at Old Trafford, winning five of their nine home games thus far and they are just 2/5 (implied probability of 71.4%) to pick up another three points here. There hasn't been a stalemate in this fixture since 2020 and the draw is on offer at 4/1. Beleaguered Wolves are 15/2 to come away with an unlikely first league win of the season.

Under 2.5 Goals has landed in the last six head-to-head matches between the two in Manchester and that is available at 11/8 here tonight.

Manchester United to win and Both Teams To Score @ 9/5

It's been a pretty torrid time to be a Manchester United fan in recent years, after decades of domination. High profile and up and coming managers have come and gone but results have remained disappointing and former glories have faded into recent memory.

However, whisper it quietly but perhaps green shoots are starting to sprout in the north west of England and Ruben Amorim may just be starting to get a tune out of this expensively formed United side.

The recent scrappy 1-0 win over Newcastle on Boxing Day helped to consolidate their position in the Premier League and boost hopes of a return to the premier level of European football next season. However, there is still a long way to go, both in terms of games and consistency of performances.

That may well not be a problem on Tuesday night though, with the arrival of a Wolves team that is setting new records in levels of under achievement in Premier League history.

Rob Edwards' team has mustered just two points thus far and look a light year away from beating Derby County's lowest ever points total of 11 in a Premier League season, never mind any chance of safety.

They did show some fight in the second half against Liverpool though and I think they can grab another consolation goal here against a Manchester United side that is under strength and still porous at the back occasionally.

With that in mind, I'm taking United the win and both teams to score as my main bet of the day.

Patrick Dorgu to have 1+ shots on target @ 10/11

The marauding Danish left wing-back has improved steadily throughout his time at Old Trafford and had perhaps his best game against Newcastle, scoring the winning goal and his first for the club, as well as contributing towards a rare clean sheet.

The 21-year-old was a £25m capture from Lecce last year and has since made 29 appearances for the club. His high pressing and attacking ability are a major plus point for Amorim's set up and he showed that attacking threat when registering three shots on target against the Magpies, including a superb 24th minute strike to pick up the three points.

I feel he will get plenty more chances to attack against a woeful Wolves outfit and could well test the keeper again here.

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