Wolves prepare to entertain Newcastle United at Molineux at lunchtime on Saturday, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 26 wins out of 39 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Molineux was less than a year ago, in January 2003, as the Wolves squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a F.A. Cup match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2002/2003 | Sun 05 Jan | Wolves | 3-2 | Newcastle | FAC |
1992/1993 | Sat 10 Apr | Wolves | 1 - 0 | Newcastle | LD1 |
1992/1993 | Sat 26 Dec | Newcastle | 2 - 1 | Wolves | LD1 |
1991/1992 | Tue 31 Mar | Wolves | 6 - 2 | Newcastle | DIV2 |
1991/1992 | Sat 14 Sep | Newcastle | 1 - 2 | Wolves | DIV2 |
1990/1991 | Sat 23 Feb | Newcastle | 0 - 0 | Wolves | DIV2 |
1990/1991 | Sat 10 Nov | Wolves | 2 - 1 | Newcastle | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
Wolverhampton Wanderers have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.
Newcastle's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The Magpies's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.
Wolves are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclaycard Premiership with a return of just 10 points from their 13 games thus far. Newcastle's 19 points from 13 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Wolves | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Newcastle | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Wolves are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Newcastle will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Wolves | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
Newcastle | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |