United followed up their 2-0 Carabao Cup win over Burnley with an impressive 3-0 Premier League victory over Nottingham Forest on their return from the World Cup break.
Successive wins and clean sheets has boosted confidence within the United fanbase ahead of the second half of the campaign despite facing the tricky prospect of Julen Lopetegui’s Wolves.
The former Real Madrid head coach enjoyed a winning start to Premier League life with a late 2-1 Boxing Day victory at Everton, and he will hope for more of the same in his first home Premier League match in charge.
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What time is Wolves vs. Manchester United kick off?
This Premier League clash will kick off at Molineux on Saturday, December 31 at 12:30 p.m local time.
Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:
*Game starts on January 1 in these time zones
Wolves vs. Manchester United live stream, TV channel
Here’s how to watch all of the action from this match in some of the major territories:
USA: The match will be televised on USA Network (English) and on Universo (Spanish-language) which can be streamed on fuboTV. The English-language stream can be seen on NBC’s Peacock platform.
Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live streaming exclusively via fuboTV in Canada.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport.
India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. As well as an English broadcast on Star Sports Select, select matches will be available via regional feeds on Star Sports 3 (in Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam), Star Sports 1 (Bangla) and Star Sports 1 (Tamil).
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Wolves vs Manchester United lineups
Daniel Podence has shaken off a minor knock to remain in the Wolves forward line alongside Hwang Hee-chan and Diego Costa.
Rayan Ait-Nouri came off the bench to score the winner at Goodison Park but Hugo Bueno retains his place in the starting XI at left-back. Matheus Nunes comes into midfield, with Joe Hodge dropping to the bench.
Wolves XI (4-3-3): Sa (GK) — Semedo, Collins, Kilman, Bueno — Nunes, Neves, Moutinho — Hwang, Costa, Podence
Luke Shaw is retained at left centre-back, meaning Harry Maguire must be content with a place on the bench. Lisandro Martinez has only just come back from Argentina and the World Cup winner is not in the squad.
Teenage star Alejandro Garnacho comes in at Molineux to freshen up the attack for the visitors, with Marcus Rashford benched due to an “internal disciplinary” issue.
Man United XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea (GK) — Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Shaw, Malacia — Casemiro, Eriksen — Garnacho, Fernandes, Antony — Martial
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Wolves vs. Manchester United betting odds, prediction
United have blown away the cobwebs on their return to action after the World Cup and Erik ten Hag appears to have found a formula that works at Old Trafford.
However, the prospect of a trip to Wolves will not be straightforward for the Red Devils, as Lopetegui looks to move away from relegation concerns in 2023.
United have won just twice in six visits to Molineux in all competitions since 2019, and the hosts will fancy their chances of a positive result.
Prediction: A 1-1 draw
