Wolves are preparing to travel to the south coast for the second time in as many weeks as they gear up ready to take on Bournemouth — this time in the FA Cup Fifth Round.
Wolves recently beat Bournemouth 1-0 in the Premier League but Saturday’s matchup has a place in the FA Cup’s quarter-finals up for grabs.
And ahead of the important cup clash, Molineux News have looked at which players could make Vitor Pereira’s starting lineup, and for one player, that could mean making his first full debut signing joining.
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Wolves will be without eight first team players for Saturday’s FA Cup tie on the south coast.
Sasa Kalajdzic (ACL), Yerson Mosquera (ACL), Leon Chiwome (ACL), Enso Gonzalez (ACL), Rodrigo Gomes (pelvis), Goncalo Guedes (knee), Carlos Forbs (illness), and Emmanuel Agbadou (thigh) will all be absent.
There is some good news though. Hwang hee-Chan is back from his recent hamstring injury and in contention to feature against Bournemouth.
Although Pereira will be without a large portion of the Wolves first team, he does have some interesting options available.
January signing Nasser Djiga is in line to make his full debut and could start alongside Santiago Bueno and Toti Gomes in a three-man backline.
Despite the fitness concerns surrounding Rayan Ait-Nouri, the Algerian is likely to keep his place at left wing-back due to a lack of competition in that position.
There could, however, be a fourth start of the season for Pedro Lima, who is likely to come in for Nelson Semedo on the opposite flank.
Wolves’ possible lineup against Bournemouth
The rest of the side virtually picks itself. Joao Gomes and Andre are expected to line up in midfield with Marshall Munetsi dropping back into a more familiar box-to-box role following the recent return of Jorgen Strand Larsen.
Matheus Cunha will line up against Bournemouth and be expected to add to his 14 goal tally for the season.
Saturday’s matchup is scheduled to kick-off at 3 p.m. GMT but has not been selected for live broadcast.
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