English Premier
2025-04-13 - Wolves vs Tottenham Hotspur
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: English Premier League
Sunday 13th April 2025 - Kick Off 2pm
Wolves
Vitor Pereira might not have been on the sidelines at Portman Road, but he could not hide his delight in the stands as he watched his Wolves team come from a goal behind to beat relegation rivals Ipswich Town. For all intents and purposes, that should be a result that keeps Wolves in the Premier League and they are going to have talisman Matheus Cunha back for the rest of the campaign.
The three points secured last week in East Anglia may not have improved Wolves from 17th in the Premier League table, but they are now 12 points clear of the bottom three and with a vastly superior goal difference. Instead of thinking about simply avoiding relegation, Wolves can begin to look forward to trying to climb the standings. The side have a 4-2-9 record at Molineux this season where Wolves have scored 19 goals and conceded 27.
Wolves might have been beaten on Penalties in the FA Cup Fifth Round at Bournemouth, but they have put together a 4 game unbeaten run in the Premier League and have secured 3 straight wins to effectively ensure safety. They have lost 1 of their last 4 home League games and Wolves have produced 2 wins in that run.
Matheus Cunha is back from a four game suspension and is set to be restored to the starting lineup despite Wolves' results and performances in his absence.
Tottenham Hotspur
Ange Postecoglou was very happy with the performance his Tottenham Hotspur players were able to produce in the 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League Quarter Final First Leg. However, he stated that the 'footballing gods have deserted us' after Tottenham Hotspur were not rewarded with the result they deserved.
The whole season and Postecoglou's future as manager rests on the performances in the Europa League and Tottenham Hotspur have a big game coming up on Thursday in Germany. The side are 14th in the Premier League table and have a 5-1-9 record away from home in the Division, but it does feel like Tottenham Hotspur could be caught looking ahead.
Tottenham Hotspur beat Southampton 3-1 at home last Sunday, but the draw with Eintracht Frankfurt means they have produced just 2 wins in 8 games played in all competitions. The away form has been a real concern for Spurs in recent weeks with the side suffering 5 defeats in 6 on their travels, including losing consecutive away Premier League games at Fulham and Chelsea.
Kevin Danso and Dejan Kulusevski may be hoping they can be passed fit and available for selection for the Europa League Quarter Final Second Leg next Thursday. Neither is expected to be risked here, while the manager is expected to rotate his squad and keep key players fresh for a much more important fixture coming up.
Head to Head
Tottenham Hotspur and Wolves drew 2-2 when they met in North London earlier this season.
Wolves did the Premier League double over Spurs last season.
They are unbeaten in 3 at Molineux against this opponent and Wolves have won the last 2 Premier League fixtures when hosting Tottenham Hotspur.
Prediction
This is the time of the season when you do have to think about motivation of managers and players and whether that will affect team selection.
After putting in so much effort in the Europa League Quarter Final First Leg and deserving more than they got, Tottenham Hotspur may already be thinking about the Second Leg next week in Germany.
Ange Postecoglou will certainly know about the importance of that fixture in Frankfurt and he is not expected to risk key players in this Premier League fixture. The manager has spoken about improving League form, but it would be foolish to take too many risks with the bigger game coming up and Spurs may end up starting an eleven without several important names.
Momentum is important and Tottenham Hotspur did have a strong team selected for the 3-1 win over Southampton last Sunday, and that was after playing a tough game on Thursday at Stamford Bridge. That may suggest this preview is perhaps reading the room wrong, but Tottenham Hotspur have not exactly been in great form away from home recently either.
With that in mind, Wolves look a decent shout at odds against to win this fixture with Matheus Cunha back from suspension. Beating Ipswich Town last weekend has almost certainly kept Wolves in the Premier League for another season and 3 straight League wins has given them momentum, which is something that Vitor Pereira will want to build upon.
Wolves have a decent home record against Tottenham Hotspur in recent seasons and they are looking for a third straight home League win against this opponent.
Since appointing Vitor Pereira, Wolves have won 3 of their 7 home Premier League games played and they may have the energy levels to grind down the visitor in this fixture.
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The Pick :
Wolves 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
FIXED ODDS BETTING TIP :
I'll back Wolves to Win at 2.21 with SportBet.One
