English Premier
2026-01-07 - Everton vs Wolves
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: English Premier League
Wednesday 7th January 2025 - Kick Off 7:30pm
This game is live on TV
Everton
You could sense the real frustration within David Moyes after his Everton team gave up some sloppy goals in the 2-4 home defeat to Brentford on Sunday. If the manager does want to guide Everton back into European Football, he will know that he needs an immediate reaction from the squad against an opponent destined for the Championship.
The Toffees dropped to 12th in the Premier League table after the very disappointing result last time out, but they are 3 points behind 5th placed Chelsea. It has not been easy to know what to expect from Everton in their new home where they have a 4-2-4 record and have scored 13 goals, but conceded 14.
Everton have lost 3 of the last 5 Premier League games and they have won just once in that time, which has slowed some of the positive momentum. The defeat to Brentford means Everton have lost 3 of the last 4 Premier League games at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Jarrad Branthwaite and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are both edging closer to a return and should be available when the Premier League resumes in around ten days time.
Wolves
Rob Edwards has been insisting that the performances have been improving and he will have been really pleased with Wolves earning a first Premier League win of the season. The 3-0 win over West Ham United backed up a positive point earned to conclude a difficult 2025 calendar year, although avoiding relegation would mean having a huge second half of this campaign.
They remain bottom of the table, despite the three points earned on Saturday, but Wolves are now 12 points from safety and have taken a huge step towards surpassing Derby County's record low tally. The side travel to Merseyside with a 0-2-8 away record in the top flight and Wolves have managed just 4 goals in that time.
Wolves had lost 12 games in a row in all competitions, but they will head into this fixture in better form having drawn with Manchester United and beaten West Ham United. The point earned at Old Trafford snapped a run of 6 consecutive away defeats.
Joao Gomes and Hee-Chan Hwang are both doubts for this fixture.
Head to Head
Wolves did beat Everton 2-0 at home in the League Cup, but the 2-3 defeat at Molineux back in August set the table for the season.
They had won on 3 straight visits to Everton, but that run was snapped with an emphatic 4-0 defeat at Goodison Park in December 2024.
Prediction
Trying to understand what is to come from this Everton team is beyond most and even the fans are not always sure what they are going to see.
Big wins over Nottingham Forest at home and away have been surrounded by defeats to Chelsea and Arsenal, but the 2-4 defeat to Brentford on Sunday was really unexpected.
David Moyes will be demanding a much better performance all around having been critical of the way the goals were conceded.
It is yet another outing at the Hill Dickinson Stadium where Everton have capitulated defensively after conceding three or more in losses to Spurs and Newcastle United before the defeat to Brentford.
However, around those losses, Everton have been pretty solid in wins over Nottingham Forest and Fulham and that will give the manager confidence that his squad can be much better on Wednesday.
They are facing a Wolves team that have been threatening positive results before the draw with Manchester United and crushing win over West Ham United. Those points are not expected to change the eventual fortune of the club that looks destined for Championship Football next season, but it will give Rob Edwards something to build upon and players may be more willing to listen to the current manager.
There are still issues to address and that may have to wait until the summer and so you have to give Everton the edge considering the overall difference between the teams.
Everton are not easy to trust, but they have been scoring goals at home and that can be the key difference between the teams in this latest Premier League game.
You have to expect Wolves to play with some confidence, but Everton have been able to bounce back from some of the poorer performances.
The four Premier League games won at home have all been in games in which Everton have scored twice and they can do that here in their bid to get back on track, especially against a Wolves team that have conceded far too many goals all season.
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The Pick :
Everton 2-0 Wolves
