Team news

Wolves midfielder Mario Lemina is expected to be available despite being forced off at half-time in the draw at Brighton with a minor calf injury.

Sam Johnstone is back in contention after missing two games but Hwang Hee-chan, Sasa Kalajdzic, Enso Gonzalez, Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traore and Bastien Meupiyou remain out.

Crystal Palace have suffered a double injury blow ahead of the trip to Molineux with Adam Wharton ruled out for a month after undergoing groin surgery, while Eberechi Eze will miss two weeks after he sustained a hamstring injury in the EFL Cup win at Aston Villa.

Jefferson Lerma, Chadi Riad, Chris Richards and Matheus Franca remain sidelined but Cheick Doucoure is available.

Match facts

Head-to-head

  • Wolves have lost six of their last seven Premier League games against Crystal Palace.

  • In last season's Premier League, Palace defeated Wolves 3-2 at Selhurst Park and 3-1 at Molineux.

  • The Eagles have won three of their six Premier League visits to Molineux - all six of those matches were decided by a two-goal margin for the victors.

Wolves

  • Wolves have lost each of their opening four home fixtures of a league campaign for the first time.

  • They have failed to win any of their opening nine matches of a league campaign for the third time, having done so in the top flight in 1983-84 and in the second tier in 1926-27.

  • A team has had a winless run of at least 10 matches from the beginning of a Premier League season on 18 occasions. Only five of those teams went on to avoid relegation: Everton (1994-95), Blackburn (1996-97), Derby (2000-01) and Newcastle (2018-19 and 2021-22).

  • Wolves have won just one of their last 19 top-flight games, a 2-1 home victory against Luton on 27 April.

  • Premier League matches involving Wolves this term have produced a league-high 37 goals, while Palace's fixtures have yielded a league-low 17 goals.

  • Wolves have conceded 25 goals this season. Only Southampton, with 26 in 2012-13, have conceded more goals after nine games of a Premier League campaign.

  • Gary O'Neil has lost all four top-flight matches as a manager against Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace

  • Palace's 1-0 home win against Spurs last time out was their first of the season.

  • However, the Eagles have won only two of their last 17 Premier League away fixtures: 1-0 at Liverpool on 14 April and 3-1 at Wolves on 11 May.

  • Palace have scored six Premier League goals this season, a joint-league low alongside Southampton. They netted 29 goals in 13 league games under Oliver Glasner last season - the fifth-highest tally in that time period.

  • Jean-Philippe Mateta and Eberechi Eze are joint-fourth in Palace's all-time leading Premier League goalscorers with 27 goals. The top three are Wilfried Zaha (68), Christian Benteke (35) and Luka Milivojevic (28).

  • Mateta has scored 16 goals in 22 Premier League appearances under Oliver Glasner but only two have been scored in away games - including one at Molineux.

  • Eze has scored in four of his five Premier League starts versus Wolves, his joint-highest top-flight goals tally against any side, along with Sheffield United.