Wolves vs Everton LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Toffees slump to big defeat
Gary O’Neil will be hoping to push his Wolves team into the top half of the table as they host Everton at Molineux this afternoon. The midlands club are in good form with two wins from their last two matches including a 4-1 hammering of Brentford last time out.
Should Wolves replicate that form this afternoon they can easily challenge Sean Dyche’s Everton who are looking to move further away from the relegation zone.
The Toffees’ 10-point deduction has sent them into a relegation battle as they are one point above the bottom three. Consecutive defeats to Tottenham and Manchester City halted a winning run of four league games in a row for the Merseryside club who will be hoping to get back to winning ways this afternoon.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Everton LIVE: Premier League updates
Wolves host Everton in the Premier League
61’ GOAL! - Craig Dawson secures the points (WOL 3-0 EVE)
53’ GOAL! - Matheus Cunha doubles Wolves’ lead (WOL 2-0 EVE)
25’ GOAL! - Max Kilman nets opener as Wolves dominate early stages (WOL 1-0 EVE)
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 3 - 0 Everton FC
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17:04
FULL-TIME: WOLVES 3-0 EVERTON.
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17:03
Wolves fail to make anything of the corner, but they won't care. The final whistle makes it three successive wins for O'Neil's team!
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17:03
Everton play themselves into trouble once again as Coleman gifts possession to Bellegarde inside the his own box. His dinked cross is headed up in the air by Branthwaite, then Coleman chests Doherty's second delivery behind for a late corner.
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17:02
Bellegarde screams in pain as he goes down under Branthwaite's challenge. The Everton defender seemed to accidentally step on his opponent's foot. There's nothing doing, and the Frenchman is soon back to his feet.
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17:00
THE BALL IS IN THE NET AGAIN, BUT IT WON'T COUNT! Wolves are denied a fourth goal by the linesman once again, much to the relief of Coleman and Pickford! Coleman dwells on the ball under pressure from Hugo Bueno before playing an awkward back pass to Pickford, who sees his return ball picked off by Wolves. Hwang squares for Neto to side-foot home before wheeling away in celebration, but the flag spoils the hosts' fun – Hwang was offside in the build-up!
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16:57
Wide! Everton are still yet to record a shot on target as Harrison drives into the area before shooting low, but his effort fades away from Sa's goal to ironic cheers from the home fans. It really hasn't been the Toffees' day.
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We will have a minimum of NINE added minutes here. Nobody is entirely sure where that figure has come from!
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OVER! Traore skips past Garner in midfield before releasing Neto into the left-hand channel. Sensing a dream return from injury, the Portugal international drives into the box before letting fly, but his shot spirals over the crossbar and into the South Bank behind the goal! He should have done better.
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16:51
Everton are still yet to manage a shot on target in this game as we enter the final two minutes of the 90. Dyche's men simply haven't done enough in the final third, while their most lively forward player – McNeil – was withdrawn after Wolves went 3-0 up.
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Everton had won just two of their last 10 away league games against Wolves before this one (four draws, four defeats), winning 3-0 in April 2011 and 2-1 in January 2021. The Toffees have endured another miserable trip to the West Midlands here.
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Joao Gomes goes down in midfield as Doyle puts the ball out of play for his team-mate to receive treatment from the medical staff.
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Substitution Nélson Cabral Semedo Matthew James Doherty
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Wolves are winless in their final league game in each of the last four calendar years (one draw, three defeats). That run looks set to end here, unless Everton can produce a remarkable comeback in the next few minutes.
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A big cheer goes up around Molineux as the home fans notice Neto stripped and ready to enter the action after two months out! Only Kieran Trippier and Mohamed Salah have matched his seven Premier League assists this season.
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16:42
Hwang turns his marker with ease on halfway to set Wolves off on another menacing attack. The South Korean spreads it wide for Hugo Bueno, who has Cunha and Sarabia to aim for in the centre, but Branthwaite is there to snuff out the danger. Everton have really struggled with the pace and power of Wolves' front three.
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Substitution Pablo Sarabia García Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
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Substitution Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha Pedro Lomba Neto
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Wolves have now scored 30 goals in the Premier League this season. They only managed 31 throughout the entirety of last campaign! Their attacking improvement under O'Neil has been huge.
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16:39
Sarabia pops up on the edge of the box as Wolves look for a fourth, and the Spaniard's shot deflects wide off Tarkowski for a right-wing corner. Sarabia delivers well from the set-piece, but no gold shirt is attacking it as Onana heads away.
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16:36
BALL IN THE NET, BUT THE FLAG IS UP! Cunha teases another great ball in behind Everton's inexplicably high line, allowing Hwang to race through one-on-one. He makes no mistake, opening his body before bending a shot into the bottom-left corner, but the assistant raises his flag and replays show he was narrowly ahead of the last man. Unlucky!
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Substitution Dwight James Matthew McNeil Arnaut Danjuma Adam Groeneveld
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Substitution Dominic Nathaniel Calvert-Lewin Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal
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GREAT STOP! Pickford denies Wolves a fourth! Cunha plays a great throughball into the path of Hwang, who shoots first-time across goal, looking for the bottom-left corner. Pickford makes a brilliant reflex save, throwing out a fingertip to tip it wide! Everton are so open at the back!
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Substitution Rayan Aït-Nouri Hugo Bueno López
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Great move! Wolves are enjoying themselves now. Joao Gomes plays a delicate flick into Sarabia, who plays a clever give-and-go with Hwang before feeing it back into the path of Joao Gomes. The midfielder sits Branthwaite down before hammering a shot at goal, but unfortunately for Wolves, it's straight at Pickford!
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16:32
OFF THE POST! McNeil almost gets one back for the visitors! The former Burnley man takes aim from 25 yards out, crashing his left-footed effort off the upright and away! That was a warning for Wolves – Sa wasn't getting there.
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16:30
Everton look to have settled back into their usual 4-5-1 shape now, with Andre Gomes joining Onana and Garner in the engine room. They struggled to adapt to using a back three, with Tarkowski in particular being dragged all over the place from the right side of defence.
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Yellow Card James Alan Tarkowski
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There was a brief VAR check for offside against Dawson, but it was swiftly cleared, much to the delight of the Molineux crowd!
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Substitution Michael Vincent Keane André Filipe Tavares Gomes
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Substitution Nathan Kenneth Patterson Séamus Coleman
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POST! A mix-up between Tarkowski and Keane gifts Hwang possession, and the South Korean sits his marker down before giving Pickford the eyes and looking for the near post with his powerful strike. The goalkeeper gets a slight touch, and it crashes behind off the upright! So close to 3-0!
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Assist Matheus Santos Carneiro da Cunha
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Cunha now has six Premier League goals for the season, with Hwang also on 10. Wolves didn't have a player score more than the Brazilian across the entirety of 2022-23, with Daniel Podence and Ruben Neves netting six apiece.
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Goal Craig Dawson
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Wolves almost break through on goal again as Joao Gomes finds the run of Ait-Nouri with a terrific line-breaking pass, but the Algeria international sees his pass out towards Cunha cut out by a sliding Branthwaite. Good defending!
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It had been a bright start to the second half for Everton, but Wolves look energised by that second goal, knocking the ball around neatly in midfield.
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Wolves come forward as Cunha drives into the box on the left before seeing a low cross cleared. It drops to Ait-Nouri, who hammers a volley goalwards but sees it crash off a grey shirt. It's been an end-to-end start to the second half.
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Assist Hee-Chan Hwang
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Everton have lost all eight of their Premier League matches when conceding first this campaign. Can they fight back here?
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Danger! A deep Everton free-kick causes carnage in the Wolves area, with Doyle and Dawson both going to ground to block close-range efforts – the latter taking Tarkowski's blast directly in the face. There are muted handball appeals from the travelling fans, but not from the Everton players.
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Onana looks to have gotten over his earlier injury scare. He plays a pass wide to Patterson, whose cross is sliced up in the air by Toti, forcing Sa into an unconvincing punch. Joao Gomes follows up to complete the clearance.
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Almost! Dawson's sliced clearance is flicked wide by Sarabia, bringing Semedo into the game. He mishits his cross from the right, but it almost dips over Pickford and into the far corner, just fading wide of the post!
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Wolves have avoided defeat in their last six Premier League matches when scoring the opening goal, though their last such loss did come when they last hosted a Merseyside club, going down 3-1 against Liverpool in September.
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16:09
Wolves get the ball rolling again for the second half, with no half-time changes made by either manager.
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Cunha, Sarabia and Hwang have shown some bright flashes for Wolves, each attempting three dribbles – a joint-high tally among all players on the pitch. The former pair have each played 10 passes in the final third, more than anyone else, and O'Neil will be hoping they can continue to drag Everton's defence around after the break. Wolves also still have Neto in reserve, and he will be desperate to make an impact if called upon after two months on the sidelines.
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15:58
It's half-time at Molineux, and Kilman's goal is the difference after 45 minutes as Wolves lead Everton 1-0. The hosts started brightly with Everton seemingly struggling to adjust after switching to a three-man backline, with Hwang failing to get a shot away when clean through early on before Cunha fired just wide from range. The hosts went ahead through their captain in the 25th minute, Kilman steering home the rebound after Pickford clawed Dawson's lunging effort off the line. Wolves have failed to really threaten since then, but Everton are yet to manage a shot on target. Dyche will demand more from his side after the restart, while O'Neil will be hoping for a repeat of an enterprising first 25 minutes from the hosts. Stay tuned for the second half!
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15:54
HALF-TIME: WOLVES 1-0 EVERTON.
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Everton win a corner on their left-hand side, which is delivered deep towards Branthwaite at the back post. He causes something of a scramble with his header across goal, but Toti is eventually able to hammer a clearance upfield. Wolves are closing in on half-time with a one-goal lead.
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15:50
Yellow Card Thomas Glyn Doyle
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Chance… but the flag is up! Onana plays a lovely ball in behind Dawson, sending Calvert-Lewin clean through. However, the striker makes a meal of the chance, inviting Sa to smother the ball with an awkward touch, then the flag goes up against him anyway.
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Yellow Card Dwight James Matthew McNeil
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We're into a minimum of four minutes of stoppage time at the end of this opening period.
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Good goalkeeping! Pickford has to remain alert to prevent Hwang reaching a long ball over the top, dashing off his line to make a crucial clearance near the edge of his own box. Hwang has made plenty of theatening runs in behind the Everton backline so far.
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15:48
Everton look to break down their right flank after Ait-Nouri cedes possession, but Calvert-Lewin overhits his pass for Harrison, and it runs out for a throw. The visitors are yet to record a shot on target.
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15:44
Sarabia's deep cross is punched clear by Pickford, who takes out his own team-mate Branthwaite in the process. Hwang is then penalised for a foul as Everton get a free-kick inside their own half.
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Yellow Card Rayan Aït-Nouri
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Hwang darts down the left flank to latch onto Toti's clearance, getting there ahead of Tarkowski before being fouled from behind by the former Burnley man. Wolves get a free-kick near the corner flag, with Sarabia stood over the dead ball.
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15:42
Onana goes off the pitch after receiving treatment, but the Belgian will re-enter the fray to give it another go. Dyche will be desperate to avoid losing his influential midfielder.
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15:42
Onana is down again, and this could spell the end of his involvement. It seems he was caught on the heel by Semedo a few minutes ago, and Dyche now has Andre Gomes out warming up.
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Semedo slips a neat pass down the line for Cunha, who drives a low cross into the area. Tarkowski flicks out a heel and diverts it towards the edge of the box, where Sarabia is penalised for a foul on Keane.
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15:38
Everton are enjoying a more sustained spell of possession now, with Wolves seemingly happy to sit off a little more after opening the scoring. The Toffees are moving it well without really making any headway.
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This is the eighth consecutive calendar year in which Everton's final league game is away from home. They're unbeaten in their last four, beating Newcastle United in 2019, Sheffield United in 2020 and drawing with Chelsea and Manchester City in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
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15:36
There's a slight concern for Everton as Onana goes down with nobody around him inside his own half. He's quickly back to his feet, but he seems to be moving somewhat awkwardly.
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15:34
Kilman is perhaps fortunate to win a free-kick near his own corner flag, having gone down easily under pressure from McNeil.
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CLOSE! Cunha drives upfield for Wolves again before offloading for Doyle. He feeds his pass out to Semedo, who flashes the ball across the face of goal, and Sarabia is just unable to get a touch! Another good chance for the hosts.
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15:30
Wolves have now scored in each of their last 17 Premier League home games – they last had a longer scoring streak at Molineux in the top flight between April 1965 and April 1968 (22 games).
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15:30
CHANCE! That's as close as Everton have come! McNeil finds a pocket of space, turning to play Calvert-Lewin in down the right-hand channel. The angle is tight, and the striker has to flick it over Sa, but it just drifts across goal and away with no team-mate there to attack it.
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15:28
That was just Kilman's second Premier League goal, and both have come against Everton!
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15:26
Semedo wins the first corner of the game on the Wolves right. Sarabia swings it into the area… where Dawson flicks it off Tarkowski and behind for another set-piece.
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15:25
Goal Maximilian William Kilman
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15:24
Patterson receives the first yellow card of the game, having impeded Joao Gomes to stop a flowing Wolves move. Everton were in danger of being caught short there following some good play by Cunha, so their right wing-back took one for the team.
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15:24
Wolves have managed 10 touches in Everton's area so far, with the Toffees only recording one at the other end. McNeil sets his sights from range, but he sends his powerful 25-yard effort comfortably over Sa's crossbar.
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15:21
Wolves aren't happy as Semedo looks to break beyond Mykolenko, who appears to grab the wing-back's arm and send him to the turf. The referee declines to award a free-kick, as Semedo may not have kept his heavy touch in play anyway.
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There's a brief moment of concern for Everton with Tarkowski down on his haunches. He looks to be holding his chest, but he's soon back up and looks okay to continue.
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Everton threaten as McNeil skips through the Wolves midfield before looking to play in Calvert-Lewin, but he just gets too much on his throughball, allowing Sa to claim it.
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15:19
Now Mykolenko is forced into action by Sarabia, sliding in with a well-timed challenge to stop the Spaniard in his tracks just inside Everton's area – he had to get that one right!
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15:18
Wolves are showing some neat touches here without quite finding the final product in attack, while Everton still look to be getting to grips with this back-three system. The Toffees attempt to break through Calvert-Lewin, but Dawson stops him in his tracks with a firm challenge.
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WIDE! Joao Gomes steals possession from Garner and Wolves quickly work it to Cunha. He shoots early from all of 25 yards out, and it just dips wide of the bottom-right corner with Pickford scrambling across.
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15:14
Sarabia, Semedo and Hwang are all involved as Wolves look to build down their right flank, but the latter gifts possession back to Everton with a slack pass. Joao Gomes then recovers it for Wolves and is fouled by his opposite number Onana.
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15:13
Patterson skips infield to play a neat give-and-go with Calvert-Lewin, but Wolves get numbers back and Tarkowski's eventual ball into the box is easily dealt with by Doyle. It's been a rather scrappy opening to this game.
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That was a huge chance for Hwang, who was unusually hesitant to pull the trigger. He already has 10 Premier League goals this season following his brace at Brentford last time out.
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WHAT A CHANCE FOR WOLVES! HOW IS IT NOT 1-0? McNeil sees a wide free-kick headed clear and Wolves break at devastating speed, with Cunha slipping Hwang through on goal. He has the chance to shoot left-footed but instead sits Pickford down, only to take one touch too many and be crowded out by grey shirts.
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15:08
Applause breaks out at Molineux in the fifth minute as fans show their support for the team's number five Lemina. He's not involved here following the death of his father yesterday, and the Wolves players are wearing black armbands to mark his loss.
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15:06
Wolves have won four of their last five Premier League games against Everton (one draw), as many victories as they managed in their previous 21 league meetings with the Toffees (eight draws, nine losses). A late header from Kalajdzic decided the reverse fixture at Goodison Park, with O'Neil claiming his first victory as Wolves boss by a 1-0 scoreline in August.
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Hwang stayed down in the aftermath of that early chance, but the South Korean is now up and moving freely. It's a big boost for Wolves to have him fit for this game, after he was forced off with a back injury at Brentford. He'll be leaving for the Asian Cup after this match.
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15:05
CHANCE! Hwang makes an excellent run in behind the Everton backline to pick up possession on the left side of the box. He turns Keane inside-out before cutting back for Cunha, but Branthwaite makes a vital last-ditch clearance to stop the Brazilian from turning home! Bright start from the hosts!
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15:02
We're under way at Molineux for the final time this year as Everton get the ball rolling, donning an all grey change kit for their last outing of 2023!
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14:58
Wolves are unbeaten in their last seven Premier League home games (four wins, three draws), last having a longer run without defeat at Molineux between January and August 2019 (10). Will they maintain their fine form on their own turf? We're about to find out – kick-off is rapidly approaching!
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Everton's starting lineup also shows two changes to that which lost to City in midweek, with Beto and Andre Gomes dropping to the bench. Calvert-Lewin and Keane are introduced, and it looks like Dyche will match O'Neil's 3-4-3 system for this one. Abdoulaye Doucoure, Idrissa Gueye and Ashley Young are all absent for the Toffees.
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O'Neil makes two changes to the Wolves side which won 4-1 at Brentford on Wednesday. Dawson returns after missing that game with a cut to his knee as Santiago Bueno drops to the bench, while Doyle comes into midfield with Mario Lemina absent following the death of his father this week. Traore is back among the substitutes after being ill over the festive period, while Neto is still awaiting his first minutes since suffering a hamstring injury in October, having been an unused substitute last time out.
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EVERTON SUBS: Arnaut Danjuma, Joao Virginia, Beto, Andre Gomes, Ben Godfrey, Seamus Coleman, Youssef Chermiti, Mackenzie Hunt, Lewis Dobbin.
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EVERTON (3-4-3): Jordan Pickford; Michael Keane, James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite; Nathan Patterson, James Garner, Amadou Onana, Vitalii Mykolenko; Jack Harrison, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Dwight McNeil.
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WOLVES SUBS: Matt Doherty, Santiago Bueno, Boubacar Traore, Pedro Neto, Hugo Bueno, Sasa Kalajdzic, Dan Bentley, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Joe Hodge.
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WOLVES (3-4-3): Jose Sa; Maximilian Kilman, Craig Dawson, Toti Gomes; Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Tommy Doyle, Rayan Ait-Nouri; Hwang Hee-chan, Matheus Cunha, Pablo Sarabia.
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Everton, by contrast, suffered back-to-back losses either side of Christmas, though there were positives for Sean Dyche to take from those games as the Toffees pushed Tottenham close before squandering a 1-0 lead in Wednesday's 3-1 loss to Manchester City. With Luton Town suffering a spirited 3-2 defeat against Chelsea in Saturday's early game, Everton – who would be one point above their hosts if not for their 10-point deduction for breaching the Premier League's financial rules – have a chance to pull four points clear of the bottom three.
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14:34
Wolves are looking to end 2023 with three successive wins after impressive victories over Chelsea and Brentford across the festive period lifted Gary O'Neil's men to 11th in the Premier League table. Having seemingly left any fears of a relegation battle behind, Wolves are looking to extend their unbeaten run at Molineux to eight league games, with the likes of Manchester City, Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Tottenham and Chelsea all failing to win on the ground since the end of September.
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