Wolves vs Tottenham preview, team news and H2H as Old Gold eye relegation partners

Wolverhampton Wanderers welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Molineux tomorrow as the competition for places at the top and the bottom of the Premier League table tightens, Afrik Foot reports.

Wolves’ relegation was confirmed following their loss to Leeds United last weekend, while Burnley followed suit after Manchester City secured a 1-0 win over the Clarets in midweek.

Tottenham Hotspur, though, with 31 points from 33 games, still have a chance of survival but have to win all of their remaining games to keep hope alive.

Both sides meet tomorrow afternoon, with kick-off slated for 3:00 PM.

Match Preview: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Tottenham Hotspur

This is a fixture that neither club’s supporters could have imagined when the season began. Wolves’ relegation to the Championship was confirmed on Monday after West Ham drew with Crystal Palace, leaving the Midlands outfit with five games remaining and nothing left to play for in terms of survival.

For Tottenham, the stakes could not be more different or more desperate. Spurs sit 18th in the table, two points behind West Ham and five adrift of safety, with their last Premier League win coming all the way back in December.

Wolves’ campaign ranks among the most wretched in the club’s recent history. Three wins, eight draws and 22 defeats from 33 games, with only 24 goals scored, the lowest tally in the division. The first victory did not arrive until January, a 3-0 win over West Ham, following an opening run of 19 games without a triumph.

Rob Edwards’ brief tenure has produced flickers of quality, wins over Aston Villa and Liverpool, a creditable draw with league leaders Arsenal, but they arrived too infrequently and too late.

Tottenham’s story is one of extraordinary dysfunction. Thomas Frank, who replaced Ange Postecoglou in the summer, was dismissed in February with the club hovering above the drop zone.

Igor Tudor lasted little more than a month before Roberto De Zerbi arrived at the end of March as the third manager of the season.

Spurs are now winless in their last 15 Premier League matches, a run that, if extended on Saturday, would equal their longest-ever top-flight sequence without a victory, set in 1934-35.

De Zerbi’s opening matches have brought no relief: a defeat at Sunderland was followed by a 2-2 draw with Brighton at home in which Georginio Rutter equalised in the fifth minute of added time to deny Spurs what would have been their first win of 2026.

Head to Head: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Tottenham Hotspur

Historically, Tottenham hold the advantage with 52 wins from 109 official meetings, against 34 for Wolves, with 23 draws, but the recent head-to-head has inverted that pattern entirely.

Wolves are unbeaten in their last six meetings with Spurs, winning four and drawing two, a remarkable sequence that includes a 4-2 win at Molineux in April 2025 and a 2-1 away victory in November 2023. Tottenham have not beaten Wolves since August 2022.

The reverse fixture, played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 27 September 2025, ended 1-1.

The last five head-to-head meetings have all produced goals for both sides, a pattern that adds a further dimension of concern for two defences that have been among the leakiest in the division all season.

Team News

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Edwards faces a depleted squad heading into the final weeks of the campaign. Goalkeeper José Sá missed the Leeds game and remains a doubt with a shoulder problem.

Sam Johnstone and Matt Doherty are both injured and unavailable, while defender Yerson Mosquera serves a suspension. Enso González is also sidelined, leaving Dan Bentley as the expected starter in goal for what will likely be his third-choice cameo extended into a lengthy run.

There are fitness concerns over Angel Gomes and Ladislav Krejci after both were forced off during the defeat at Leeds, with their availability for Saturday uncertain. Toti Gomes leads the back three as the most reliable defensive presence in Edwards’ system, with Santiago Bueno alongside him.

Adam Armstrong leads the attack. Tolu Arokodare has scored all his league goals as a substitute and provides an option from the bench, although there are still lingering fears over his dressing room clash with Mateus Mane.

Predicted Wolves XI (3-4-2-1): Bentley; Bueno, Krejci, Toti Gomes; Lima, André, João Gomes, Hugo Bueno; Mane, Gomes; Armstrong.

Tottenham Hotspur

Cristian Romero and Mohammed Kudus are both ruled out for the remainder of the season. Dejan Kulusevski, Wilson Odobert and Ben Davies remain in the treatment room.

Destiny Udogie carries a knock, meaning Djed Spence could start at left-back, while Guglielmo Vicario is targeting a return from hernia surgery but Antonín Kinský is expected to retain the gloves.

The returning figures of Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma provide some midfield solidity, while James Maddison has returned to the matchday squad, though his inclusion has been described more as a morale boost than a genuine on-pitch option at this stage.

Xavi Simons has been the most consistent performer under De Zerbi, with three goals from three starts, and his ability to operate between the lines and create something from nothing represents Spurs’ clearest route to goal.

Richarlison, Dominic Solanke and Randal Kolo Muani compete for the central striking role, with Richarlison having scored Spurs’ last two away league goals.

Predicted Tottenham XI (4-3-3): Kinský; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Spence; Bentancur, Gallagher, Bissouma; Simons, Solanke, Kolo Muani.

The Managers

Rob Edwards replaced Vítor Pereira with the club already rooted to the foot of the table and managed to extract brief spells of genuine quality, but three wins from nearly five months in charge tells its own story.

With relegation confirmed, Edwards has spoken publicly about maintaining standards and using the final five matches as a platform to build momentum for a Championship campaign. The players who remain at Molineux next season will be watching closely.

Roberto De Zerbi’s appointment on 31 March made him Tottenham’s third manager of the season, a damning reflection of the instability that has defined the club’s year.

The Italian, who built his reputation at Brighton and Olympique de Marseille, arrives at a club fractured physically and mentally, with a winless streak that stretches back further than his tenure.

He has spoken of winning all five remaining games to survive, a statement that has divided opinion.

Those who know his work recognise the ambition; those watching Spurs in 2026 wonder where it will come from. Saturday is, in the most literal sense, the opening of his last chance.

Tactical Preview

Edwards will set up in his familiar 3-4-2-1, with compactness and defensive structure the primary objectives.

The wing-backs must contribute both in defence and in attack, and the system’s effectiveness relies heavily on quick transitions through Bellegarde and Rodrigo Gomes in the pockets behind Armstrong.

With the striker now operating more as a pivot than a clinical finisher, Wolves’ best route to goal remains set pieces, where João Gomes, Krejci and Toti Gomes all offer aerial threat against a Tottenham side that has conceded from dead-ball situations with alarming regularity.

De Zerbi will look to impose his 4-3-3 with width and speed of transition through Simons and Kolo Muani.

Pedro Porro’s overlapping runs down the right have been the most consistent attacking feature of Spurs’ recent performances, and his connection with Simons, who created his headed goal against Brighton, could be the combination most likely to unlock a Wolves back three that has been exposed repeatedly in recent weeks.

Tottenham have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 14 league matches. Wolves’ record of scoring in five of the last six head-to-head meetings suggests the hosts will contribute regardless of the overall context.

Without Romero, the central defensive partnership of Kevin Danso and Micky van de Ven has shown communication and positional errors, something a more clinical Wolves side would punish heavily.