Goals galore needs to be expected when the worst two defences within the fledgling Premier League try and change their ways within the Carabao Cup.
The match between Wolves and West Ham at Molineux might be a classic shootout if it weren’t for the undeniable fact that each side are also particularly inept in attack.
Wolves lost their domestic curtain-raiser after they were hammered 4-0 at home by Manchester City, a result which is looks even worse following Pep Guardiola’s side losing 2-0 to Tottenham on the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
The Black Country club were then beaten 1-0 after they travelled to Bournemouth on the weekend and are in nineteenth place within the early top-flight table, placing pressure on manager Vitor Pereira.
The Hammers are the one team worse than Wolves having crashed 3-0 at newly-promoted Sunderland on opening day before being absolutely walloped in an humiliating 5-1 defeat within the London derby with Chelsea which saw home fans flooding out of the London Stadium exits well before full-time.
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The one vivid spot was an early goal from Lucas Paqueta which gave the Irons an early lead but grim reports suggest he could follow Mohammed Kudus to Tottenham.
Each side are more likely to make quite a few changes on Tuesday which is able to give fringe players the chance to point out they’re higher than those that have been so dismal in the primary two matches – although West Ham boss Graham Potter desperately needs a victory to stave off pressure on his job despite the fact that the club’s hierarchy of David Sullivan and Karren Brady have insisted he’s protected for now.
After Sunday’s trip to Nottingham Forest there’s a world break which generally is a time when clubs fire underperforming managers.
Potter began the season at 12/1 to be the primary head coach to lose leave his post, drifted in to 2/1 after using up one other of his lives within the defeat to the Black Cats but is out to three/1 with BetVictor as reports from the City Ground suggest Nuno Espirito Santo could part company with Nottingham Forest after falling out with owner Evangelos Marinakis.
The previous Wolves and Spurs manager isn’t any higher than 4/7 with BoyleSports to be the primary to go together with Ange Postecoglou the 6/4 favourite with BetVictor to exchange him while Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is 4/1 with the identical firm.
Wolves are 11/8 with Betfred to beat West Ham in normal time at Molineux and over 2.5 goals is 4/5 with Unibet and BetMGM.
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