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Wolves v Burnley: Premier League – live!
Premier League updates as Wolves take on Burnley, 1.30pm (BST)Doherty is finally feeling at home in the company of WolvesAnd feel free to email Nick or tweet him to get in touch 12.51pm BST 2 - @Wolves have only lost two of their 28 home games in all competitions under Nuno Espírito Santo (W18 D8 L2). Mentality. pic.twitter.com/KtXgHavxhCThat’s what Burnley have to deal with today. 12.44pm BST The takeaway from that team news? Wolves select the same XI for the fifth game running. It means no starting place yet for Adama Traore, scorer of that late winner against West Ham.Burnley make three changes from the home defeat to Manchester United. Vokes, Barnes and Gudmundsson replace Wood, Westwood and McNeil. 12.40pm BST Wolves: Rui Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Jonny, Helder Costa, Jimenez, Jota. Subs: Gibbs-White, Ruddy, Saiss, Vinagre, Hause, Bonatini, Traore.Burnley: Hart, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Lennon, Hendrick, Cork, Gudmundsson, Barnes, Vokes. Subs: Heaton, Lowton, Wood, Westwood, Ward, Vydra, Long. 12.28pm BST Quite an old-world feeling about this fixture, isn’t there? Except today it’s cut-and-thrust, cutting-edge, decidedly serious Premier League action – and there’s plenty of “narrative” to get our teeth into.Wolves go into this one feeling pretty darn happy after getting one over West Ham – the continuation of whose death march you can follow later on – and have made a very solid start to life in the top flight. They’ll be absolutely fine this season; the real question, I think, is whether they have the ingenuity and firepower to string a number of wins together and make a play for the top half. It’s not beyond them. That Moutinho-Neves axis will be formidable when it gets going and the system looks very well-drilled. Just need to make sure they can score enough, I think. Continue reading......read full article
