Wolves: Sá; Bueno, Dawson, T.Gomes; Semedo, Doyle, J.Gomes, Aït-Nouri; Sarabia, Cunha, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Bentley, Doherty, Lemina, André, R.Gomes, Forbs, Bellegarde, Guedes, Pond.

Crystal Palace: Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Guéhi; Muñoz, Kamada, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Nketiah, Mateta.

Subs: Matthews, Turner, Schlupp, Clyne, Doucouré, Umeh-Chibueze, Devenny, Kporha, Agbinone.

Few at the start of the season would have predicted Wolves would be 19th and Crystal Palace 17th after nine games of this 2024/25 campaign – with just one victory between them. Wanderers have had their boardroom struggles, sure, but looked like they were going somewhere last season under Gary O’Neil. And Palace claimed 19 points from a possible 21 at the end of last term – a run that included a 3-1 win in Wolverhampton – and generated some serious momentum under Oliver Glasner.

This feels like a pretty big game at Molineux with both sides spotting seen some green shoots in the past week. Wolves could be buoyed by their comeback at Brighton last weekend, surging back from 2-0 down to clinch a spirited point, while Palace won at Villa in the Carabao Cup to give Glasner some welcome relief.

In terms of team news, Mario Lemina is expected to be fit for the home side, while Sam Johnstone is available to come back in goal – although José Sá could be preferred. Palace are without key duo Adam Wharton and Eberechi Eze, which creates further headaches for Glasner.

Kick off is at 5.30pm (GMT). Stay tuned for all the latest.