Ruben Amorim says his solely focus through the festive interval is to get Manchester United again to successful methods once they face Wolves at Molineux.
Amorim has endured a combined begin to life within the Premier League and has seen his facet lose their final two matches to Tottenham within the EFL Cup (4-3) and Bournemouth within the top-flight (3-0).
Sitting within the backside half of the Premier League at Christmas for the primary time ever, United are thirteenth, although they continue to be simply six factors off fifth place, and Amorim desires to shut the hole on Thursday.
“I simply need to win. I don’t care about Christmas,” he stated. “I’m simply targeted on: we have to win the following match.
“That’s the one factor. It’s superb for the followers. We’re that. We’re privileged. We’re privileged.
“So, we are able to play on Boxing Day to provide some happiness to the followers, and we wish so dangerous to win one other recreation.”
In the meantime, Vitor Pereira earned his first match in control of Wolves final day trip, brushing Leicester Metropolis apart 3-0 to maneuver inside two factors of security.
It was a win that additionally snapped a four-game dropping streak, and Pereira is decided to see much more enhancements once they host United.
“We’ll enhance, might be higher than Sunday. OK, the end result was improbable. I’m very comfortable inside, however I imagine that we are able to do it in a greater method,” he stated.
“It was a short while to work, we’ll enhance for certain. We’ll enhance our possession, our defensive organisation. I don’t want loads of time to place this workforce enjoying in the way in which that I need, as a result of I do know what I need, and they’re open to this sort of play.
“I need to play with high quality. For me, soccer will not be solely the outcomes. For me, it have to be a phenomenal recreation.”
An exquisite @rubendsneves_ strike in opposition to Man United #WOLMUN | @MNEGlobal pic.twitter.com/H92vht7MmK
— Wolves (@Wolves) December 24, 2024
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Wolves – Matheus Cunha
Matheus Cunha has been concerned in 9 targets in his final 9 Premier League video games, scoring six and helping three.
General he has had a hand in 20 targets in 2024 (15 targets, 5 assists), the second most by a Wolves participant in a single calendar 12 months within the Premier League after Raul Jimenez (24 in 2019).
Manchester United – Amad Diallo
With 4 targets and 6 assists, Amad Diallo has been concerned in 10 targets in his final 11 appearances for Manchester United in all competitions.
General, solely Bruno Fernandes (16) has been concerned in additional targets for the Crimson Devils this time period than the 22-year-old (12 – 5 targets, seven assists).
MATCH PREDICTION: MANCHESTER UNITED WIN
Manchester United have received seven of their final eight Premier League video games in opposition to Wolves, with the exception being a 1-0 house defeat in January 2022.
Having received three of their first 5 Premier League house video games in opposition to United (L2), Wolves at the moment are winless of their final 5, dropping the final 4 in a row (D1).
In each Premier League and English Soccer League historical past, the Crimson Devils have received extra video games and scored extra targets on Boxing Day than another facet (22 wins, 74 targets within the Premier League, 54 wins, 202 targets all time).
In actual fact, United have solely failed to attain in one in all their final 30 Boxing Day league video games, a 2-0 loss at Stoke Metropolis in 2015. Nonetheless, they’ve additionally conceded not less than as soon as in every of their final 10 such matches, their longest run with no clear sheet on December twenty sixth.
In the meantime, Wolves received 3-0 at Leicester of their first Premier League match below Vitor Pereira final day trip. The final supervisor to win each of his first two top-flight video games in control of Wolves was Sammy Chung in August 1977.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Wolves – 28.3%
Draw – 24.9%
Manchester United – 46.8%
