Wolves will travel to Greater Manchester to take Bolton Wanderers at the Macron Stadium on Saturday looking to maintain their dominance at the top of the league table. The West Midlands outfit are on the cusp of making their way into the top flight, having secured the top spot in the Skybet Championship already after their clinical 2-0 win against Birmingham City. Nuno Espirito Santo’s team are in a rich vein of form and have won their last three league fixtures to nil.
Meanwhile, the home side are winless in their past five league matches and are in deep trouble of being relegated to the League One with just goal difference separating them from the drop zone. Phil Parkinson’s side will be a tough nut to crack for the West Midlands club so it could turn out to be a fascinating encounter on Saturday. The recent history of this fixture makes a grim reading for the Trotters as they have just tasted one victory in their previous five meetings with the Wolves in the league. Santo is expected to stick with his favoured 3-4-3 formation and could name an unchanged side for this contest.
3-4-3 Predicted Wolves Lineup To Face Bolton Wanderers
Defence
John Ruddy will begin in goal for the West Midlands side and might be shielded by a back three of Ryan Bennett, Conor Coady and Willy Boly. All three of these defenders have been regular starters in the Wolves defence this season.
Nuno Espirito Santo has seen his team keep three clean sheets in their last three league encounters. The Portuguese boss will be hoping that his defenders can repeat the same feat against the Trotters on Saturday to boost their chances of securing maximum points from the contest.
Midfield
The duo of Ruben Neves and Romain Saïss could be deployed at the centre of the park for the away side with Barry Douglas operating on the left side of the midfield while Matt Doherty tries to cause some damage to the Bolton defenders on the right flank.
All four midfielders will be responsible to create some opportunities for their front players to feed on.
Attack
The trio of Ivan Cavaleiro, Hélder Costa and Diogo Jose Jota could be in line to start again in the Wolves frontline. They have scored 31 goals and created 22 assists in between them this season and would be responsible to make the difference against the Trotters on Saturday.
