Wolves begin 2026 at home against West Ham United on Saturday afternoon as they look to build on their positive result from Tuesday night, and wolves.co.uk has looked at what to expect from the Premier League meeting.
1 | Roll Call
Rob Edwards has Andre back available following suspension and expects Santiago Bueno to recover from the knock which kept it out of Tuesday’s game. Marshall Munetsi returned to the grass this week but is yet to rejoin team training. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Toti remain absent. Emmanuel Agbadou remains at AFCON with the Ivory Coast, but Tawanda Chirewa’s Zimbabwe exited the competition, meaning he now returns to Molineux.
For West Ham, Jean-Clair Todibo will be assessed ahead of the trip, having been struggling with a groin issue. The Hammers do welcome back Igor Julio however, with the defender unable to face his parent club Brighton & Hove Albion last time out. They are already doing without El Hadji Malick Diouf and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who are representing their nations at AFCON.
2 | The Stat Pack
Goals
- Jorgen Strand Larsen | 3
- Jarrod Bowen | 6
Assists
- David Moller Wolfe | 2
- El Hadji Malick Diouf | 3
Biggest win
- Wolves 2-0 Everton | September 2025
- Nottm Forest 0-3 West Ham | August 2025
Yellow cards
- Joao Gomes | 7
- Lucas Paqueta | 6
Clean sheets
- Sam Johnstone | 1
- Mads Hermansen | 1
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3 | Journey to Saturday
After coming so close in recent weeks to bringing their losing streak to an end, Wolves finally got a result which their performances deserved on Tuesday evening as Edwards’ team ended 2025 with a positive point on the road against Manchester United. After putting in impressive displays against Aston Villa, Arsenal and Liverpool away from Molineux under the Welshman, but coming away with nothing to show for it, Ladislav Krejci’s headed goal secured only their third point of the Premier League season at Old Trafford to give the Old Gold hope of turning their season around heading into the new year.
West Ham arrive at Molineux also struggling in the relegation zone after Tuesday evening’s 2-2 draw at home to Brighton & Hove Albion, but are just a few wins from lifting themselves away from danger. However, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are winless in the Premier League since November, and a 3-2 victory over Burnley at the London Stadium. The Hammers’ only win on the road so far this term came against Nottingham Forest in August, while they have already tasted defeat at Molineux in the Carabao Cup second round, in which Jorgen Strand Larsen came off the bench late on to snatch a winning brace.
4 | Six home wins against the Hammers since 2018
Wolves have a positive recent record at Molineux against West Ham, having won all but two of their eight home meetings with the Hammers since the Old Gold returned to the top flight in 2018/19.
The first of those also took place in January 2019, as Raul Jimenez scored both goals to seal a 3-0 victory on a cold evening at Molineux. Wolves dominated the match, and had the vast majority of the chances, but the home side had to wait until Romain Saiss’ 66th minute header to take the lead.
But that only opened the floodgates as Jimenez netted twice in six minutes to send Nuno’s side up to seventh in the Premier League standings.
Wolves | Patricio, Doherty, Bennett, Coady, Saiss, Jonny (Vinagre 90), Dendoncker, Neves, Moutinho (Gibbs-White 89), Jota (Cavaleiro 89), Jimenez.
West Ham | Fabianski, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Noble (Carroll 68), Rice, Snodgrass (Obiang 68), Anderson, Antonio, Arnautovic (Hernandez 77).
