Backside membership Wolves host a Burnley group buoyed by their win over Leeds final weekend.
Regardless of sitting backside of the Premier League desk with simply two factors after the opening eight video games, it isn’t all doom and gloom for Wolves.
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Vitor Pereira’s aspect are with out a league win since April, once they defeated 3-0 in a run of six successive victories. Since then, they’ve misplaced to 2 of the newly promoted sides this season, with the third – Burnley – as their subsequent opponents.
There may be growing stress on Pereira, with the Portuguese presently the bookmakers’ favorite to be the subsequent Premier League supervisor to be sacked – regardless of signing a brand new contract a month in the past.
However this example is nothing new for Wolves. At this stage final season, that they had just one level in eight video games beneath Gary O’Neil. They picked up eight extra factors in as many matches earlier than Pereira was introduced in, with Wolves happening to keep away from relegation and end sixteenth.
For the reason that begin of the Premier League period, 13 groups have picked up two factors or fewer of their first eight video games of a season. 5 of these averted relegation – together with Wolves final season.
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The best end for a kind of groups got here in 2008-09, when recovered to return eighth.
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Pereira has known as the Burnley match a “should win” for his aspect however he has continued to again his gamers – and himself.
“Truthfully, if for one minute I really feel my gamers will not be with me, it is completed. For me, that is the tip,” he stated.
“It is painful and I am apprehensive however I see a group linked mentally with good spirit, with character, attempting their greatest to vary the scenario.”
Within the earlier two Premier League seasons, all three promoted sides went on to get relegated every time. However there’s a totally different feeling round this season’s newcomers, who’ve the best mixed factors tally (29) of any promoted trio prior to now 10 seasons.
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started this spherical of fixtures in seventh, with and Burnley incomes two wins every.
Burnley might solely be seventeenth with seven factors, however Scott Parker’s aspect have confronted some heavyweight opposition in and Tottenham. They’ve additionally overwhelmed each of their fellow promoted sides with 2-0 wins at Turf Moor.
Their document on the street, nonetheless, is one other matter. Burnley have misplaced all 4 of their away matches this season, conceding 13 targets.
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