Wolves v Bournemouth: What the stats say

Wolves have lost just one of their seven Premier League meetings with Bournemouth (W4 D2), though it was a 1-0 loss in this exact fixture at Molineux last season.

Bournemouth have won three of their six away league games against Wolves (L3). They won 1-0 in this exact fixture last season, but have never won consecutive league visits to Molineux.

Wolves have already completed the Premier League double over Chelsea, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur this season, and beat Bournemouth 2-1 in the reverse fixture in October. Only in 2019-20 (5), 2020-21 (4) and 2021-22 (4) have they done the double over 4+ opponents in the competition.

Wolves have won just two of their last 11 Premier League games played on a Wednesday (D5 L4), though one of those wins was their only such game so far this season (4-1 at Brentford).

Bournemouth have won five of their last six midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League matches (D1), keeping four clean sheets in that run. The Cherries had been winless in nine such games before this (D2 L7).

In all competitions, Wolves are winless in six games (D2 L4), after having won four of their previous five beforehand. Wolves last went longer without a win within a single season when they failed to win their final seven matches of the 2021-22 campaign under Bruno Lage.

Wolves have lost each of their last three home games in all competitions; they last lost four in a row at Molineux within a single season in February 2017 as a Championship side under Paul Lambert.

SOLANKE ON FIRE

Bournemouth have lost five Premier League matches when they’ve netted the opening goal this season – only Brentford (six) have lost more. The Cherries have dropped 27 points from winning positions, with again only Brentford dropping more (30).

Dominic Solanke has scored 18 Premier League goals this season – only three players have netted more than the Bournemouth frontman. He has nine away league goals in 2023-24, the joint-most by a Cherries player in a Premier League campaign, along with Josh King in 2016-17 and Callum Wilson in 2018-19.

Ryan Christie has created 43 chances for Bournemouth in the Premier League – the only player to create more in a campaign in the competition for the Cherries is Ryan Fraser, in 2018-19 (93) and 2019-20 (45).