Wolves vs Manchester United LIVE commentary: Ruben Amorim under pressure to continue Boxing Day record: Kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Manchester United desperately need an answer when they travel to struggling Wolves on Boxing Day, live on talkSPORT.

Rubén Amorim will need to recover from his team's humiliating 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth who continued his mixed start in life as a boss.

The Portuguese achieved the biggest victory of his short tenure with his dramatic 2-1 comeback at the Etihad in the Manchester derby.

Since then, he has overseen two defeats in a week in which United crashed out of qualifying. Carabao Cup before losing at home to the Cherries.

Their latest result has meant that the Red Devils will spend Christmas Day in the bottom half of the table for the first time since 1989.

They face a tough test against Wolves and will be buoyed by their victory over Leicester in Vitor Pereira's first game since replacing Gary O'Neil.

Wolves vs Man United: Hasty decision

Mark Rashford maybe feeling a sense of deja vu from the last trip to Molineux during the holidays with a new manager.

Ironically, on New Year's Eve 2022, Rashford was benched for Erik ten Hag to win against Wolves for “internal disciplinary” reasons.

Rashford himself revealed that he was punished after Sleeping in and being late to a team meeting. – having gone from villain to hero by scoring the winner's goal as a substitute.

The 27-year-old can expect to be given a similar opportunity again after Christmas against Wolves after being frozen out by Amorim.

The striker has been out of the Red Devils squad for three games in a row while announcing is ready to leave the club.

After consecutive defeats in his absence, Amorim was asked if Rashford could return here and said: “It depends, we'll see.”

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• Manchester United have only failed to score in one of their last 30 Boxing Day league games, a 2-0 defeat to Stoke City in 2015. However, they have also conceded at least once in each of their last 10 matches of this type, the longest. run without a clean sheet on December 26.
• Wolves are unbeaten in their last seven Boxing Day league games (W5 D2), having lost 11 of their 14 games before this one (W1 D2). This is only their third Boxing Day match since returning to the Premier League in 2018 (1 win, 1 draw).
• In both the history of the Premier League and the English Football League, Manchester United have won more games and scored more goals on Boxing Day than any other team (22 wins, 74 Premier League goals, 54 wins, 202 goals at all times).

Wolves vs Man United: team news

The hosts can bring back Rayan Ait-Nouri after his suspension, while the former captain Mario Lemina He is also expected to recover from a blow.

Pablo Sarabia He remains doubtful with a calf problem, while Yerson Mosquera and Boubacar Traore remain in the treatment room.

Visitors hope to welcome again Matthijs de Ligtwho has missed the last two games due to illness.

However, Victor Lindelof It is unlikely to appear due to injury, with bricklayer assembly and Luke Shaw both long-term absentees.

Rashford remains fit and available for selection but it is yet to be confirmed whether he will return here.

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• Having won three of their first five Premier League home games against Man Utd (L2), Wolves are now winless in their last five, losing the last four in a row (D1).
• Manchester United have won seven of their last eight Premier League games against Wolves, with the exception of a 1-0 home defeat in January 2022.
• Wolves beat Leicester 3-0 in their first Premier League game under Vítor Pereira last time out. The last manager to win his first two top-flight games in charge of Wolves was Sammy Chung in August 1977.

Wolves vs Man United: What was said?

reacting to the result against BournemouthMicky Gray told talkSPORT: “manchester unitedToday's defense was terrible.

“I'm looking for an improvement in Ruben Amorim in the last two games. I'm yet to see it.

“They've all been really poor. I can't pick one Manchester United player who really impressed me today. They've been really fighting in possession, and that's everything Bournemouth deserve.

“Believe Ruben Amorim “He's got a big job on his hands here, not just in January, but next summer, getting players in and out.”

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• Manchester United have lost three of their six Premier League games under Ruben Amorim (W2 D1), with those defeats coming in their last four games.
• Wolves have conceded 16 goals from set-piece situations in the Premier League this season (excluding penalties), while Manchester United have conceded 41% of their goals from set-piece situations this season (9/22), the highest percentage in the league (9/22). .
• Matheus Cunha has been involved in nine goals in his last nine Premier League games, scoring six and assisting three. In total, he has been involved in 20 goals in 2024 (15 goals, 5 assists), the second most by a Wolves player in a single calendar year in the Premier League after Raúl Jiménez (24 in 2019).
• With four goals and six assists, Amad Diallo has been involved in 10 goals in his last 11 games for Manchester United in all competitions. In total, only Bruno Fernandes (16) has been involved in more goals for the Red Devils this season than the 22-year-old (12: 5 goals, 7 assists).

Wolves vs Man United: talkSPORT coverage

talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the game on Boxing Day, with kick-off scheduled for 5.30pm

Commentaries will be provided by Joe Shennan and former Chelsea advocate Scott Minto.

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