Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Preview

Manchester United will begin their 2023/24 Premier League season with a game against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday night.

The Red Devils enjoyed their first season under Erik ten Hag finishing in third place and winning the Carabao Cup. They also reached the FA Cup final but narrowly lost out to treble winners Manchester City.

They will now be looking to build on that success that helped restore faith that the good times may be on their way back to Old Trafford.

Another transformational summer has seen the Red Devils bolster their squad at both ends of the pitch, leaving Ten Hag confident his side are “capable of winning every game”.

The Dutch coach will be looking to replicate his two permanent predecessors in finishing higher in his second season than his first. But maintaining their incredible home form is surely key to that, as United went unbeaten in their last 29 games of the competitive campaign at Old Trafford (W25, D4).

However the Red Devils’ attack has to improve to achieve that as the 58 goals they managed in the Premier League (PL) last season was the lowest among top-six sides by at least ten.

Meanwhile, crisis hit Wolves travel to Old Trafford in turmoil, with Julen Lopetegui departing Molineux in the build-up to this curtain-raiser.

The former Real Madrid coach oversaw an incredible recovery to keep the club in the division last term. However, a difficult summer that saw several key players depart without replacements forced Lopetegui’s hand, and he had no choice but to leave the club.

Since then, Gary O’Neil has been hired. The new boss is used to walking into a crisis, having led Bournemouth to survival last season from a difficult position.

The Englishman came after Bournemouth’s 9-0 thrashing against Liverpool and guided the Cherries to a six-match unbeaten streak (W2, D4). Although the task isn’t similar, ending an eight-match winless streak on the road in the PL represents quite the challenge (D2, L6), especially against an opponent they’ve won just one of the last ten H2Hs against (D3, L6).

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