Wolves vs Burnley LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Hwang Hee-Chan nets winner
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Vincent Kompany’s Burnley travel to Wolves in the hopes of backing up their impressive victory over Sheffield United at the weekend and taking strides to avoid the relegation zone.
The Clarets defeat the Blades 5-0 in a fluid and sweeping game of attacking football that felt reminiscent of their Championship dominance last season and Kompany will want to use that win as a springboard to take Burnley even further.
For their part, Wolves have lost their last two league games and a victory would propel them up the table and increase the gap above the relegation zone.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
We're under way at Molineux for the first of the Premier League's full set of midweek fixtures! Hwang with the first kick for Wolves.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
Wolves have both scored and conceded in each of their last 11 league games. They last had a longer such run between August and October 1985 in the third tier (12 games). Are we in for an entertaining contest here? The teams are out, and kick-off is rapidly approaching!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
Kompany makes just one change to the Burnley lineup which began Saturday's thrashing of Sheffield United, with defender Jordan Beyer suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards. Ekdal comes in alongside former West Bromwich Albion defender O'Shea in the heart of their backline. The likes of Jack Cork, Josh Cullen and Lyle Foster are absent.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
O'Neil makes four changes to the Wolves side which started at Arsenal, with one of those enforced after Jose Sa failed to recover from a back issue he sustained in that game. Bentley replaces him in goal, while Bellegarde, Doyle and Traore are replaced by Sarabia, Gomes and Lemina after the latter duo served one-match bans on Saturday. Full-back Jonny Otto has been exiled following what O'Neil described as a "training ground incident", so young midfielder Chirewa keeps his place on the bench.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
BURNLEY SUBS: Johann Gudmundsson, Nathan Redmond, Anass Zaroury, Aaron Ramsey, Ameen Al Dakhil, Mike Tresor, Hannes Delcroix, Wilson Odobert, Arijanet Muric.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
BURNLEY (4-4-2): James Trafford; Vitinho, Dara O'Shea, Hjalmar Ekdal, Charlie Taylor; Jacob Bruun Larsen, Sander Berge, Josh Brownhill, Luca Koleosho; Jay Rodriguez, Zeki Amdouni.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
WOLVES SUBS: Matt Doherty, Santiago Bueno, Boubacar Traore, Fabio Silva, Sasa Kalajdzic, Tommy Doyle, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Tom King, Tawanda Chirewa.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
WOLVES (3-4-3): Dan Bentley; Maximilian Kilman, Craig Dawson, Toti Gomes; Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Mario Lemina, Hugo Bueno; Pablo Sarabia, Matheus Cunha, Hwang Hee-chan.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
Burnley, meanwhile, breathed fresh life into their survival hopes on Saturday by routing fellow relegation candidates Sheffield United 5-0 at Turf Moor, ending a six-game losing run and hastening the end of Paul Heckingbottom's tenure with the Blades. Vincent Kompany's Clarets are now just two points adrift of Luton Town in 17th, and with the Hatters facing a difficult clash with Arsenal later on Tuesday, they will be looking to climb out of the relegation zone with a victory in the West Midlands!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Burnley
Wolves return to Molineux looking to respond to a pair of back-to-back defeats in London, having gone down to Fulham and Arsenal last week. While Gary O'Neil was frustrated by a series of controversial decisions in the first of those losses, he could have few complaints at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday as Wolves left themselves with a mountain to climb, and Matheus Cunha's outstanding strike was too little, too late in a 2-1 defeat. They will hope to get back to winning ways here, and this may be the first time they have been favourites for a home game this season, having hosted Brighton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Tottenham so far in 2023-24.
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