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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the Premier League clash between Wolves and Tottenham at Molineux. Jose Mourinho's side are hoping to bounce back from back-to-back league defeats and get their title bid back on track, while Wolves will be targeting a victory to climb back into the top 10.

Premier League / Matchday 15
Molineux / 27.12.2020
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Dan Quarrell

Updated 27/12/2020 at 21:12 GMT


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GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Tottenham (Tanguy Ndombele): Spurs are ahead already! Wolves switch off from Son's corner, Coady heads it away but Davies keeps it alive and Ndombele, on the edge of the box, fires it home!
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Davies sends a long, straight ball out from the back and finds Son behind the Wolves defence. It's a tight angle and he can only force the corner.
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Kick-off! The players take the knee in a strong message against racism before Tottenham get us underway at Molineux.
19:10
It's your FIVE minute warning. It's Wolves versus Tottenham in the Premier League, it's LIVE and it's NEXT!
19:05
TEN minutes until kick-off at Molineux! With almost all of their rivals dropping points this festive weekend, what a great opportunity for Spurs to make up some ground. Stay with us for our live text commentary in what should be a fascinating match.
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Pre-match stat: Spurs have won each of their last three Premier League away games against Wolves, netting at least twice each time. Indeed, just one of Spurs' four Premier League defeats to Wolves has come at Molineux (0-1 in February 2010).
18:55
Wolves start the match in 12th but just five points adrift of a European spot. Adama Traore has been brought back in tonight with Nuno undoubtedly hoping to utilise his pace and skill as Wolves look to play on the counter-attack.
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Did you know? Following their 3-2 win at Spurs in the last Premier League meeting between the sides, Wolves are looking to secure back-to-back league wins against them for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign, when they completed a league double over them.
18:45
It's a must-not lose match for Jose following two successive league defeats. Spurs got back on track with a fine performance at Stoke on Wednesday night in the Carabao Cup but the Premier League must be their priority, and they have not lost three consecutive league matches since 2012. A victory would close the gap on leaders Liverpool to four points and move them up as high as third.
18:40
Wolves have lost three of their last four, but Mourinho is expecting a difficult game. "If I would rate the difficulty of matches, all of them are difficult in the Premier League, but Wolves is especially difficult because they are a very good team," said Mourinho (per the official Tottenham website). "They are in a similar situation to us in that they lost their last match, so the feeling will be not good, and the feeling will be to try to win it. They were always a good team, playing only with a back five, this season they went four, five, so in this moment we have the doubt in relation to that, but the quality of the players is there, the intensity is also there, so I expect a very difficult game.”
18:35
Wolves boss Nuno was a Champions League winner while playing under Mourinho with Porto back in 2005, and it's no surprise that he is looking forward to meeting up with his former boss tonight. "It will be a pleasure to receive him in Molineux again," said Nuno (per the official Wolves website). "I have huge admiration, as you can imagine, for Mourinho, on a personal level and as a manager. It’s fantastic, so I’m not surprised at all with all the good things that he’s doing at Tottenham. I’m not surprised at all. It’s amazing. We expect a very tough game. We must get ready for it because we’re going to face a tough opponent, a talented squad, in a good moment. Let’s enjoy and play the game.”
18:30
Mourinho is going to operate with a back three this evening, with Matt Doherty and Sergio Reguilon starting as wing-backs. Davinson Sanchez and Harry Winks keep their place in the side after helping Spurs confirm their place in the Carabao Cup semi-final following victory over Stoke in midweek. Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son, as expected, start in attack.
18:25
Nuno Espirito Santo makes THREE changes to the Wolves team that lost at Turf Moor on Monday night, with Marcal, Adama Traore and Fabio Silva restored to the starting XI. Maximilian Kilman, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Owen Otasowie all drop to the bench.
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Wolves XI: Patricio, Marcal, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Neves, Moutinho, Silva, Traore, Neto, Podence.. subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Ait-Nouri, Vitinha, Perry, Cundle, Kilman, Otasowie, Corbeanu. /// Tottenham XI: Lloris, Doherty, Dier, Sanchez, Davies, Reguilon, Ndombele, Hojbjerg, Winks, Son, Kane.. subs: Hart, Alderweireld, Lamela, Rodon, Sissoko, Alli, Bergwijn, Aurier, Tangana.