Wolves Vs Sunderland: Wolves host Sunderland for first Premier League meeting since 2011
Wolves vs Sunderland lands at Molineux with the first Premier League meeting at Wolves since December 2011, and both sides arrive carrying very different kinds of pressure. Wolves have not hosted Sunderland in this competition for more than a decade, while Sunderland can draw on two straight league wins in the matchup.
The recent edge sits with Sunderland. They have won their last two league games against Wolves, kept clean sheets in the last four league meetings, and are chasing a first league double over Wolves since 1949-50.
Wolves And Sunderland At Molineux
Wolves have been hard to beat at home in this fixture, with seven home league games unbeaten against Sunderland. The last Premier League meeting at Molineux ended 2-1 to Wolves in December 2011, while the last time Sunderland visited in any league game there was a 0-0 Championship draw in December 2017.
That history gives this match a narrow frame. Sunderland have not just taken points in the last two league meetings; they have also shut Wolves out in four straight league games, a run that stretches back to April 2012.
Wolves' scoring problems
Wolves come in with a blunt attacking record. They have failed to score in a league-high 18 different Premier League games this season and own the lowest shot conversion rate in the division at 7.6%.
The results have piled up with 23 defeats already, a total that is their joint-most in any 38-game league campaign. Their May record adds another layer of strain: Wolves have won just one of their last 18 Premier League games in the month, and they are winless in 10 straight May league matches since beating Aston Villa 1-0 in 2023.
Sunderland's recent edge
Sunderland arrive with their own setback, having lost their last two Premier League games. Those results came in a 4-3 defeat at Aston Villa and a 5-0 home loss to Nottingham Forest, a swing from a team that had not conceded more than three goals in any of its first 32 league games this season.
Even so, their season numbers in front of goal point to a side that can make opponents work. Sunderland have conceded from 9.2% of their shots faced in the Premier League this season, allowing 45 goals from 491 shots.
Wilson Isidor is another indicator of how Sunderland are managing their attacking minutes. No player has played more Premier League games this season without completing 90 minutes in any of them, with Isidor coming off the bench 18 times and being substituted in all 11 of his starts.
For Wolves, the task is simple on paper and awkward in practice: turn home familiarity into goals before Sunderland’s recent grip on the head-to-head settles in again. For Sunderland, another clean sheet would put real weight behind a matchup they have controlled since April 2012.
