Injury expert: Four Wolves players set to miss Premier League clash v West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers are set to be without four players for their Premier League clash against West Ham United at Molineux, according to injury expert Ben Dinnery.
Summer signing Boubacar Traore has been ruled out for two months and is 100 per cent out of the game against the Hammers (Premier injuries).
Traore joins Francisco Tavares Oliveira and Sasa Kalajdzic as long-term absentees from Julen Lopetegui’s plans with Pedro Neto also set to miss the match against David Moyes’ side with a foot injury.
Daniel Podence could also miss the fixture but is currently being assessed for a minor knock with Dinnery rating his chance of playing at 50 per cent.
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There are a number of huge relegation clashes in the Premier League over the weekend (13/14 January) with Everton facing off against bottom-placed Southampton at Goodison Park. With the bottom four all playing each other, it could well be a season-defining period.
Failure to pick up three points could see a gap begin to form between one or two teams who are currently embroiled in the relegation dogfight. West Ham have to take the positives out of their last two performances against Brentford and Leeds United.
There appear to be some green shoots of recovery amongst in their previous two displays and it’s up to Moyes to repeat the trick at Molineux on Saturday (14 January).
It will be interesting to see if the Scot plays Craig Dawson against the Black Country side with Wolves having a long-standing interest in the 32-year-old.
It’s believed they are yet again looking to sign Dawson in the January window with West Ham now open to offers for the central defender (Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth, 10 January).