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Wolves vs Manchester United LIVE!

Man Utd are in dire need of an improvement heading into their Premier League trip to Wolverhampton on Boxing Day. Ruben Amorim’s side were thrashed by Bournemouth last time out and have already lost four matches since appointing the highly-rated former Sporting CP manager.

Clearly, this is a long-term process and Amorim will be afforded time to restore at least some former glories at Old Trafford. Still, more defeats would only dampen the mood and the initial excitement about Amorim’s appointment already feels a long time ago as it is. Marcus Rashford has been left out of the squad for the fourth match in a row.

Wolves, meanwhile, got a huge new manager bounce last weekend. Vitor Pereira’s side still sit in the relegation zone but thrashed Leicester in his first game in charge to raise hope of potential survival. Indeed, little about what United have done of late would suggest they have much to fear. Follow all the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!

Wolves vs Manchester United latest news

• GOAL: Matheus Cunha puts Wolves ahead

• Red card: Bruno Fernandes off!

• Kick-off

• TV channel and live stream: Amazon Prime

GOOOAAAAALLLL | Wolves 2-0 Manchester United

19:25 , Dom Smith

90+9’ mins: That’s it. That’s the cherry on the cake for Wolves. Cunha and Hwang on a two-against-one counter up against Martinez. Cunha selflessly taps to Hwang, and the striker does the rest. It’s 2-0.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:22 , Dom Smith

90+6’ mins: Maguire is lurking in the box and heads on goal from Antony’s cross. But it’s a weak header and catching practice for Sa.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:21 , Dom Smith

90+5’ mins: United into the business of long throws now.

Dalot launches in, but Toti gets up well.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:19 , Dom Smith

90+3’ mins: On come the defensive cavalry for Wolves now.

Bellegarde and Dawson are on.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:17 , Dom Smith

90+1’ mins: Eriksen’s ball is a decent one, but it’s well defended.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:16 , Dom Smith

90 mins: Rodrigo Gomes with a handy run down the left channel. His cross into the box is a good one but is snuffed out well by the pint-sized Martinez.

Doherty concedes a free-kick to Garnacho, and this will be an opportunity for United now, as we enter eight minutes of added time.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:14 , Dom Smith

88 mins: We’re set for a fraught end to this game as United desperately search for a way to get back into this match.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:12 , Dom Smith

86 mins: Well that’s a weird one. An error, it seems. Ait-Nouri was being replaced, not Strand Larsen. The gangly striker is back on.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:11 , Dom Smith

85 mins: Eriksen’s corner delivery is a good one and is aimed in towards Maguire, but Wolves get it clear.

Great work by Cunha, the goalscorer, to get back and defend.

Wolves sub sees Strand Larsen replaced by Rodrigo Gomes.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:08 , Dom Smith

82 mins: Garnacho fashions an improvised header but it lands on the roof of Sa’s goal.

United have to produce more.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:07 , Dom Smith

82 mins: Eriksen takes a nice touch before crossing from the right. Zirkzee is waiting for it in the centre, but Sa comes out decisively to gather.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:05 , Dom Smith

80 mins: A fourth sub and then a fifth and final one for United as Alejandro Garnacho replaces Diallo. Joshua Zirkzee on for Hojlund.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:04 , Dom Smith

77 mins: Eight shots to six for United, and three each on target, but the one decisive shot has been Cunha’s direct corner.

It will move Wolves out of the relegation zone if it stays like this.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

19:00 , Dom Smith

74 mins: Tommy Doyle and Hwang Hee-chan come on for Wolves, as Gomes and Guedes make way.

16 minutes left for 10-man United to get something from their Boxing Day trip to the Black Country.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

18:56 , Dom Smith

70 mins: Snap shot from Antony as he cuts inside but hits the outside netting.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

18:55 , Dom Smith

69 mins: An effort on target from Casemiro as he heads Antony’s cross on goal, but Sa easily holds.

United looking unbalanced and finding it difficult to dispossess Wolves at present.

The home side could be 2-0 up if Larsen’s ball across to Guedes could have been more accurate.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

18:50 , Dom Smith

63 mins: Subs for United then. Mainoo replaced by Casemiro. Yoro and Ugarte off for Antony and Eriksen.

Attacking moves from Amorim, but also desperate to ensure those on yellows do not earn another and cause more problems.

Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

18:48 , Dom Smith

62 mins: Wolves have rallied and are good value for their lead by now.

Casemiro, Antony and Eriksen ready to come on for the visitors.

GOOOOAAAALL | Wolves 1-0 Manchester United

18:45 , Dom Smith

58 mins: United are a man down, and now they are a goal down, and it HAD been coming.

Cunha has been the player of the match and whips a mean corner into the box. Like the goal United conceded to Son Heung-min of Tottenham a few weeks back, it goes all the way in. They let in a direct corner. Again.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

18:42 , Dom Smith

54 mins: Ugarte is booked and will now miss the game against Newcastle on Monday through suspension.

GOOOAAAA… No.

18:37 , Dom Smith

49 mins: Strand Larsen has the ball in the net but is flagged offside. A VAR review shows it’s the right call… just. Stays 0-0, but United must be oh-so-careful now!

RED CARD!

18:33 , Dom Smith

47 mins: 88 seconds into the second half and Bruno Fernandes is shown his THIRD red card of the season! Already on a booking, he goes in on Semedo with his studs showing.

This will make United’s evening all the more difficult!

KICK OFF

18:31 , Dom Smith

46 mins: Back underway in the second half.

Half-time stats

18:23 , Dom Smith

Man Utd possesion: 58%

Wolves possession: 42%

Man Utd shots: 6

Wolves shots: 4

Man Utd shots on target: 2

Wolves shots on target: 2

HT | Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

18:16 , Dom Smith

Half-time arrives at Molineux, with both sides lacking a cutting edge in the final third and with the game goalless. Wolves’s Vitor Pereira will be the happier manager, though. His side have really grown into the half.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

18:15 , Dom Smith

45 mins: One minute added time.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

18:11 , Dom Smith

41 mins: Diallo’s shot is blocked, but Hojlund is fuming that the Ivorian doesn’t play him in after winning the ball in the air.

CLOSE! Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

18:09 , Dom Smith

39 mins: Wolves are enjoying a good moment and so nearly score through Semedo, whose battered effort from miles out deflects off a United foot and spins just wide of Onana’s post.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

18:07 , Dom Smith

37 mins: A teasing ball into the box by Ait-Nouri deserves so much better than to be allowed to simply fly past Onana’s goal-mouth and behind for a goal-kick.

Dangerous cross, that. Wolves attackers needed to gamble.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

18:05 , Dom Smith

35 mins: Dalot heads into the box and there is Martinez to nod on goal. It’s a weak one, though, and Sa easily gathers.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

18:02 , Dom Smith

32 mins: Patient build-up play from United, who are camped just outside the final third. Wolves a danger on the break, though, and looking to tear away at any opportunity they can nick the ball.

CLOSE! Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

17:56 , Dom Smith

26 mins: Strand Larsen leaps early from the ball into the box, beating Maguire in the air, and nodding a head down which bounces up and is pushed away by a sprawling Onana.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

17:53 , Dom Smith

23 mins: Guedes on a solo mission to goal. Struck from range but it flies wide and over.

CLOSE! Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

17:50 , Dom Smith

20 mins: Fernandes plays to his fellow countryman Diogo Dalot, whose curling effort is pushes wide by another Portuguese international, Jose Sa.

Good shot that. Well stopped.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

17:49 , Dom Smith

19 mins: Cunha shoots from the free-kick rather than delivering.

Very easily held by Onana.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

17:48 , Dom Smith

18 mins: The bulk of possession has been United’s, but Cunha has been the star of the opening 18 minutes and picks up a free-kick as he is felled by Bruno Fernandes, who is booked.

17:46 , Dom Smith

16 mins: Superb football by Wolves. Doherty should cross, but instead he shoots, and Onana is able to gather.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

17:44 , Dom Smith

14 mins: Mazraoui has made a bright start here but can’t turn away from Cunha. Goal-kick to Wolves.

Pereira busy pointing his Wolves players all over the place from the sideline.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

17:40 , Dom Smith

10 mins: Maguire’s long cross-field ball looks a good one, but Dalot is adjudged to have crossed the line as he stomachs it down. Wolves waste the subsequent throw-in.

Speedy start to the game, but it’s become it tad bitty now.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

17:34 , Dom Smith

5 mins: Leny Yoro picks up the first booking of the evening as he fells the tricky Matheus Cunha.

Wolves 0-0 Manchester United

17:34 , Dom Smith

4 mins: United have made a bright start, and so have Wolves, who look better in a back three since Pereira replaced O’Neil has manager.

Fernandes and Hojlund taking it in turns to press for the visitors.

KICK OFF

17:30 , Dom Smith

1min: Underway, then, at Molineux!

Pre-match thoughts from Ruben Amorim

17:22 , Matt Verri

The Man United boss has been speaking ahead of kick-off, laying out what he wants from his side this evening.

Not long now!

17:18 , Matt Verri

Just over ten minutes to go until kick-off at Molineux.

Wolves boss Vitor Pereira got off the mark in his first match in charge with a big win over Leicester.

He now takes his place in the home dugout for the first time, fans with renewed belief since Pereira arrived. Could be a real test for Man United.

Leaky at the back

17:11 , Matt Verri

In Man United’s last six games in all competitions, they have conceded 14 goals.

Not hard to see where the problems have been, and a fair few of those have come from set-pieces.

Sure that will something Wolves will be looking to target this evening.

Around the grounds…

17:04 , Matt Verri

It’s full-time in the 3pm kick-offs. Big, big win for Fulham at Stamford Bridge, and more misery for Tottenham.

Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace

Chelsea 1-2 Fulham

Newcastle 3-0 Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest 1-0 Tottenham

Southampton 0-1 West Ham

How it stands…

16:57 , Matt Verri

Victory for Wolves would lift them out of the relegation zone – they are currently two points off Leicester in 17th.

Man United, meanwhile, are 14th as it stands. Miserable season for them so far.

A win here, though, could be enough to lift them into the top half for now.

Amorim on Christmas schedule

16:44 , Matt Verri

Ruben Amorim has little interest in discussing the hectic festive period, as he experiences the packed fixture list for the first time.

“I just want to win,” the Man United boss said.

“I don’t care about Christmas, nothing. I’m just focused on we need to win the next match and that’s the only thing. It’s very good for the fans and we adapt.

“We are privileged so we can play on Boxing Day too to give some happiness to the fans, and we want so bad to win another game.”

In the building!

16:34 , Matt Verri

The visitors have arrived at Molineux…

Rashford left out again

16:25 , Matt Verri

Marcus Rashford left out of the Man United squad for the fourth match in a row. Really does feel like the end of his time at the club.

Amad Diallo and Bruno Fernandes start behind Rasmus Hojlund, while Leny Yoro is back in the starting lineup and Matthijs de Ligt returns to the squad after illness.

Wolves team news

16:18 , Matt Verri

Wolves XI: Sa, Semedo, Doherty, Bueno, Toti, Ait-Nouri, Andre, J.Gomes, Guedes, Cunha, Larsen

Subs: Johnstone, Dawson, Meupiyou, Lima, Doyle, R.Gomes, Bellegarde, Forbs, Hwang

Man United team news

16:18 , Matt Verri

Man United XI: Onana, Yoro, Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui, Mainoo, Ugarte, Dalot, Fernandes, Amad, Hojlund

Subs: Bayindir, De Ligt, Evans, Eriksen, Casemiro, Collyer, Garnacho, Antony, Zirkzee

16:05 , Alex Young

Team news is imminent from Molineux. Will Rashford return to the squad?

Pereira backs Amorim to be a success

15:55 , Alex Young

New Wolves head coach Vitor Pereira has backed Manchester United counterpart, and fellow Portuguese, Ruben Amorim to be a success in the Premier League.

The Red Devils have been up and down since the arrival of 39-year-old Amorim last month, losing heavily at home to Bournemouth on Sunday following their derby victory over Manchester City.

Pereira acknowledged it took him a while to join the English top flight due to “bad steps” in his career but is now relishing the challenge ahead and the clash with compatriot Amorim, who he thinks will make his mark at United.

“We never played against each other because I am a lot older,” 56-year-old Pereira said.

“I took a lot of time to arrive here (in England), because I made maybe bad steps in my career and missed opportunities to come sooner.

“Amorim is the new generation of Portuguese coach with a lot of talent and communication, tactical, strategical talent and I believe he will do a very good work in the Premier League.”

15:46 , Alex Young

Wolves have lost the last four on the spin against Manchester United, but scored three late on in this fixtures last season to draw 3-3 before Kobbie Mainoo scored a 97th-minute winner.

More of the same today? This could be anything.

Amorim delivers the latest on Rashford

15:39 , Alex Young

Ruben Amorim says Marcus Rashford’s exile from Manchester United matchday squads will continue until the “right moment”, but has offered hope to the forward over a return.

The Portuguese tactician left the 27-year-old – as well as Alejandro Garnacho – at home for the 2-1 derby-day win over Manchester City, explaining it was a technical decision not based on injury or indiscipline.

Though whilst the Argentina international earned an immediate recall for the Carabao Cup quarter-final loss at the hands of Tottenham and then the Premier League defeat against Bournemouth at the weekend, the United no.10 remains on the sidelines.

This came on the back of Rashford conducting an interview in which he revealed his wish to leave his boyhood club and seek a “new challenge” away from Old Trafford.

Confirming that Rashford “wants to play” ahead of Man United’s Boxing Day clash against Wolves, Amorim has given a clear indication that he will continue to not consider the forward in his selection process.

“Normal situation. When I feel that it is the right moment, I will change something,” he told reporters. “Until then, I will continue to think what is the best for the team.”

Wolves vs Manchester United prediction

15:27 , Alex Young

It is difficult to be confident of United beating anyone at the moment, with that dramatic derby win over Manchester City a rare bright moment.

Amorim’s side look incredibly vulnerable at the back against almost every team they play, and a Wolves side with renewed confidence after the change of manager could cause them problems.

Draw, 1-1.

Man Utd team news

15:19 , Alex Young

Ruben Amorim must today decide whether to give Marcus Rashford a chance to impress today.

Rashford has been left out for the last three matches, with Amorim recently questioning the forward’s decision to give an interview after he was dropped for the Manchester derby.

He is unlikely to start, even if he does come back into the squad. Rasmus Hojlund is to return to the starting lineup, after Joshua Zirkzee again failed to impress against Bournemouth.

Amorim could opt to make changes in midfield after a poor display last time out, with Casemiro an option to come in having not featured much in recent weeks and Kobbie Mainoo largely struggling for form.

Matthijs de Ligt is expected to recover from illness and could start in the back three, with Leny Yoro also in contention to feature.

Harry Maguire is the most likely to drop to the bench, while Noussair Mazraoui should return to his preferred wing-back role.

Wolves team news

15:12 , Alex Young

Pereira made four changes in his first match in charge at Wolves and they paid off, with Goncalo Guedes and Rodrigo Gomes, two of those to come in, scoring in the first-half. The pair will hope to keep their places in the starting lineup.

Mario Lemina was ruled out of that win with a minor calf issue, but is likely to be in contention to face United.

Where to watch Wolves vs Manchester United

15:04 , Alex Young

TV channel: The game will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video. Coverage starts at 5pm GMT ahead of an 5.30pm GMT kick-off.

Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the Amazon Prime website or app.

Free highlights: In the UK, Match of the Day broadcasts on BBC One at 10:40pm GMT tonight

Welcome

14:59 , Alex Young

Good afternoon and welcome to the Standard’s LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Wolves and Manchester United.

It’s been a tough start to life at United for Ruben Amorim, who heads to Molineux off the back of a damaging home defeat to Bournemouth.

Wolves should prove easier opponents on paper, but new manager Vitor Pereira oversaw a 3-0 win over Leicester in his first game, creating a newfound confidence for the hosts.

Kick-off is at 5.30pm.