Liverpool will surely dismantle their visitors with clinical efficiency. The gap in quality between the two teams is just too big to ignore. Wolves have a leaky defence that falls apart when pressured. The Anfield crowd will push the home team to go for the throat. It should be a relaxed evening for the Liverpool fans
Match info: Premier League
Venue: Anfield, Merseyside
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025
Time: 4 pm Nigerian time
Resurgent Liverpool will be licking their lips as they welcome Premier League whipping boys Wolverhampton Wanderers to Anfield for Saturday’s festive fixture.
Despite a 2–1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, an inferior goal difference to fourth-placed Chelsea meant Arne Slot’s side spent Christmas Day outside the top four in the English top-flight standings, while Rob Edwards’s men remain rooted at the foot of the table.
Head-to-head:
- Liverpool have won 18 of the 22 Premier League meetings between the two teams.
- Wolves recorded two victories.
- The remaining two clashes ended in draws.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have picked up only two points from seventeen matches. This ties the record for the worst start to a season in English top-flight history.
- Liverpool have won eight straight league games against Wolves at home.
- Hugo Ekitike has scored in three straight Premier League games. He is now the main man up front while Mohamed Salah is away.
- Six of their last nine encounters produced at least three goals.
Form:
- Liverpool in the league: L-D-D-W-W
- Liverpool in all competitions: D-D-W-W-W
- Wolves in the league: L-L-L-L-L
- Wolves in all competitions: L-L-L-L-L
Team News:
- Mohamed Salah is away on international duty. Dominik Szoboszlai is suspended. Florian Wirtz is in doubt with a hamstring. Alexander Isak and Giovanni Leoni out till 2026 summer. Joe Gomez, Stefan Bajcetic, Wataru Endo, and Cody Gakpo have minor knocks.
- For Wolves, Emmanuel Agbadou and Tawanda Chirewa are both away on international duty. Hugo Bueno has a strain and is in doubt, Daniel Bentley, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, and Rodrigo Gomes all out due to injury.
Player(s) to watch:
- International duty and injuries have left the squad a bit thin. Because of that, the attacking responsibility has shifted squarely onto Hugo Ekitike. He has made the most of his chances since joining Liverpool. The French forward is a dangerous, unpredictable player in the middle. He uses a mix of raw pace and quick feet to mess with tight defences. Ekitike currently boasts an impressive tally of eight goals and one assist in 16 games of the Premier League 2025/26 season. His directness suggests he will be looking forward to testing a shaky Wolves backline this weekend.
- Jørgen Strand Larsen finds himself in that tough spot at Molineux right now, playing up front for a team at the bottom takes a lot of mental toughness. The Norwegian striker has barely had any service all season. Even so, his size and strength are the team’s best bet for scoring on the counter. He has only scored once in fifteen appearances. Larsen knows that scoring at Anfield would be a massive boost. It could be just what he needs to kickstart his own form and the club’s fight to stay up.