Bournemouth have been boosted by the arrival of two new signings this week in Rayan from Vasco da Gama and keeper Christos Mandas, who comes in on loan from Lazio.
Andoni Iraola’s side have hit some recent form after ending their 11-game run without a win, earning eight points from their past five games.
They’ll be hoping to build on that at Molineux this Saturday – and a repeat of last season’s record-breaking visit to Wolves would do just that. The Daily Echo previews the game.
Team news
With Rayan and Mandas arriving at Bournemouth, their squad has been strengthened but there still remains a number of injury concerns.
Justin Kluivert, Marcus Tavernier, Ben Gannon-Doak, Tyler Adams, Will Dennis and Julio Soler are all out, while David Brooks remains a doubt with an ankle issue.
Kluivert scored a hattrick last term at Molineux – but he is out with injury at the moment (Image: Nick Potts/PA Wire)
But with the two arrivals in the week and with Alex Toth fresh off a full week’s training after his debut vs Liverpool, Iraola will have more options.
For Wolves, Toti Gomes is out with a thigh injury, while Jean-Ricner Bellegarde is a doubt for the visit of the Cherries.
Head-to-head
The Cherries have the better record in games between the two sides, and have won four of the past five games.
Last season, the teams played each other three times, with Bournemouth winning two.
The first meeting saw the Cherries travel to Molineux and win 4-2 in an extraordinary game.
It was 3-1 to Bournemouth inside 20 minutes, with Justin Kluivert scoring two penalties in that time, both won by Evanilson, either side of a Milos Kerkez goal.
Kluivert completed his hattrick from the spot in the second half, shortly after Jorgen Strand Larsen had scored his second of the afternoon to make it 3-2.
Justin Kluivert receives a Guinness World Records certificate from Adam Millward (Image: Richard Crease)
The Dutchman became the first player to score a hattrick of penalties in the Premier League, while Evanilson was the first to win three in one game.
Later in the campaign, Wolves visited Dean Court twice in the space of a week, first in the league and then in the FA Cup.
The first saw Matheus Cunha score the only goal in a 1-0 Wolves win, before Cunha equalised after an Evanilson goal, seeing the cup tie go to penalties, in which the Cherries prevailed.
Earlier this season, a fourth-minute Marcus Tavernier goal handed Bournemouth all three points at the Vitality Stadium.
Form
As mentioned, the Cherries have been on a decent run of late, winning two of their past three and drawing the third.
Those two victories have come with dramatic stoppage time goals, earning wins over Spurs and Liverpool.
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Last weekend, Bournemouth beat the Reds at Dean Court, going into a two-goal lead before being pegged back to 2-2 – but Amine Adli scrambled home a long throw from James Hill to take all three points.
Wolves, meanwhile, have only won eight points all season, but six have come in the past five games.
While a run of four games unbeaten was ended by Manchester City last weekend, Wolves will be hopeful of picking up more points as they bid to rescue what has been a disastrous campaign so far.
AFC Bournemouth travel to Wolves on Saturday, January 31, kick off at 3pm.