Manchester United will welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to Old Trafford this evening in the Emirates FA Cup third round replay after a poor 0-0 draw at the Molineux at the start of the month. The winner of this match will take on either Watford or Tranmere Rovers – the winner of the match will be decided three days before the fourth round match, will be played on Sunday 26 January at 15:00 GMT.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be happy with what he saw at the Theatre of Dreams on Saturday afternoon as Marcus Rashford scored a brace with a goal from each of Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood in the 4-0 victory over Norwich City in the Premier League, the clubs first win of 2020 after losing 2-0 to Arsenal, the 0-0 draw with Wolves and a 3-1 defeat to Manchester City in the semi-final first leg of the Carabao Cup.
Manchester United:
Romero;
Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Williams;
Fred, Matic;
Greenwood, Mata, James;
Martial
Substitutes:
Grant; Jones, Dalot; Lingard, Pereira, Chong; Rashford
Wolverhampton Wanderers:
Ruddy;
Dendoncker, Coady, Saiss;
Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Doherty
Traore, Jimenez, Neto
Substitutes:
Patricio, Bennett, Gibbs-White, Vinagre, Kilman, Ashley-Seal, Rasmussen
United and Wolves have played a total of 103 matches in this history of both clubs with the first match being played in 1892. United have won 48 times, drawn 19 times and lost 36 times. The last defeat to Wolves came in the Premier League back in April 2019, a 2-1 defeat at the Molineux with Scott McTominay scoring the opening goal, Diogo Jota equalising minutes later and a late own goal scored by Chris Smalling.
Since Wolves were promoted to the Premier League ahead of the 2018/19 season, United have not beaten them in four matches. The first match was played at Old Trafford and resulted in a 1-1 draw. United drew Wolves in the FA Cup that season, at the Molineux and lost 2-0, also losing at the Molineux in the league 2-1. In the last game, earlier this season, it was another 1-1 draw with Anthony Martial opening the scoring and Rúben Neves finding the equaliser.
