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Wolves midfielder Mario Lemina is expected to be available despite being forced off at half-time in the draw at Brighton with a minor calf injury. Sam Johnstone is back in contention after missing two games but Hwang Hee-chan, Sasa Kalajdzic, Enso Gonzalez, Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traore and Bastien Meupiyou remain out. Crystal Palace have suffered a double injury blow ahead of the trip to Molineux with Adam Wharton ruled out for a month after undergoing groin surgery, while Eberechi Eze will miss two weeks after he sustained a hamstring injury in the EFL Cup win at Aston Villa. Jefferson Lerma, Chadi Riad, Chris Richards and Matheus Franca remain sidelined but Cheick Doucoure is available. Head-to-head Wolves have lost six of their last seven Premier League games against Crystal Palace. In last season's Premier League, Palace defeated Wolves 3-2 at Selhurst Park and 3-1 at Molineux. The Eagles have won three of their six Premier League visits to Molineux - all six of those matches were decided by a two-goal margin for the victors. Wolves Wolves have lost each of their opening four home fixtures of a league campaign for the first time. They have failed to win any of their opening nine matches of a league campaign for the third time, having done so in the top flight in 1983-84 and in the second tier in 1926-27. A team has had a winless run of at least 10 matches from the beginning of a Premier League season on 18 occasions. Only five of those teams went on to avoid relegation: Everton (1994-95), Blackburn (1996-97), Derby (2000-01) and Newcastle (2018-19 and 2021-22). Wolves have won just one of their last 19 top-flight games, a 2-1 home victory against Luton on 27 April. Premier League matches involving Wolves this term have produced a league-high 37 goals, while Palace's fixtures have yielded a league-low 17 goals. Wolves have conceded 25 goals this season. Only Southampton, with 26 in 2012-13, have conceded more goals after nine games of a Premier League campaign. Gary O'Neil has lost all four top-flight matches as a manager against Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace Palace's 1-0 home win against Spurs last time out was their first of the season. However, the Eagles have won only two of their last 17 Premier League away fixtures: 1-0 at Liverpool on 14 April and 3-1 at Wolves on 11 May. Palace have scored six Premier League goals this season, a joint-league low alongside Southampton. They netted 29 goals in 13 league games under Oliver Glasner last season - the fifth-highest tally in that time period. Jean-Philippe Mateta and Eberechi Eze are joint-fourth in Palace's all-time leading Premier League goalscorers with 27 goals. The top three are Wilfried Zaha (68), Christian Benteke (35) and Luka Milivojevic (28). Mateta has scored 16 goals in 22 Premier League appearances under Oliver Glasner but only two have been scored in away games - including one at Molineux. Eze has scored in four of his five Premier League starts versus Wolves, his joint-highest top-flight goals tally against any side, along with Sheffield United. Last Updated 29th October 2024 at 16: 03 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions All six Premier League games between Wolves and Crystal Palace at Molineux have been won by a two-goal margin – Wolves’ three wins have all be 2-0, while the Eagles have won 2-0 twice and 3-1 once. Crystal Palace have won six of their last seven Premier League games against Wolves (L1), as many wins as they’d managed in their previous 20 league matches against them (D4 L10). Wolverhampton Wanderers are winless in nine Premier League games this season (D2 L7). They’ve only had a longer winless start to a top-flight season once, going 14 games in 1983-84. Crystal Palace’s Premier League games this season have seen the fewest goals of any side (6 for, 11 against), while Wolves’ games have seen the most goals (37). Palace’s last three games have all ended 1-0 (W1 L2), while Wolves haven’t had a game end 1-0 since April against Bournemouth. Wolves have conceded 25 goals in nine Premier League games this season, just the third side to ship 25+ at this stage of a campaign along with Southampton in 2012-13 (26) and Fulham in 2018-19 (25). Crystal Palace have lost just two of their last 22 Premier League matches against teams starting the day in the relegation zone (W11 D9) but one of those defeats was in their most recent such match against Everton in September. Wolves have lost their last five home Premier League matches, last enduring a longer home losing run in the league between January and April 2012 (nine). Only four previous teams have lost their opening five home games in a Premier League season: Portsmouth in 2009-10, Bolton in 2011-12, Newcastle in 2018-19 and Burnley in 2023-24. Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze has been involved in 53 shots in the Premier League this season (37 shots, 16 chances created), with only Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer (54) having more shots and chances created combined. Matheus Cunha has scored in 15 Premier League matches for Wolves but only ended on the winning side in three of them (D3 L9). Among players to have scored in 15 games, only Dean Windass (also 20%) has as low a win ratio as Cunha in Premier League history. Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored 16 goals in his last 20 Premier League starts for Crystal Palace. Mateta’s 17 Premier League goals in 2024 are the most by a Palace player in a calendar year. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.