Rob Edwards makes five changes for Wolves' third round tie with Shrewsbury. Sam Johnstone, Matt Doherty, David Moller Wolfe, Andre and Jorgen Strand Larsen return. Yerson Mosquera, Hugo Bueno, Mateus Mane and Tolu Arokodare drop to the bench while Rodrigo Gomes and Dan Bentley are back from injury.

There are not many January must-wins in the Premier League but a loser of Wolves vs West Ham would feel lower than low.

Liverpool return to Premier League action at Anfield with significant selection questions hanging over Arne Slot as Wolves arrive on Saturday afternoon. The Reds are juggling fitness concerns, suspensions and absences at a crucial point in the festive schedule, forcing a reshuffle that could shape both the starting XI and the tactical approach.

Striker Jorgen Strand Larsen's hat-trick ends his Wolves goal drought as he fires them past League Two Shrewsbury into the FA Cup fourth round.

Manchester United comfortably overcame Wolverhampton Wanderers with a 4-1 win that saw Ruben Amorim's team rise to sixth in the Premier League table.

On the morning of December 17, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ under-21 players were called together on a pitch at their Compton Park training ground to receive devastating news. Ethan McLeod, their team-mate until last summer, had been involved in a car crash the previous evening and died at the tragically young age of 21.

Jhon Arias and Jackson Tchatchoua come in for Andre and Santiago Bueno for the visitors. Wolves are on an awful run of 12 successive defeats. Their last away win came at Old Trafford in April, since when they have got one point in 11 games on their travels.

Until just two seasons ago, the Timberwolves held the dubious distinction of having the worst regular-season winning percentage in professional sports. Not just in the NBA, not just among Minnesota’s “Big Four” men’s professional men’s teams.