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Marcus Rashford explains why he was dropped for Wolverhampton Wanderers match

Manchester United's Marcus Rashford celebrates scoring on December 31, 2022

Marcus Rashford says that he was dropped from Manchester United's starting XI against Wolverhampton Wanderers after being late for a team meeting.

Julen Lopetegui: 'Wolverhampton Wanderers should versus Manchester United they can compete'

Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Julen Lopetegui pictured on December 31, 2022

Julen Lopetegui feels that his Wolverhampton Wanderers showed against Manchester United on New Year's Eve that they are ready to compete with any team in the Premier League.

The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Wolverhampton Wanderers

All competitions

Premier League

Last Game: Everton 1-2 Wolves
Monday, December 26 at 3pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Manchester United

All competitions

Premier League

Last Game: Man Utd 3-0 Nott'm Forest
Tuesday, December 27 at 8pm in Premier League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Manchester United win with a probability of 42.78%. A win for Wolverhampton Wanderers had a probability of 31.7% and a draw had a probability of 25.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Manchester United win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.79%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.95%) and 0-2 (7.24%). The likeliest Wolverhampton Wanderers win was 1-0 (8.19%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.1%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Manchester United in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Manchester United.

Result
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Draw	Manchester United
31.7% ( -0.38)	25.52% ( 0.02)	42.78% ( 0.35)

Both teams to score 54.77% (

-0.23)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.99% (

-0.23)

49.01% (

0.23)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.91% (

-0.21)

71.09% (

0.21)

Wolverhampton Wanderers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.96% (

-0.37)

29.04% (

0.36)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.05% (

-0.45)

64.95% (

0.45)

Manchester United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.19% (

0.06)

22.81% (

-0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.48% (

0.1)

56.52% (

-0.1)

Score Analysis

Wolverhampton Wanderers 31.7%

Manchester United 42.78%

Draw 25.52%

Wolverhampton Wanderers	Draw	Manchester United
1-0 @ 8.19% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 7.48% ( -0.07) 2-0 @ 5.06% ( -0.06) 3-1 @ 3.08% ( -0.06) 3-2 @ 2.28% ( -0.04) 3-0 @ 2.09% ( -0.04) 4-1 @ 0.95% ( -0.03) Other @ 2.56% Total : 31.7%	1-1 @ 12.1% ( 0.02) 0-0 @ 6.62% ( 0.06) 2-2 @ 5.53% ( -0.04) 3-3 @ 1.12% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.14% Total : 25.52%	0-1 @ 9.79% ( 0.11) 1-2 @ 8.95% ( 0.03) 0-2 @ 7.24% ( 0.1) 1-3 @ 4.41% ( 0.03) 0-3 @ 3.57% ( 0.06) 2-3 @ 2.73% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 1.63% ( 0.01) 0-4 @ 1.32% ( 0.02) 2-4 @ 1.01% ( -0) Other @ 2.16% Total : 42.78%

How you voted: Wolves vs Man Utd

Wolverhampton Wanderers

17.0%

Draw

11.6%

Manchester United

71.3%

Head to Head

Jan 3, 2022 5.30pm

0-1

McTominay (48'), Shaw (56'), Matic (74')

Moutinho (82')
Sa (90+4')

Aug 29, 2021 4.30pm

0-1

Neves (81'), Saiss (84'), Gibbs-White (90+2')

Greenwood (80')
Fernandes (44'), Fred (84'), Pogba (90+3'), Dalot (90+3')

May 23, 2021 4pm

1-2

Semedo (39')
Ait-Nouri (41'), Dendoncker (41'), Boly (75'), Gibbs-White (90+6')

Elanga (13'), Mata (45+4' pen.)
Henderson (56')

Dec 29, 2020 8pm

1-0

Man Utd 3-0 Nott'm Forest

Rashford (90+3')
Rashford (50')

Patricio (73')

Feb 1, 2020 5.30pm

Form Guide

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Man Utd 4-2 Aston Villa

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Manchester United team news: Injury, suspension list vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers

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