Fresh role for the youngsters as they strive to acquire a spot in their debut in the FA Cup Tie wolves vs Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers switch their attention back to the Emirates FA Cup as they play host to Coventry City in the quarter-final on Saturday lunchtime.
A sold-out Molineux could pay witness to a historic event as a win would see Gary O’Neil’s men march on to the semi-finals at Wembley Stadium. It hasn’t been an easy ride for Wolves in this competition, with two games against Brentford including one with 10 men, a grudge match against local rivals West Bromwich Albion and a narrow 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion.
Coventry are the easiest opponents yet on paper but the Sky Blues will be just as determined as Wanderers to progress. Mark Robins’ side have had it a lot easier in the FA Cup, with two ties against Sheffield Wednesday sandwiched between 6-2 and 5-0 trashings over Oxford United and Maidstone United respectively. This will be a great test for the Sky Bet Championship outfit to show their mettle.
O’Neil managed to guide Wolves to an impressive 2-1 victory over Fulham in the Premier League last time out. Still, it came at a cost as both Pedro Neto and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde were withdrawn with injuries. The crisis is intensifying and selections are likely to get progressively more experimental while key players are out. With that in mind, here are the 11 players we predict will start on Saturday.
Sa was an injury doubt last week but he started the win over Fulham and did a decent job between the sticks.
Semedo showed yet again last time out how much of a threat he can be going forward – and he’s improved defensively as well.
The skipper secured Wolves’ defence against Fulham after a questionable display at Newcastle. He’ll be as desperate as anyone to progress to the semi-finals.
Dawson missed the last fixture with a sore groin but he wasn’t far off and a full week of training should be enough.
The Sky Blues will make the short trip up the M6 to take on their Premier League rivals with a place in the final four of this season’s competiton at stake.
Marc Perry and Mark Scholes will be Barrott’s assistant referees with Michael Sailsbury as fourth official.
Saturday’s game will also see VAR (Video Assistant Referee) for only the third time in a City fixture. The game’s VAR’s will be Stuart Attwell, Graham Scott and Natalie Aspinall.
The game will kick off at 12:15pm at Molineux Stadium and will be shown LIVE on ITV.
Tickets for the fixture are sold out.
