Ill-Omened Evening Kick-Off Record Suggests Another Winless Week Beckons For Wolves

Wolverhampton Wanderers will be looking for their first win of the Premier League season, as they welcome Nottingham Forest to Molineux Stadium on Wednesday.

​Wolves fans have already bore witness to a calamitous run of results this season. Rob Edwards’ side are eight points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table, with only two of their own from 13 matches (D2, L11).

​Several factors have contributed to Wolves potentially being on course for the Championship next season, but continue on their current course and they could be staring down the barrel at the lowest number of points ever accumulated in a single Premier League season.

Derby County hold that unwanted record after securing just 11 points in the 2007/08 campaign, which saw the Rams win just one of their 38 matches, losing 29. 

A spirited effort to keep former employers Luton Town in the top-flight ended in failure, and fans are beginning to doubt if Rob Edwards can save Wolves from relegation.

Almost Christmas and Wolves still have less points than a triangle.

— Rich Jeff (@richbaggie) November 30, 2025

Wolves Are Scared of the Dark as Another Evening Loss Beckons

​Statistically, Wolves’ decline shows little signs of improving against Forest in midweek.

Edwards’ men have triumphed in only one of their previous 17 matches (D4, L12) that have kicked off after 7pm. The Wanderers lost six of their eight matches played under the lights last season, including six consecutive defeats.

What may give Edwards encouragement against Forest is that the only win in that aforementioned period was a 1-0 win against West Ham United in April, which came at Molineux.

Wolves Have Scored the Fewest Goals in Europe’s Top Five Leagues

​Wolves have scored a Premier League-low seven times this season, which puts them level with LaLiga side Ovideo as the lowest scorers in Europe’s top five leagues. Putting that into perspective, the next highest-scoring sides are newly-promoted Leeds United and, incidentally, Forest with 13.

​So what has culminated in Wolves struggling to find the back of the net?

Firstly, last season’s top-scorer Matheus Cunha, who scored 15 times and added a further six assists, departed for Manchester United in the summer. Perhaps more pertinently, the club’s second-highest marksman in 2024/25, Jørgen Strand Larsen, has scored just once in 11 games so far this year.

On Larsen, the Norwegian missed two matches at the beginning of the season because of an Achilles tendon injury. Wolves fans have been quick to suggest he was rushed back not fully match-fit, which may have led to his lack of return in front of goal.

This is a man who was the subject of multiple bids from Newcastle United in the summer, who were searching for Alexander Isak’s replacement.

Understandably, it never worked out, as Wolves reportedly rejected multiple bids in excess of £50million. Could the towering target man still be unhappy about that being blocked too?

Cunha’s replacements have also failed to fire since their respective summer moves. None of Jhon Arias, Tolu Arokodare and Fer López have yet scored for Wolves.

Concerningly, Cunha and Larsen scored more than half (53.7%) of Wolves’ 54 goals in 2024/25, so Edwards needs his new signings to start scoring sooner rather than later.

Only Metz Have Conceded on More Occasions That Wolves This Season

Another unwanted divisional-high for Wolves has seen them concede 28 goals – only Metz in Ligue 1 have conceded more in Europe this term. This is in spite of the signatures of Jackson Tchatchoua, David Møller Wolfe and Ladislav Krejci to reinforce their defence following two high-profile exits.

First-choice full-backs, Rayan Aït-Nouri and Nélson Semedo, both departed the club in the summer, leaving two huge gaps to fill.

​The loss of Aït-Nouri to Manchester City is considered to have been devastating by the Wolves’ contingent after the left-back played in all but one of last season’s 38 Premier League matches. He was also a threat going forward, contributing four goals and adding seven assists. In his own right, Semedo’s loss looks to have been another significant blow for Wolves after the Portuguese played 34 league matches in 2024/25.