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Wolverhampton Wanderers could be without five players for Sunday’s Premier League trip to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United.
With just six league games left of the league season, both teams will hope to ensure they start their finish to the season strongly.
After a brief relegation scare, Wolves have stabilised since the appointment of Portuguese coach Vitor Pereira.
With a 14-point buffer to 18th-placed Ipswich Town, who face Arsenal on Sunday, the West Midlands club could secure Premier League safety this weekend with a win.
Victory at Old Trafford would also mark the club’s fifth straight top-flight win, a feat they have not achieved since 1970.
Following a chaotic Europa League quarter-final win on Thursday, Manchester United could leapfrog Everton into 13th place if they win, but attention may already have shifted to a semi-final first leg against Athletic Bilbao in May.
Wolves could go level on points with the Red Devils on Sunday, but could be without five players for the trip to Manchester, according to Pereira.
“(Jean-Ricner) Bellegarde, (Matt) Doherty and Hee Chan [Hwang], they are trying to come back”, Pereira told the media.
“They don’t have serious injuries, but they are trying to come back to help us in the game, and we’ll see. We have one more training tomorrow and I must decide and make those decisions tomorrow.”
Sam Johnstone and Pedro Lima will also be missing after struggling with injury issues, the coach confirmed.
Manchester United target Matheus Cunha is likely to come into the starting line-up to replace Bellegarde, should the Frenchman not be available.
The Brazilian forward scored against Tottenham Hotspur off the bench last week, in a rout that saw Wolves put four goals past Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario.
In-form striker Jorgen Strand Larsen is set to continue up front, after scoring four goals in his last three appearances.
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