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Wolves
EFL Championship
14:00
UTC, Saturday 24 October 2026
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Watford

Wolves vs Watford: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

Wolverhampton Wanderers host Watford at Molineux Stadium on Saturday 24 October 2026, kick-off 14:00 UTC, in the EFL Championship (round 12). Prediction markets make Wolves the favourite at 70%, with the draw at 18% (Polymarket). Wolves have had 3 days of rest since playing Portsmouth (EFL Championship); Watford have had 7 after facing Charlton and travel about 184 km. Wolves are without 5 players (Bertrand Traoré, Boubacar Traoré, Adam Armstrong and others); Watford are missing 4 (Iker Bravo, Edoardo Bove, Jeremy Ngakia and others). Robert Madley is the referee, averaging 4.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8. The forecast at kick-off is 10°C with rain and windy.

Win chances

Wolves 70%Draw 18%Watford 12%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

Wolves 4-2-3-1

Coach: César Peixoto

  1. 1 José Sá GK
  2. 38 Jackson Tchatchoua DEF
  3. 34 Nasser Djiga DEF
  4. 37 Ladislav Krejcí DEF
  5. 3 Hugo Bueno DEF
  6. 7 André MID
  7. 5 Marshall Munetsi MID
  8. 36 Mateus Mané FWD
  9. 28 Fer López MID
  10. 19 Rafiki Saïd FWD
  11. 14 Sean Neave FWD

Bench

  • 13 João Virgínia GK
  • 26 John Ruddy GK
  • 33 Ghislain Konan DEF
  • 24 Toti Gomes DEF
  • 15 Yerson Mosquera DEF
  • 20 Tommy Doyle MID
  • 8 Jordan James MID
  • 27 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde MID
  • 23 Tawanda Chirewa FWD

Watford 5-3-2

Coach: Alessio Dionisi

  1. 1 Federico Ravaglia GK
  2. 4 Kévin Keben DEF
  3. 6 Matthew Pollock DEF
  4. 3 Soumaïla Coulibaly DEF
  5. 15 Krépin Diatta DEF
  6. 16 Marc Bola DEF
  7. 39 Edo Kayembe MID
  8. 5 Hector Kyprianou MID
  9. 17 Iker Bravo MID
  10. 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard FWD
  11. 10 Myron Boadu FWD

Bench

  • 26 Daniel Bachmann GK
  • 33 Jordan Zemura DEF
  • 29 Branimir Mlačić DEF
  • 22 Martín Payero MID
  • 21 Amin Nabizada FWD
  • 11 Rocco Vata FWD
  • 45 Stephy Mavididi FWD
  • 7 Othmane Maamma FWD
  • 20 Mamadou Doumbia FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Wolves

  • Bertrand Traoré injury, back Early November 2026
  • Boubacar Traoré injury, back Early November 2026
  • Adam Armstrong injury, back Early November 2026
  • Rodrigo Gomes injury, back Early November 2026
  • Raul Jiménez injury, back Early January 2027

Watford

  • Iker Bravo injury, back Doubtful
  • Edoardo Bove injury, back Doubtful
  • Jeremy Ngakia injury, back Doubtful
  • Kwadwo Baah injury, back Doubtful
Previous meetings
  • Thursday 10 March 2022: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 Watford
  • Saturday 11 September 2021: Watford 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Wednesday 1 January 2020: Watford 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Saturday 28 September 2019: Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Watford
  • Saturday 27 April 2019: Watford 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers