Wolverhampton Wanderers host Liverpool at Molineux for the second time in four days, this time in the FA Cup fifth round on Friday. The match follows Wolves' surprising 2-1 Premier League victory on Tuesday, where an added-time winner from André ended Liverpool's four-game winning streak. The result adds extra intrigue to the last-16 encounter, with both teams having won one apiece in their head-to-head this season.
Liverpool, eight-time FA Cup winners and third favourites to lift the trophy, face a Wolves side priced at 66/1. Wolves have progressed through earlier rounds against League Two opposition, beating Shrewsbury Town 6-1 and Grimsby 1-0, while Liverpool overcame Barnsley 4-1 and Brighton 3-0. Despite Tuesday's result, bookmakers favour Liverpool at 1/2, with Wolves at 11/2.
History favours Wolves in this competition: they have won five of eight previous FA Cup meetings, including a 3-1 fifth-round victory in 1948-49, a season they went on to win the trophy. However, Liverpool have lost their last two away FA Cup matches, with their five most recent wins coming at Anfield. Both teams have scored in the last four meetings, all finishing 2-1, with odds of 4/7 for over 2.5 goals.
Team news: Wolves have no fresh injuries, though goalkeeper Sam Johnstone may replace José Sá. Liverpool might see Florian Wirtz return, but remain without Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni, Stefan Bajcetic, Wataru Endo, and Alexander Isak. Mohamed Salah, who scored on Tuesday and has seven goals in his last four appearances against Wolves, is 13/8 to score again.
