Very few teams have experienced much joy in front of goal against Wolves in recent weeks, with Brentford surely needing to take a leaf out of Ward-Prowse's book if they are to spring a surprise on home soil.
Lage's side have generally struggled to assert their authority on rival territory with a number of underwhelming attacking displays, but we can only envisage the visitors maintaining their continental charge with another win and clean sheet this weekend.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Brentford win with a probability of 37.59%. A win for Wolverhampton Wanderers had a probability of 34.07% and a draw had a probability of 28.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Brentford win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.86%) and 2-0 (7.05%). The likeliest Wolverhampton Wanderers win was 0-1 (11.16%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.24%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Wolverhampton Wanderers would win this match.
