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Tonight marks a potentially historic occasion for Wolves as they are just one result away from making the Europa League group stage for the first time in their history.
They require a 1-0 defeat or better at Molineux, so it could be said that they already have one foot in the next round.
On Sunday, Nuno Santo’s men looked rather sluggish and needed a 96th-minute penalty from Raul Jimenez to salvage a point against Burnley, which meant it was three draws from three in the Premier League.
That run of results could point towards the potential effect that playing in Europe has had on the squad as they are yet to record a league victory this season.
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Wolves have played six games in under three weeks, so with them appearing somewhat lethargic at the weekend, the Portuguese boss may make some changes – there are only so many games this tight-knit group can take in such a short space of time considering just 16 different players have been used in domestic competitions so far.
This is what we predict:
Santo did slightly rotate his side against Burnley, bringing Morgan Gibbs-White into midfield for example, but he is likely to revert back to the trio of Ruben Neves, Leander Dendoncker and Joao Moutinho.
Mexican striker Jimenez has played 41 matches in 2019 for club and country, and in the last five months has continued to nurse a broken wrist – but don’t expect him to be dropped for this tie.
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Alongside him, there could be a change though with Patrick Cutrone coming in for key man Diogo Jota – he has plenty of experience facing Torino having joined the west Midlands club from AC Milan, where he racked up ten goals in 18 appearances in the Europa League, per Transfermarkt.
It was revealed earlier this week that Matt Doherty is still some way off expected fitness levels so it would make sense for Adama Traore to return to the position he has performed so well in this season – the 5 foot 10 winger-turned-defender has two assists in the competition.
Ruben Vinagre may pair him on the other side with Jesus Vallejo coming back in to replace the poor performing Ryan Bennett, which would be likely anyway as the 22-year-old has only played in Europe for Wolves this season.
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