ManU v Wolves tips

United are reeling from Saturday’s defeat at home to Aston Villa, as they failed to go level on points with Chelsea at the top of the table.

 The last time the Red Devils lost two consecutive league games at home was way back in December 2001 (Chelsea 0-3, West Ham 0-1). Wolves have to overcome that statistic and odds of 16/1 if they are to make history tonight. United are the 1/6 favourites to make amends, but the assumption is that the result won’t be enough for boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

Fergie will be demanding a strong performance from his side to make up for the weekend. United are still the 8/15 favourites on the handicap market starting at -1, so we won’t be getting rich quick on that particular selection.

It’s only 3/1 that the home side win by four or more goals and just 15/8 that they can score four or more regardless of the winning margin. United have kept six clean sheets in the league already this season and Wolves don’t have the kind of forwards that can cause the trouble that Villa did on Saturday. The away side have fired blanks in five out of 16 league games this term.

Mick McCarthy’s men come into the game off the back of a great win at Spurs and a home victory over a poor Bolton team. The last time they won three top-flight games on the spin was March 1980! Wayne Rooney missed a couple of good chances on Saturday and I like the look of the 10/11 for the England striker to score in any home win on Blue Square's special ‘Score/Win Double’ market.

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