Wolves have had a relatively solid start to the season considering it is their first season back in the Championship since their successive relegations from the Premier League to League One. However, they have been inconsistent throughout the season with a mixed bag of results. They seem to be one of those unpredictable teams in the Championship and you don't know what team is going to turn up. Their last win came on the 25th October as they won 2-1 at Elland Road which is never an easy place to go and win especially considering they went 1-0 behind. Forest will be facing a Wolves side who have just faced two defeats in a row as they lost 2-1 away to Ipswich and most recently 5-0 away to Forest's arch rivals Derby County. This was a shocking performance from Wolves who just failed to turn up on the day and got destroyed by Derby who look one of the best teams in the Championship at the moment. In comparison, Forest ended their long winless run with a huge win over Norwich City which sent a confidence boost throughout the whole club. It ended a run of Forest going around nine games without a win spreading fears of crisis around the club. Britt Assombalonga and Michail Antonio inspired the victory and both went up to ten league goals for the season and will be looking to add to this at Wolves tomorrow. Pearce is sure to have worked on the Forest defence which looked so very fragile before the international break. If he has managed to make the defence more solid then Forest will have a good basis to start a good run and push them back up the league table and try and rekindle their form from the start of the season.
Michail Antonio slots home a late dramatic winner in the game against Norwich City before the international break.
Forest have received an injury boost this week with Pearce confirming Danny Fox and Kelvin Wilson are back fit and available for the game against Wolves. This will provide a boost to the Forest defence which has looked very fragile of late. Forest's international players such as Chris Burke and Tom Ince all came back fully fit and ready to go again on Saturday. Forest have no new injury problems which is a huge positive going into the next run of league fixtures. However, Forest are still without long-term absentees Chris Cohen, Jack Hobbs and Andy Reid.
My prediction for this game is Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Nottingham Forest. I think the Forest team will be full of confidence and go on to secure another win to push them up the table. I fancy Michail Antonio and Britt Assombalonga to cause the Wolves defence loads of problems. However, Molineux is a very difficult place to go and it will be a very difficult challenge for Forest to go their and claim a victory. If Forest do go there and claim a victory their season will be officially back on track.
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