Wolves vs. Liverpool Betting Tips: Two bets for Saturday lunchtime duel

Wolves host a Liverpool side that are full of confidence in the first Premier League game back after the international break.

Scott Thornton has one main Bet Builder and a longer odds pick ahead of the big kick-off on Saturday, live on TNT Sports 1 at 12.30pm.

Wolves earned an impressive 3-0 victory over Liverpool in this fixture last season but much has changed at the two clubs.

Julen Lopetegui was at the helm for Wolves for that match. He has since departed after disagreements with the board about the direction the club were heading in, with Gary O'Neil taking over.

Liverpool have started this season in far better fashion as they rekindle the form shown in previous seasons under Jurgen Klopp.

Liverpool are joint 2nd in the table coming into this clash and have the chance to go top temporarily with a win. The current leaders Manchester City don’t play until after Liverpool’s game has finished.

Virgil Van Dijk is suspended for this game thanks to the red card he picked up in Liverpool’s dramatic win over Newcastle prior to the international break. Thiago is all also out. While Konate and Alexander-Arnold face late fitness tests.

Gary O’Neil has no selection worries ahead of this one and he will be hoping his side can deliver.

The first of our angles in the main bet builder is over 2.5 goals in the match.

Wolves were beaten 3-2 by Crystal Palace in their last game. There were plenty of chances at both ends but Gary O’Neil’s men came out second best.

Wolves have shown plenty of attacking intent across their league games so far but it has come at the expense of attacking solidity. Their xGA of 9.35. This is the 4th highest in the division.

Liverpool have won all three of their matches since drawing 1-1 with Chelsea on the opening day of the season. They were able to earn three points against Newcastle despite being a goal behind and playing with 10 men for large periods of the match. Darwin Nunez was the hero off the bench in that one. The Uruguayan was able to score two crucial goals. Klopp now has a selection headache ahead of this one as he chooses who will start in his lethal attack.

Liverpool’s last three matches have seen three goals or more. Anyone who backed over 2.5 goals in their match against Chelsea was unfortunate. There were a couple of goals ruled out for marginal offsides and there were several chances squandered.

The second angle for this bet builder also relies on attacking intent. We get a combined price of 17/10 by adding over 26.5 shots in the match. There were 34 shots in this fixture last season with Liverpool contributing with 22 of them despite losing 3-0.

Wolves’ only home match of the season so far saw 32 shots. Their four Premier League matches have averaged 31 shots per game.

Liverpool should have plenty of attempts here. They are the favourites and have several players who are competing for a starting berth in attack. They had 17 attempts in their win over Aston Villa and there were 32 shots in their last away game.

The longer odds bet sees us taking the same angles as the main bet but with the addition of cards in the match.

There were five cards in the last meeting between these sides with Wolves picking up three of those.

Gary O’Neil’s sides’ matches have seen plenty of cards so far this season.

Each side involved has picked up two or more in three of them and there has been an average of seven per game.

Liverpool’s two away matches have seen 4.5 cards per game on average.