Glasner's "excellent" Crystal Palace star may help to shackle Cunha

Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace acquired their first win on the board for the Premier League season, beating Tottenham 1-0 final weekend. This win took them out of the relegation zone, placing them seventeenth on six factors, after 9 video games performed.

The Eagles even made it two wins on the spin, with an EFL Cup victory over Aston Villa, beating Unai Emery’s facet 2-1 at Villa Park. Glasner’s facet have been drawn in opposition to Arsenal within the quarter-final of the competitors which might be performed on the Emirates.

However Palace’s subsequent sport comes in opposition to Wolverhampton Wanderers within the league, seeking to make it back-to-back Premier League wins, and three wins on the bounce total. And as a way to cease Wolves, shackling their most harmful participant might be key.

Wolves’ key man

The Outdated Gold are presently holding the fifth least possession within the Premier League this season with 44.7%, are taking the fouth fewest pictures per sport with 10.7, and have solely managed to attain 12 targets this season, leaving them eleventh for many targets scored.

4 of these 12 targets have been scored by Wolves star man, Matheus Cunha, coming off the again of an outstanding 2023/24 season. Final marketing campaign, the Brazilian made 36 appearances, scoring 14 targets and offering eight assists, totalling 2,772 minutes performed.

Wolves signed Cunha in 2022, initially becoming a member of on a season-long mortgage, which then turned a everlasting switch for round £44m.

Now the 25-year-old is seen as certainly one of their most essential gamers, and to ensure that Palace to beat Wolves on Saturday, stopping Cunha might be important.

Crystal Palace’s Cunha resolution

Fortunately for Glasner, summer season signing on mortgage from Chelsea, Trevoh Chalobah, is discovering his ft on the membership on the actual proper time.

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The 25-year-old defender, described as “outstanding” up to now by content material creator Alex Goldberg, has now made three appearances for the Eagles since becoming a member of this summer season.

He has began the previous three Premier League video games, his first in opposition to Liverpool in a slim 1-0 defeat, his second in one other slim 1-0 defeat in opposition to Nottingham Forest, after which his third within the 1-0 victory over Tottenham, protecting a clear sheet and gaining Palace their first league victory of the season.

Chalobah vs Guehi vs Lacroix comparability
Stats (per 90 minutes)	Chalobah	Guehi	Lacroix
Progressive Carries	0.33	0.56	0.17
Progressive Passes	3.33	4.11	2.00
Passes Tried	31.3	55.9	47.5
Go Completion %	80.9%	85.1%	79.3%
Passes into Closing Third	3.67	3.78	3.83
Tackles	2.00	1.00	1.67
Blocks	2.00	2.00	1.33
Interceptions	1.00	0.78	1.65
Aerials Gained	2.67	3.00	2.50
Stats taken from FBref

Cunha performs on primarily as an inside ahead from the left facet for Wolves, which means he’s prone to come up in opposition to Chalobah, who has been beginning because the right-sided central defender in a again three for Palace.

Chalobah has made essentially the most tackles and blocks per 90 of the three central defenders this season (joint for blocks with Guehi), and has made 1.00 interceptions per 90, plus gained 2.67 aerial duels per 90, actually showcasing the defensive prowess he brings to the facet.

By persisting with the Chelsea loanee because the right-sided centre-back, Palace will give themselves a fantastic probability of stopping Cunha, as their greatest defender this marketing campaign (by the metrics for defensive actions) might be straight up in opposition to him, and he actually has the restoration tempo and 1v1 defending attributes to take care of the difficult Brazilian.