Tuesday, 15th December 2009 – KO: 20:00

After Saturday’s miserable defeat at the hands of Aston Villa, we now have a quick chance to make amends against a Wolves side we have already beaten at Old Trafford this season (1-0 in the Carling Cup a couple of months ago).

Up until Saturday’s game, we had been in good scoring form and whilst we played well enough on Saturday, a combination of bad luck and Brad Friedel (yet again) meant that we couldn’t make the breakthrough in front of goal.

Against a side that generally concedes a couple of goals per game away from home, we could get back to scoring ways here tonight.

For some reason, however, I see this being a tight game. Having lost on Saturday, United are now under a bit of pressure and with this being a home game, we really will be expected to take the three points.

I expect Wolves to come here knowing that anything apart from a complete hammering will be a decent result for them and they are going to make it extremely difficult for United to score, packing the defence as much as possible and working hard in midfield to deny us the time and space to get into our stride.

0-0 would be an excellent result for Wolves here tonight and having sneaked a 1-0 against Spurs at White Hart Lane over the weekend, they might just fancy that they can do something similar here.

This one really could go either way in that I think we will win but will it be one of those sloggy 1-0 games or will it be one of those where we score three or four?

The bookies are expecting a high scoring game here tonight and whilst I would not be too surprised to see a few goals, I do believe there is value to be had in going for the under here.

The bet is 3 points Under 2.5 Goals @ 2.41 with Bet365.

No one could quite believe what Wolves Manager, Mick McCarthy did here as he changed his entire outfield ten from the ten that started against, and beat, Tottenham at the weekend.

I’m sure when Fergie saw the Wolves teamsheet, he wondered if his own line-up was overkill.

Still the name of the game here was three points for United and they duly delivered, brushing the shadow team of Wolves aside with some ease in the end.

The first goal came as the result of a bizarre handball from a Wolves defender in their penalty area. Rooney stepped up and blasted the ball past Marcus Hahnemann.

The second goal was the killer however as Nemanja Vidic headed in a corner just before half-time. The game was as good as over at that point and it was now just a case of how many United would score.

Wolves came out quite brightly in the second half and were enjoying a decent spell of possession when Paul Scholes lofted a neat pass into Berbatov who controlled and then played an audacious overhead pass into the path of Valencia who blasted home on the half-volley with the outside of his boot.

Sixty-six minutes gone and we were 3-0 up. With the rain starting to pour down, I’m sure the Wolves players would have been happy for the ref to blow the final whistle right there and then – their own manager had thrown in the towel before a ball was even kicked after all.

And so we go joint top with Chelsea (although they have played a game less) and the three goals scored tonight has inched us closer in terms of goal difference which is something that could yet come into play in such a tight season.