Wolves v Tottenham kick-off time and how to watch: Team news, match stats and live stream info for Premier League clash as Kane benched

Nuno Espirito Santo returns to his former club on Sunday as Tottenham travel to Molineux to face Wolves on Sunday.

It’ll be the first time that the Portuguese head coach has been back to his former club since leaving over the summer and so it’ll be interesting to see what sort of reception the 47-year-old gets on his return.

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Spurs will be feeling optimistic for this one after recording a surprise 1-0 victory over Premier League champions Manchester City on the opening weekend of the season.

For Wolves, they’ll be hoping to get their first points on the board following a 1-0 defeat against Leicester City last weekend.

It could be a cagey affair and fans will certainly be watching closely to see which way it goes.

Wolves v Tottenham: Date and kick-off time

The match will take place on Sunday, August 22 with a kick-off time of 2pm.

The last contest between the sides went Spurs’ way back in May as Harry Kane and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg secured a 2-0 win for Ryan Mason’s side.

However with new faces in both dugouts we could be set for a markedly different contest.

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Wolves v Tottenham: How to watch

Despite being played on Sunday afternoon the match is not being broadcast on UK television.

This is due to the match being rearranged as a result of Spurs’ European Conference League contest against Pacos de Ferreira.

However talkSPORT will have updates throughout the afternoon.

Fans will also be able to catch the match highlights on Match Of The Day 2 on Sunday, August 22 at 10.30pm on BBC One.

Wolves v Tottenham: Team news

Wolves XI: Sa, Semedo, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Marcal, Moutinho, Neves, Trincaco, Jimenez, Traore.
Tottenham XI: Lloris, Tanganga, Sanchez, Dier, Reguilon, Hojberg, Skipp, Dele, Lucas, Bergwijn, Son.

Raul Jiminez is set to make his Molineux return following the nasty head injury suffered last season.

The Portuguese striker featured against Leicester City last weekend but will be welcomed back by his home fans as he looks to get his career back on track.

Meanwhile, Yerson Mosquera and Willy Boly are both ruled out with hamstring injuries.

For Tottenham, Nuno's squad boast a clean bill of health ahead of the trip to face Wolves.

It has been confirmed that Harry Kane has travelled with the squad to Wolves amid the transfer and training sagas.

One key dilemma for the Spurs' head coach will be whether to include Harry Kane, who , said: "I cannot answer that.

"What I can tell you is he's better. He's getting his fitness better and better each day.

"He worked today, he's going to work tomorrow and he's going to join the group on Friday. And on Saturday we're going to make a decision on who's going to be involved in the next game."

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Wolves v Tottenham: Match stats and facts

• Wolves have won one of their seven Premier League matches at Molineux against Spurs (D2 L4), a 1-0 victory in February 2010 thanks to a winning goal from David Jones.
• In all competitions, this will be the 100th meeting between Wolves and Spurs. In their last meeting in May, Spurs won 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and are looking for consecutive Premier League wins over Wolves for the first time since winning both meetings in 2003-04.
• Since Wolves returned to the Premier League in 2018-19, they haven’t won their first home league match of the season in any of their three campaigns (D2 L1), and lost 3-1 to Manchester City last season in their home opener.
• Of the previous 14 Premier League meetings between Wolves and Spurs, 50% of them have been won by the away team (W7 D3 L4). Among all fixtures played as many as 14 times, only Leicester City vs Manchester City has a higher away win ratio (55% - P20 W11).
• Wolves have lost each of their last four Premier League games, scoring just one goal in the process. It’s their longest losing run in the top-flight since a run of seven between March and April 2012.
• Wolves kicked off their 2021-22 campaign with a 1-0 loss at Leicester – they haven’t lost their first two games of a league season since 2003-04, their first ever season in the Premier League.
• This will be the eighth time that Nuno Espírito Santo has faced a fellow Portuguese in the Premier League (Marco Silva, José Mourinho and now Bruno Lage), with the Spurs boss winning just two of the previous seven such games (D3 L2).
• Wolves striker Raúl Jiménez could make his first Premier League appearance at Molineux since November 2020 – the Mexican is the club’s top scorer in the competition’s history (34), as well as their top scorer at Molineux in the Premier League (18).
• Since the start of last season, Spurs forward Son Heung-Min has scored 10 goals following ball carries in the Premier League (travelling 5+ metres with the ball) – twice as many as any other player in the competition (5, Harvey Barnes and Marcus Rashford).
• Wolves winger Adama Traoré completed 11 dribbles in their season opener against Leicester; the most of any player on MD1 of the new Premier League season. Since the start of the 2018-19 season, upon joining Wolves, the Spaniard has completed more than any other player in the competition (412).