Wolves v Forest preview: Battle of the old and the new with Molineux men in fine form
As one former Wolves coach returns, the current boss is at the start of his journey.
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Wolves welcome Nottingham Forest to Molineux tonight and once again come up against Nuno Espirito Santo, the head coach who masterminded the club's most successful spell in recent memory as they had two seventh-placed finishes in the Premier League and charged into Europe.
This time he has a Forest team fighting at the top of the division, as they sit third after 19 games, and he faces his former club who have a very different challenge.
Portuguese compatriot Vitor Pereira took over a Wolves team low on confidence, languishing in the relegation zone and in disarray.
But they finished 2024 unbeaten in three games, with seven vital points from a possible nine, out of the bottom three and with a renewed sense of optimism and hope after a dismal opening few months of the season.
Tonight will be a battle of two Portuguese tacticians, but the man who currents sits in the Wolves hot seat is paying no attention to that narrative, as he urges the home fans to drag his team to another result.
"As I said before against United, it was not Vitor against Ruben, and it will not be Vitor against Nuno," Pereira said.
"It will be Wolves against Forest.
