Wolverhampton Wanderers go continue their pre-season campaign on Wednesday, when dem go take on Maidenhead United for York Road. Wolves don play one friendly so far ahead of their Championship campaign, na goalless draw with Estoril on Saturday. Their National League North opponents don already play three friendlies this month.
Maidenhead fail to earn promotion from sixth tier of English football despite finishing seventh, as dem bin beat 2-0 for quarter-final playoff in April. The hosts’ failure to achieve promotion go come as damaging blow to fans, wey don see the team compete for National League between 2017-18 and 2024-25. Now dem go wait at least two more seasons before dem see their side play for EFL.
Boss Ryan Peters don dey in charge since November 2025, though he only sign on as permanent boss in May. But he no don oversee fruitful pre-season so far. The Magpies lose 4-1 to MK Dons on July 10 before beating Holyport 4-1 on July 14. However dem head into Wednesday’s match after suffering 3-1 loss to Southampton Under-21s on July 18.
E good to note say Maidenhead end the 2025-26 campaign with three successive victories at home, but their two defeats this pre-season don come for York Road. Wolves supporters go hope say the club’s preparation this summer go help dem push for promotion from Championship. Na division wey dem demote dem to after eight consecutive seasons for Premier League.
The Old Gold don already endure difficulties off the pitch, because Rob Edwards bin sack from his job for the dugout in June. The decision bin meet positivity from fans but critics from pundits, given say he no necessarily at fault for the team’s disastrous 2025-26.
Edwards’ replacement Cesar Peixoto no enjoy the most thrilling contest for his debut match in charge, with the club drawing 0-0 with Estoril. But promising reports from the match suggest say his side energetic and willing to press high.
While e go wrong to suggest say Wolves resilient for the final weeks of 2025-26, especially as dem fail to keep clean sheet for their last 10 fixtures, dem only concede exactly one goal for four of their final five league outings. The visitors bin winless for their final six away games of their Premier League campaign, losing four times, scoring three goals and conceding on 14 occasions.
Given say Maidenhead likely ahead of Wolves for road to full fitness, expect number of first-team stars to feature for considerable period on Wednesday, including goalkeeper Jordi van Stappershoef. The shot-stopper go hope to be protected by centre-backs Remy Clerima and Miles Welch-Hayes, though midfielders Matt Robinson and Jadyn Dundas must also screen the backline.
Wolves go look to give new signing Kieran Trippier another start for defence, and he fit play alongside central defenders Nasser Djiga and Yerson Mosquera. For the middle of the pitch, perhaps Andre go partner with Marshall Munetsi once again, though Tommy Doyle go hope to earn minutes too.
Raul Jimenez exit the World Cup on July 6, so e remain to see if he go be part of the squad on Wednesday. His potential absence fit mean say the most likely player to appear as the team’s centre-forward na Tawanda Chirewa.
Maidenhead United possible starting lineup: Van Stappershoef; Ragguette, Clerima, Welch-Hayes, McMenemys; Mitchell-Lawson, Dundas, Robinson, N’Guessan; Umerah, Dunham. Wolverhampton Wanderers possible starting lineup: Gracey; Trippier, Djiga, Mosquera, Bueno; Andre, Munetsi; Lopez, Gonzalez, Mane; Chirewa.
While Wolves still unlikely to be at their physical best, their squad still get quality wey the hosts no fit match. Maidenhead fit threaten at times, but e no go surprise if the visitors far more ruthless for the final third.
Wolves supporters fit now purchase pre-season streams and full seasonal packages on Wolves TV. All four of Wolves’ pre-season fixtures go stream live on Wolves TV, while video packages to overseas supporters and worldwide audio streams dey on sale for the 2026/27 season.
Pre-season streaming: Wolves begin their public pre-season programme this week and supporters fit purchase streams for the Real Sociedad (25th July), Doncaster Rovers (29th July) and Racing Santander (1st August) fixtures. The Maidenhead United (22nd July) stream go dey available free for Wolves users.
The Sociedad, Doncaster and Santander streams dey priced at £5 each. No package purchase go dey available, but each stream go dey available with full Wolves TV commentary.
This season, each Wolves Championship fixture (where applicable) go dey available to supporters to stream for overseas territories (outside the UK, ROI, Channel Islands and Isle of Man). This apply to games wey no select by international broadcasters. Matches selected for international broadcast go only dey available for unsold markets – territories where no broadcast agreement dey.
Where available, the video coverage go include multi-camera coverage, replays, graphics and exclusive Wolves commentary. Unfortunately, FA Cup and Carabao Cup fixtures no fit stream internationally due to competition rules.
Audio commentary go once again dey available worldwide for all fixtures, including FA Cup and Carabao Cup matches. Passes dey offered on seasonal, monthly or match-by-match basis. Please note, the pricing structure for audio and video passes dey set by the EFL and, unfortunately, this mean say Wolves TV no longer fit offer audio commentary free of charge.
