During the last few years, Wolves have had a phenomenal record of beating the biggest and best teams in the Premier League.
This season alone, the Old Gold have defeated Arsenal on two occasions and also swatted aside Chelsea at Molineux, while they did the double over Manchester City last term and beat Manchester United twice in three weeks in 2019.
Therefore, they will have every right to feel confident when they face Tottenham on Sunday afternoon.
On the chalkboard
One player who has had a habit of destroying teams in the top flight is Adama Traore.
The Spaniard has had a particularly disappointing season by his high standards and has scored just two goals all term. That’s a far cry from the 13 goal involvements he managed throughout 2019/20.
Traore has been so off the boil that he didn’t even start against Brighton last time out. Nuno Espirito Santo instead decided to look towards the future as he started Vitinha, Fabio Silva and Morgan Gibbs-White in attack.
After going 1-0 down, Nuno turned to the swashbuckling winger, and he had a devastating impact during his 30 minutes on the pitch.
Traore crashed home the equaliser and completed all three of his dribbles. His ability to be a nuisance also wreaked havoc with the Seagulls defence as they seemingly had no answer to his speed, trickery and strength.
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They aren’t the only team to feel his wrath. Once dubbed “unplayable” by Jurgen Klopp, the £46,000-per-week attacker is one of the most dangerous players in the Premier League.
Despite his measly goal tally this term, no player has completed more dribbles in the top flight than Traore's 140. That’s 52 more than the next best player in the division, Fulham's Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
With that in mind, the 25-year-old could terrify Tottenham on Sunday afternoon. Instead of starting on the bench, Nuno needs him playing from the off and causing havoc, rather than relying on someone like Daniel Podence, who last scored a full five months ago.
The Spaniard's mesmerising impact against Brighton last weekend proved that, even when he’s not completely in form, he has to play. Traore is capable of producing moments of magic from absolutely nowhere which against one of the sides aiming for European football, could be crucial.
He scored against the Lilywhites last term, too, running riot by winning ten ground duels and completing all five of his dribbles.
Nuno will need the speedy Spaniard at his best on Sunday.