Wolves v Everton preview: Vitor Pereira working hard for league turnaround

Wolves have lost their opening two Premier League games, conceding five goals and scoring none in the process, but they have some small momentum as Everton come to town tomorrow.

Jorgen Strand Larsen's late brace on Tuesday night rescued a 3-2 win over West Ham in the Carabao Cup and while it does not result in top flight points, it does give Wolves a platform to build from as they look at bringing more players in during the current transfer window.

Back in front of the Molineux faithful tomorrow Pereira is hopeful of an improvement in performance and knows his team will only achieve that by putting in the hard yards.

"I just know one way to improve and it's not about words, it's about work," Pereira said.

"Trying to follow the plan, trying not to commit mistakes, correcting it in training and trying to not lose our confidence.

"We keep going with our work and try to be better in the next game.

"They're a humble group who work hard.

"I feel their spirit, they are trying to do their best and connect."

The head coach has a decision to make on his team selection at left-wing-back.

New signing David Moller Wolfe has started the first two league games but Hugo Bueno played 90 minutes on Tuesday in a performance that Pereira was pleased with.

Bueno offers a better attacking threat, while Wolfe is generally more solid defensively and Pereira kept his cards close to his chest on who he could start tomorrow.

"They are different," Pereira said when asked about his two left-wing-back options.

"Our wing-backs run a lot, they must go, come back, they must appear to score and come back to defend.

"It demands a lot of energy.

"Wolfe is coming from a different league and I feel he needs some time to understand the physicality of this league and he's trying. He has quality.

"Hugo has a good cross, technical quality and he's working very well in training."

Another player with an uncertain future, both short and long term, is Sasa Kalajdzic.

The forward made his return from a serious knee injury - the third in his career and second since signing for Wolves - with a late substitute appearance against West Ham on Tuesday.

Before that, Kalajdzic was an unused substitute against Manchester City and did not travel with the team to Bournemouth at the weekend.

Ki-Jana Hoever has suffered a knee injury, that is not believed to be serious, but could keep him out of the squad against Everton and Kalajdzic could snap up the remaining place on the bench.

His substitute appearance on Tuesday was welcomed by fans and he did relatively well in a short period of time, but the striker could yet leave on loan before the window closes.

"He's working with us, he's our player," Pereira said.

"He's working hard to be at the best level.

"Sometimes we need to balance it because it was a long time without playing, but I'm happy with his work.

"We'll see what happens."