One step closer to safety for Wolves

Wolves have taken a major step to safety but they cannot rest on their laurels as they are still firmly rooted in a Premier League relegation dogfight.

The Midlands club could have hit a real body blow for their rivals for the drop as a morale-boosting 3-1 win over West Brom on Sunday moved them out of the bottom three.

It is the first time in seven weeks that Wolves have not sat in the Premier League relegation zone and comes with only two games left in the campaign. Those following the football betting will know just how close things are down the bottom.

Blackpool, Wigan and West Ham currently occupy those bottom three places but Wolves are only ahead of them by one point so they need to show that last win was not a fluke and look to continue where they left off next time out against Sunderland. The weekend Premier League betting suggests it should be a close game.

Following that game Wolves then face Blackburn and boss Mick McCarthy has called on his players to approach their two coming games in "exactly the same way" as they overcame WBA last time out.

The boss has seen a lot during his years in football and he admits there is still a lot of football to be played before May 22nd and Wolves could still find themselves in that Premier League bottom three after the final ball is kicked.

"I've maintained all along when we've been in the bottom three that it's May 22 when we want to be out of it," McCarthy stated.

"There are two games to play and, while we're out of it for the moment, we're not safe and we need to stay focused on them because we want to stay out of the bottom three."

McCarthy was able to name Sylvan Ebanks-Blake on the bench for the WBA game and bring him on for the last five minutes. Wolves have been suffering from a striker shortage so his return comes at exactly the right time.

Fellow forward Kevin Doyle has also returned to training and could come into contention for the remaining games. The return of two key strikers is a massive boost to Wolves Premier League relegation battle.