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title: "Wolves: Julen Lopetegui shares Daniel Podence injury update"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-daniel-podence-injury-news-premier-league/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "James Thompson"
section: "Premier League News"
published: "2022-12-27T17:35:41Z"
modified: "2022-12-27T17:35:41Z"
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# Wolves: Julen Lopetegui shares Daniel Podence injury update

**[Wolves](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-news/) manager [Julen Lopetegui](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/julen-lopetegui/) has dropped an injury update regarding [Daniel Podence](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/daniel-podence/) following the Old Gold’s 2-1 win over [Everton](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-news/) in the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) on Boxing Day.**

### The Lowdown: Wolves seal late win v Everton

The Midlands club secured a dramatic win in their first league game since the World Cup, with a late goal from Rayan Ait-Nouri securing victory for Wolves.

After scoring the visitors’ equaliser earlier in the day, Podence was [forced off](https://www.sofascore.com/everton-wolverhampton/dsY) the pitch in the 73rd minute with a suspected injury problem.

After the match had finished, Lopetegui shared some details regarding the winger and why he was substituted.

### The Latest: Podence injury update

Journalist Liam Keen took to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/LiamKeen_Star/status/1607429369710137344?s=20&t=PTwnRDdmxF-zcatdGtwWqw) following the match, sharing the Wolves manager’s comments on the potential injury scare for Podence.

The reporter tweeted: “Lopetegui says Podence only has some soreness in his leg, doesn’t expect it to be an injury that will cause any issues. [#wwfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wwfc?src=hashtag_click)“

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### The Verdict: Good news for Wolves

With the Wolves boss putting to bed any concerns there may have been about Podence picking up a serious injury against Everton, this will be good news for the Old Gold and their supporters.

With [three](https://fbref.com/en/squads/8cec06e1/Wolverhampton-Wanderers-Stats) goals in the league this season, the 27-year-old has netted 30% of Wolves’ goals for the entire top-flight campaign. In addition, he has had more shots on target ([10](https://fbref.com/en/squads/8cec06e1/Wolverhampton-Wanderers-Stats)) and made more key passes ([24](https://fbref.com/en/squads/8cec06e1/Wolverhampton-Wanderers-Stats)) than any other player at the club.

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Although Wolves as a team have not been particularly deadly when it comes to scoring goals this season – they are still the league’s [lowest scorers](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table) despite the win yesterday – it’s clear that Podence is an important attacking figure for them.

Taking all of that into account, it should be a big weight off Wolves supporters minds’ that the winger did not pick up a significant injury against Everton and should be able to continue playing over the festive period.