DO THE MATH... CUNHA WILL SCORE 20

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BRENDAN MCLOUGHLIN GARY O’NEIL has backed Matheus Cunha to pass the 20-goal barrier for Wolves after already passing his target for the campaign.

Cunha bagged a hat-trick in last Sunday’s win at Chelsea to take his tally for the season to 11. That made it six goals in his last seven matches in all competitions for the £43million record signing, who scored just twice last season after joining from Atletico Madrid that January.

O’neil revealed he has now exceed the target of 10 he set the Brazil international for 2023/24 and has backed him to end up with double that amount. team you’re playing in and

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“Anyone with the amount of ability he has can.

It’s always about the after Wolves’ triumph at Stamford Bridge that he does not typically view himself as a goal machine, saying: “I’m not the guy who comes to the pitch and says I’ll score a hat-trick.”

But O’neil, who also welcomes back 12-goal Hwang Hee-chan from Asian Cup duty with South Korea, said of Cunha: “Maybe he values the numbers slightly more than he used to.”