Wolves will seek to get their season back on track when they play host to Portuguese side Braga in the Europa League on Thursday.Nuno Espirito Santo's men made light work of the three rounds of qualifying they had to come through to reach this stage of the competition, winning six matches out of six. However, their good performances in Europe have seemingly come at a cost with the Molineux outfit still to win in the Premier League, losing their last two domestic outings to Everton and Chelsea. The Blues ran riot at Molineux on Saturday as Wolves were stuffed 5-2, their first home defeat in any competition since January. Nuno has been keen to stress the belief that their poor start in the Premier League is not down to playing in Europe and hopes to see his team get the balance right in the coming weeks. We want to embrace this challenge. We want to compete in every game, better than we competed (against Chelsea)," he said. Wolves will hope to respond to Saturday's defeat with a good showing against a Braga side who saw off Spartak Moscow and Brondby in qualifying to reach this stage of the competition. The Braguistas have also made a stuttering start domestically, losing three of their first five matches, including the last two as they went down to a 1-0 loss at Setubal at the weekend. They make the trip more in hope than expectation of getting a result having lost 10 of 18 previous matches against English sides, while head coach Ricardo Sa Pinto has guided them to one win in eight previous Europa League group stage matches. Wolves have no fresh injury concerns ahead of Thursday's clash with Wily Boly available for selection having been suspended for the loss to Chelsea. Nuno has tended to name his strongest side for European matches this season but may opt to chop and change after such a poor start in the Premier League, meaning the likes of Patrick Cutrone, Ruben Vinagre and Morgan Gibbs-White could come into the starting XI.
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However, their good performances in Europe have seemingly come at a cost with the Molineux outfit still to win in the Premier League, losing their last two domestic outings to Everton and Chelsea.
The Blues ran riot at Molineux on Saturday as Wolves were stuffed 5-2, their first home defeat in any competition since January.
Nuno has been keen to stress the belief that their poor start in the Premier League is not down to playing in Europe and hopes to see his team get the balance right in the coming weeks.
We want to embrace this challenge. We want to compete in every game, better than we competed (against Chelsea)," he said.
Wolves will hope to respond to Saturday's defeat with a good showing against a Braga side who saw off Spartak Moscow and Brondby in qualifying to reach this stage of the competition.
The Braguistas have also made a stuttering start domestically, losing three of their first five matches, including the last two as they went down to a 1-0 loss at Setubal at the weekend.
They make the trip more in hope than expectation of getting a result having lost 10 of 18 previous matches against English sides, while head coach Ricardo Sa Pinto has guided them to one win in eight previous Europa League group stage matches.
Wolves have no fresh injury concerns ahead of Thursday's clash with Wily Boly available for selection having been suspended for the loss to Chelsea.
Nuno has tended to name his strongest side for European matches this season but may opt to chop and change after such a poor start in the Premier League, meaning the likes of Patrick Cutrone, Ruben Vinagre and Morgan Gibbs-White could come into the starting XI.
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