Wolves v Liverpool in the FA Cup, a history of Molineux omens | OneFootball

A miserable league season and a flicker of FA Cup joy, is that how Wolves’ 2025-26 will be recalled as Liverpool visit Molineux?

ExpressAndStar.com notes Wolves have won five, drawn one and lost three of nine FA Cup ties with Liverpool. Each of the four home victories preceded at least a semi-final, and three led to a final.

The tale began in 1896 when Bill Owen and Harry Wood struck to send Wanderers onward to a final at Crystal Palace, where they lost 2-1 to The Wednesday.

In 1939 a club-record 61,315 saw Wolves race 2-0 up inside 23 minutes through Stan Burton and Dennis Westcott. Joe Fagan’s 54th-minute penalty reduced it, before Alex McIntosh and Dickie Dorsett secured the win.

Ten years on, Jimmy Dunn scored before the break and Cyril Done levelled on the hour, then Sammy Smyth and Jimmy Mullen made it 3-1. Wolves later won the final 3-1 against Leicester City.

A 65-year FA Cup hiatus ended in January 2017, when Championship Wolves won 2-1 at Anfield through Richard Stearman and Andreas Weimann. No semi-final followed, as it was an away tie.

The most recent Molineux FA Cup meeting came in January 2019, when Raul Jimenez and Ruben Neves scored either side of a Divock Origi equaliser. Wolves later lost the semi-final to Watford despite leading 2-0 late on.

The omens are there. Whether they carry any weight now, we will soon see.

Source: ExpressAndStar.com