How many points Wolves need to survive after West Ham and Ipswich Town wins - according to Opta

Wolves turned to Vitor Pereira as their replacement for Gary O’Neil earlier this season. He has managed to lift them away from danger over the past couple of months. The Portuguese head coach has made a positive impression since his switch to Molineux and has adapted well to life in England so far.

The Midlands outfit are sat in 17th place in the Premier League table. They are 12 points from safety following their 2-1 away win at Ipswich Town over the weekend. Pereira’s men have seven more fixtures left to play this season as they look to get over the line.

How many points do Wolves need to stay up in the Premier League?

According to statistic experts Opta, Wolves are predicted to get 41 points by the end of the campaign. 40 points is generally considered to be the points tally teams need to stay up in the top flight most years. They now have a 0.04% chance of getting relegated to the Championship with Southampton already gone and Leicester City and Ipswich pretty much cut adrift. Ipswich are predicted to finish 18th with 26 points, meaning 27 could be enough to survive this year.

It the forecast is correct, Pereira’s team do not need any more wins to secure survival as they already have 32 points. They are back in action this weekend against Tottenham Hotspur at home as they look to keep their momentum going. Away trips to Manchester United and Manchester City are also on the horizon.

Opta has backed Liverpool to seal the title ahead of Arsenal with Nottingham Forest and Manchester City also in the top four. At the other end of the division, Leicester and Ipswich go down as expected.

Wolves boss Vitor Pereira reacts to Ipswich Town win

Pereira was delighted to see Wolves secure a crucial three points at Portman Road. Speaking afterwards, he said: “I’m very happy for the players, for the club, and especially for the supporters. First half was not the way that we prepared. We prepared to try to win. We created two or three chances to score, but the pace and the pressing was not what I asked.

“Half time we changed tactically and we started to create problems, to control what we did, and had better quality in possession, better movements, a little bit higher to press, and we created chances to score two goals, and I think we deserved to win the game.

“We have very good players, and we are proving that we have the true spirit of a team, playing as a team. As I said in the beginning, when we started our work, firstly, create that identity, and after be consistent, better and better and better. And I think, this is my opinion, we deserved this result.”

He added: “If you look at the game, (Jorgen Strand) Larsen is getting better because he’s more adapted to the Premier League because of his work. Now (Marshall) Munetsi is playing close to him, creating spaces, attacking spaces every time, supporting the first ball. What we felt before was that when Larsen receives the first ball, the man close to him to support this ball was not there.”