Wolves beat Everton 2-0 to reach Carabao Cup fourth round

Wolverhampton Wanderers ended a dire run of league form with a morale-boosting 2-0 victory over Everton at Molineux on Tuesday night, booking a place in the Carabao Cup fourth round thanks to a 29th minute goal from Marshall Munetsi and a late strike from substitute Tolu Arokodare. The win, Wolves second of the 2025-26 campaign, came three weeks after the sides met in the Premier League, where Everton prevailed 3-2.

Vitor Pereira made wholesale changes for the cup tie, rotating nine players and switching formation as he sought both a win and answers amid mounting pressure at a club rooted to the foot of the Premier League table after five straight league defeats. Pereira praised his players afterwards, saying the performance showed they "can compete" at top level and that the result could "change the spirit of the team, change the atmosphere." He added that keeping the club's "first clean sheet" of the season was encouraging.

Munetsi opened the scoring just before the half hour with a composed finish, and Wolves frustrated an Everton side who introduced Jack Grealish, Beto, Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan DewsburyHall in a second half push for an equaliser. Arokodare, on for Jorgen...