Wolves have an extra 1,400 seats for home fans at Molineux for Saturday’s game against QPR – but they were set to sell out immediately today.

The club reached agreement with QPR yesterday to move visiting fans from the Steve Bull Stand lower tier to the Jack Harris Stand flank to cope with a flood of demand from supporters eager to see a game that could clinch promotion.

Wolves need a win to seal their place in the Premier League. Around 900 Wolves fans who had already bought tickets for the Jack Harris Stand will be notified of their move to the Steve Bull Stand.

They must go to Molineux to exchange their seats.

The extra tickets went on sale at 7.15pm last night and they were expected to sell out by lunchtime today.

Wolves made the switch to get as many of their fans into Molineux as safely possible.

The club also defended their move not to put home and away fans in the Steve Bull Stand lower tier, to admit more Wolves fans.

Chief executive Jez Moxey said: “We had a meeting with the police and our own safety team and we couldn’t safely segregate fans.

“With the configuration of the turnstiles all at one end, it couldn’t be done without more planning.

“We went to the police with this idea to start with but came to the conclusion we couldn’t do it.

“With the timetable involved and the fact it’s a highly charged game and the fact we haven’t done it before, we decided to go with down the tried and tested route.

“But I couldn’t live with myself if we hadn’t persuaded QPR to do this.

“We could have been left with 2,000 empty seats otherwise. We’re grateful to our fans and QPR’s for their co-operation.”

l Wolves have also sold out of their entire 5,869 allocation of tickets for the trip to Barnsley on April 25.