Wolves may need 100 points for promotion

The Molineux men head for the division's game of the season at Griffin Park tomorrow where they will try to topple 19-games unbeaten leaders Brentford.

The home side's incredible form has included 16 victories and made light of the pre-Christmas managerial switch which saw Uwe Rosler head for Wigan and replaced Mark Warburton. But the relentless hoovering up of points by The Bees and Leyton Orient has left Wolves dealing with the most competitive League One promotion challenge since the third tier's re-constitution more than 20 years ago.

Wolves' 2.1 points per game puts them on course for 98 this season and head coach Kenny Jackett believes it is a pace they will have to maintain all the way to the finishing line.

"It just shows you how competitive it is – 64 points from the first 30 games and we're not in the top two," said Jackett, whose team watched Orient leapfrog them this week albeit having played two games more.

"It shows you there is a very good standard at the top of the league and that pace isn't going to stop.

"We can't take our foot off the accelerator. I haven't got a target in mind but through the season it has been apparent that to finish in the top two we're going to need to be in the high-90s at least."

An unchanged Wolves team is expected tomorrow with Leon Clarke (heel) "very doubtful".

It is a contest which will ensure Brentford get their biggest gate of the season as they sight Jackett's Wolves as a significant scalp.

But the Molineux gaffer believes his men will cope. "They are in a confident place and it will be a great atmosphere but we are used to that," he said. "We have to get the balance right between looking at Brentford and making sure we contain them and imposing ourselves on the match and scoring goals."