Premier League Action at Molineux Stadium – Wolverhampton Wanderers face Leicester City

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Wolves at home against Leicester – Sunday – 2:00pm GMT – Molineux Stadium.

As it stands, Leicester will go to Molineux Stadium in nineteenth place, Wolves are currently in eighteenth.

Wolverhampton Wanderers require a positive result, as Leicester City go to Molineux Stadium

Wolves will be hoping to increase their row, after victories over both Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest.

Also, Wolves may not want to consider the prospect of relegation this season, but they are going to have to change their ways if they are to avoid it. Wolves have lost four of five fixtures. Now they have 2 matches won, 6 games lost and 3 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in eighteenth place, with a total of nine points having won two fixtures, drawn three meetings, and lost six games.

When Wolves host Leicester, they will do so on the back of two wins, two draws, and one defeats on their own ground.

A victory for Wolverhampton Wanderers would put them on 12 points.

Wolves may have to resort to second choice players, given the number of first choice players that are now unavailable through injury, illness or suspension.

Leicester City under pressure for a result as they go to fancied Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday

Leicester will hope to increase their wins in a row, having secured a 2-0 victory over Leeds United in their last fixture.

Also, when you suffer seven defeats in the last 10 fixtures, it should come as no surprise that your team is very much struggling at the bottom of the League. But that is the situation that Leicester find themselves in. They currently stand nineteenth in the League, with eight points for a total of 2 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws having won two games, drawn two meetings, and lost seven meetings.

Playing away from home, Leicester have lost five fixtures.

Winning this fixture will see Leicester City on 11 points.

Good Attacking Performance

They have a good scoring stats of 17 goals (16 from open play and one penalty). This has been largely down to the key attacking players: James Maddison (5), Harvey Barnes (3), and Patson Daka (3). Leicester’s defensive record in the Premier League has so far been very weak, with 24 goals conceded in their last games. This is an issue that Brendan Rodgers urgently needs to address within the dressing room.

Brendan Rodgers could be missing up to six of their players through injury or illness for the game on Sunday.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leicester City – Head-to-Head.

Regarding their historical duels the teams have already played each other 28 times with the record being nine victories and 13 draws for Wolves. Additionally, the two sides have been unable to break the dead-lock on seven occasions out of the last 11 fixtures, resulting in draws. February 2022 was the most recent time these two clashed in this competition and Wolves took all three points winning 2-1.

Performance Report

For Wolves, Ruben Neves is one of the top performing players after having scoredtwo goals in 11 League games so far, while James Maddison, one of their best scorers, has nettedfive goals in 11 League matches this season for Leicester.

Other players of note for Wolves are Ruben Neves and Daniel Podence with two goals both and for Leicester are Harvey Barnes and Patson Daka with three goals and three goals respectively.

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