Match Pack: Home Fixture, Premier League, Wolves, #LEIWOL, your exclusive preview update
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With the full crash at St. James Park last weekend, Leicester are up against Wolves at home. A game that has a must win all written over it. Leicester will surely be without a number of key players and that could of course be crucial when thinking of a positive result.
Wout Faes and Bouba Soumare should be in the starting eleven, hopefully both will return to the starting eleven. We also believe Ruud van Nistelrooy needs to start both Bilal El Khannouss and Facundo Bounanotte.
Wolves sacked Gary O’Neil after the loss to Ipswich last week and has not vasted any time at all, having landed Vitor Pereira as their new man in charge. He is said to be in charge of the team as early as this game.
There is no certainty in anything regarding the Leicester goalkeeper position. If fit, Mads Hermansen will be the one in goal, if he is not available, again Danny Ward looks the alternative. Jacub Stolarczyk has just almost no game action since returning from injury. Daniel Iversen looks the one in the big freezer, but we just have to wait and see what will happen.
Twitter: #LEIWOL
Match Pack – Stats & Facts
Table Position
LEI: 17
WOL: 19
Injuries / Uncertainties / Suspensions:
LEI: Hermansen, Pereira, Winks, Fatawu, Ndidi, Eduoard
WOL: Mosquera, Medina, Kalajdzic, Ait-Nouri, Traore, Sarabia Garcia, Gomes da Silva, Malherio da Sa
Head to Head:
Last Three
Premier League; 20.02.2022, Molineux, 1-2 (L)
Premier League, 23.10.2022, Molineux, 4-0 (W)
Premier League, 22.4.2023, King Power Stadium, 2-1 (W)
Possible Line-Up’s:
Leicester City:
Hermansen, Justin, Kristiansen, Vestergaard, Faes, Skipp, Soumare, El Khanouss, Vardy, Bounanotte, McAteer
Wolverhampton Wanderers:
Johnstone, Nelson Semedo, Bueno, Toti, Doherty, Andre, Lemina, R Gomes, Joao Gomes, Cunha, Strand Larsen
Predicted Result: 1-0 (Win)
Players In Both Camps, Wolves
Welcoming Wolves for a massive game! #LEIWOLpic.twitter.com/dkf9BdksPt
— Leicester City (@LCFC) December 18, 2024
Focus On; Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nickname: Wolves
Manager: Vitor Pereira
Captain: Nelson Semedo
Chairman: Jeff Shi
Kit Supplier:Sudu
Kit Sponsor: Debet
Stadium: Molineux
Capacity: 31,750
Wikipedia
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club’s traditional kit consists of old gold shirts and socks with black shorts. Since 1979, the kit has also featured the club’s “wolf’s head” logo. Long-standing rivalries exist with other clubs from the West Midlands, including Aston Villa, and Birmingham City but the main one being the Black Country derby contested with West Bromwich Albion. Since 2016, the club has been owned by the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, read more
Kit:
The new Home Kit seamlessly blends the club’s rich heritage with cutting-edge performance technology, empowering players to push their limits. In a club first, the new kits are crafted in close collaboration with the Wolves playing squad to deliver peak performance. Beyond providing valuable input on the look and feel of the kit, the Wolves players actively participated in fit and performance sessions with SUDU to ensure the pro kits meet the rigorous standards that are demanded on the pitch.
Arch-enemy: West Bromwich Albion
Honours: Wolves has a long and proud history, being at their best during the 50’s, but also had a grand period in the 70’s, winning the EFL Cup in 1974 and 1980. During the 50’s they were crowned winners of FL 1st division three times.
Domestic
1st Division / Premier League
Winners: 1953-54, 1957-68, 1958-59
Runners-up: 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1959–60
2nd Division / League Championship
Winners: 1931–32, 1976–77, 2008–09, 2017–18
Runners-up: 1966–67, 1982–83
3rd Division / League One
Winners: 1923–24, 1988–89, 2013–14
4th Division / League Two
Winners: 1987-88
FA Cup
Winners: 1892–93, 1907–08, 1948–49, 1959–60
Runners up: 1888–89, 1895–96, 1920–21, 1938–39
League Cup
Winners: 1973–74, 1979–80
Europe
UEFA Cup: runners-up, 1971-72
Did You Know? For years, Wolves have played Led Zeppelin anthems including ‘Stairway to Heaven’, ‘Kashmir’ and ‘Whole Lotta Love’ before matches at Molineux Stadium to get supporters and the team fired up.
Most Appearances: (D) Derek Parkin (1968-1982), 609
Most Goals: (F) Steve Bull (1986-1999), 306
Other Famous Players: Derek Dougan, Mike Bailey, Billy Wright, Tim Flowers, Peter Eastoe, Steve Kindon, Kenny Hibbitt, Steve Daley, Alan Sunderland, Barry Powell, Malcolm Munro, George Berry, Bob Hazell, Diego Jota, Raul Jimenez, Conor Coady, Max Kilman, Ruben Neves, Willie Carr, Emlyn Hughes, Paul Bradshaw
Record win: 14-0 v Crosswell Brewery, (FA Cup), 13 November 1886
Record defeat: 1-10 v Newton Heath (League), 15 October 1892
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