Leeds United vs Wolves Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 🐺
Leeds have lost three of their last four home league games against Wolves (W1) -more than they had in their previous 23 against them at Elland Road (W17 D4 L2).
Wolves have won their last three league meetings with Leeds they last won four in a row against them between February 1958-April 1960 (a run of five).
This is just the second Premier League campaign in which Leeds and Wolves are facing off, after both being relegated in 2003-04. The home side won both meetings that season (Wolves 3-1, Leeds 4-1).
After losing their first game at Liverpool on their return to the Premier League, Leeds are now without defeat in their last three (W2 D1), remaining unbeaten at Elland Road so far this season (W1 D1).
Wolves have won just two of their nine Premier League games played on a Monday (D2 L5), beating Crystal Palace 2-0 in July and Sheffield United 2-0 in September of this year.
Wolves have lost three of their last five away Premier League games (W1 D1), as many as they had in their previous16 on the road in the competition (W7 D6 L3).
Wolves have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League games against promoted sides (W7 D2), with that defeat coming in Yorkshire at Sheffield United last season (0-1).
Leeds have faced more shots than any other side in the Premier League so far this season (73). This could be, in part, down to the fact that the Whites have had more high turnovers against them (open play sequences that begin 40m or less from goal) than any other side in the competition this term (30).
No defender has made more tackles (19) or completed more dribbles (11) than Leeds' Luke Ayling in the Premier League this season. Meanwhile only Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold (233) and Andrew Robertson (246) have been involved in more open play build-up sequences than the Leeds fullback (219) Leeds' Patrick Bamford has had a hand in four goals in his four league starts against Wolves (3 goals, 1 assist), last facing them with Middlesbrough in March 2018 (scored in a 1-2 defeat).
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