Wolves vs. Leicester City
Venue: Molineux
Kick Off: 5:30PM
Wolverhampton Wanderers will be bidding to continue their push towards the top four in the Premier League when they welcome Leicester City to Molineux this afternoon.
The home side are currently eighth in the table, six points behind fourth-placed Manchester United with two games in hand, while Leicester sit 11th, 10 points behind their opponents in this match.
Wolves are not being mentioned by too many as candidates to finish in the top four, with Man United, Arsenal, West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur seemingly battling for a Champions League position.
However, Bruno Lage’s side are in a strong position in the table, sitting seventh on 37 points, just six points behind fourth-placed Man United with two games in hand, and they appear to be finding their best form at a crucial stage of the campaign.
Wolves disappointingly lost at home to Arsenal on February 10, but that is their only defeat in the Premier League since December 11, winning five of their last seven, including four of their last five, beating Man United, Southampton, Brentford and Tottenham since the turn of the year.
Lage’s team were excellent against Tottenham last Sunday, scoring through Raul Jimenez and Leander Dendoncker to register a two-goal victory in North London, and they will now be bidding to record their 12th victory of the 2021-22 Premier League season.
Wolves have been much better on their travels this term, though, boasting just the 15th-best home record in the Premier League, while they have scored just eight times at Molineux in the league this term.
Leicester were expected to challenge for a top-four spot this season, but that has not been the case, with the Foxes struggling for consistency for much of the campaign, currently sitting down in 11th position.
The Foxes have won seven, drawn six and lost nine of their 22 league matches to collect 27 points, which has left them 16 points off the top four, while they are 10 points behind their opponents in this match.
Brendan Rodgers’s side came extremely close to picking up what would have been a morale-boosting three points at home to West Ham last Sunday, but Craig Dawson levelled the scores in the final exchanges, with the points being shared in a 2-2 draw at the King Power Stadium.
Leicester have therefore not won in the league since overcoming Liverpool on December 28, picking up just two points from their last four matches against Tottenham, Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool and West Ham.
However, the Foxes will enter this contest off the back of a positive result, having recorded a 4-1 victory over Randers in the first leg of their Europa Conference League knockout round playoff clash on Thursday.
Wolves possible XI: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Neves, Ait-Nouri, Jimenez, Podence.
Leicester City possible XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Amartey, Vestergaard, Thomas, Tielemans, Ndidi, Lookman, Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes, Daka.
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