Wolverhampton Wanderers are back in the Premier League and have made an entertaining start to their top-flight journey by acquiring a hard-fought point against Everton at home last weekend. They will now travel to the King Power Stadium to clash heads with Leicester City on Saturday. Nuno Espirito Santo’s players won the EFL Championship in the previous campaign and could be a real contender to clinch a top half finish this season. They have also recruited ten new players to their squad in the off-season and now looks set to go head-to-head with the best teams in England.
The West Midlands side has a terrific recent record while facing off against their East Midlands rivals. They have managed to win two, draw two and lose just one of their past five meetings with the Foxes. Nuno Santo would be quietly confident about his team’s chances of coming away with a result from the King Power Stadium. The Portuguese manager is expected to deploy a 3-4-3 formation and might name an unchanged team for this encounter.
3-4-3 Wolves Predicted Lineup To Face Leicester City
Defence
The Portuguese goalie, Rui Patricio will start for the West Midlands outfit while the trio of Ryan Bennett, Cono, Coady and Willy Boly would make up the three-man defence.
Wolves boss Santo would be hoping for a good defensive showing against Claude Puel’s Foxes, who are expected to play an open, free-flowing game of football.
Danny Batth and Romain Saiss would probably be named on the bench and they could come on during the contest, if required.
Midfield
The Portuguese midfield duo of Ruben Neves and Joao Moutinho are likely to start at the centre of the park with Matt Doherty operating as a wing-back on the right flank. Jonny, who is on loan from Atletico Madrid, will start on the left-hand side of Nuno Santo’s midfield. The Wolves midfielders will be responsible for linking up play and creating chances for their front three to feed on!
Attack
The tireless duo of Diogo Jota and Helder Costa might be deployed behind Raul Jimenez, who could lead the lines once again for the away side this weekend. The Mexican international registered his name on the scoresheet in their last league outing versus Everton and would be expected to put in a similar kind of display against the Foxes.
Jota would also be desperate to make a positive impression in the Premier League after a magnificent Championship campaign last term. The 21-year-old attacker scored 18 goals while notching up with 6 assists in 46 matches for the West Midlands team last season across all competitions.
