Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Wolverhampton Wanderers & Leeds United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Carabao Cup for Wolves, as the manager Davis led his troops to eliminate Preston North End, and reach the 3rd Round. Wolverhampton Wanderers participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Wolverhampton Wanderers have to build on here at Molineux Stadium in the Premier League.
The Wolverhampton Wanderers supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Molineux Stadium: A 2-3 defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion. The versatile forward Guedes edged out all the other footballers in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Guedes scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Wolverhampton Wanderers played out a Premier League draw 1-1 when visiting Brentford.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wolves have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 5.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Wolverhampton Wanderers as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Arsenal are visiting.
Wolves aren't scoring a lot here at Molineux Stadium in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Leeds United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Barnsley in order to reach 3rd round of Carabao Cup. They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.Leeds United have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
Cooper, Summerville, Rodrigo and Greenwood scored in Leeds United's previous match, the home game against AFC Bournemouth that ended 4-3. What a finish in the last match, as Leeds came back from being down 1-3 and secured a very satisfying victory through Summerville's goal in the 84th minute. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Summerville and Rodrigo and that is quite the feat! Defender Struijk was the best team player with a rating of 7.6. Struijk hit two key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.
Prior to that result Leeds United won their away game at Liverpool in the Premier League. The scoreline was 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leeds United playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 3 Leeds wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Leeds United now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Tottenham Hotspur is waiting in only three days.
Leeds United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). The Leeds United manager Marsch has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wolves five wins, one draw and Leeds United four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Rodrigo 7 goals |   R. Da Silva Neves 4 goals |  C. Summerville 3 goals |
Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players
Leeds United missing players
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Leeds United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 39 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.8 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 34% | ||
| 12.5 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Fulham | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Brentford | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Everton | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -20 | 10 |
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