Leeds United vs Wolves

The Yorkshire Yanks Leeds United host Wolves at Elland Road on Saturday, as Jesse Marsch kicks off his first full Premier League season as a manager.

Defensively they are solid but with Raul Jimenez missing for the first month of the season due to injury, who is going to step up to the plate? Bruno Lage’s side can keep the ball extremely well and in Jose Sa they have one of the best goalkeepers outside the top six in the Premier League. Their ambitions have changed, though, and a lack of spending this summer shows that European aspirations aren’t realistic for Wolves and being steady in midtable is their main aim. Even though he arrived for the final months of last season and kept Leeds up, the jury is still out for most Leeds fans on Jesse Marsch. It was always going to be tough to replace the legendary Marcelo Bielsa but Marsch has the chance to reshape Leeds’ approach and we’ve seen that during preseason. Marsch has a lot of injury issues to deal with as Stuart Dallas, Luke Ayling, Junior Firpo, Adam Forshaw and Luis Sinisterra out, plus Dan James is suspended and Liam Cooper is also out. Jesse Marsch has spent plenty of money, including on USMNT stars Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams, and he will need a positive start to prove he’s the right man for the job. After escaping relegation on the final day of last season, the main feeling around Leeds this summer has been relief.

An own goal by defender Rayan Ait-Nouri gave Leeds United a 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in their opening Premier League game of the season on ...

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Free highlights and match report as Leeds come from behind to beat Wolves 2-1 on the opening weekend of the Premier League season; Rodrigo levelled for ...

We want to play with the ball, and there are plenty of games in the previous season that we don't dominate the game in the same way. "Wolves pushed the game in a big way at the start of the second half, and we had to hang on and fight. It's not just about the ball, it is about being aggressive in the final third to find chances." We came here with big confidence because the pre-season was good, we have confidence to play in this system," said Lage. "The work has been really good in pre-season, and we are adapting more to the way that I would like to see us play the game, and in moments like this, you need validation. "It was easier than some of our matches last season when we had to wait until the last seconds of the match. "We did quite well with and against the ball. So from the first half until the end of the game we have a lot of time to shake hands to apologise. It didn't happen and in the end it's more difficult to accept because we have a long time to do that. The second half was our best period, we had 20 or 30 minutes where we dominated. His wait for a deputy striker goes on with less than a month of the transfer window to go. There was a contentious moment less than 10 minutes later as Sa collided with Kristensen in the area after recklessly coming off his line to claim a cross.

Leeds United picked up a crucial three points on the opening day of the 2022/23 Premier League campaign, dispatching Wolves in front of a packed Elland Road ...

Wolves started the second 45’ much stronger, keeping Leeds under the cosh for an extended period in which The Whites struggled to get a grip of possession. It was a tightly contested affair in the first half, but Leeds made a spell of intense pressure count. But it was Wolves who made the blistering start, opening the scoring in the sixth minute when Kristensen tried to tank Neto off the ball with Llorente out of position behind him.

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The lead was so nearly extended shortly after, with the Whites refusing to just accept and rest on their advantage. Tyler Adams was involved all over the pitch, showing energy and desire to win the ball back and then start attacks when he had succeeded in doing so. However, goals from Rodrigo and debutant Brenden Aaronson saw United begin the new season with a win.