Wolves – Leicester SOCCER PICKS
Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City will play their second game in the Carabao Cup this week. In the previous round, both managers could still do with a B-team, but on Tuesday-evening that will not be enough.
Wolverhampton:
At the Wolves they burst with confidence this season. That is not based on the championship of Wolverhampton last season in the Championship, but on the excellent performance of this season in the Premier League. Wolverhampton is in fact in the left row. A performance of size. This is not only due to all purchases made this summer by the Wolves, but also to manager Nuno Espírito Santo. Nuno will be unknown to many football fans, but in Wolverhampton and surroundings he can no longer cross the street.
In the Carabao Cup, the Wolves were too strong for Sheffield Wednesday at an earlier stage. At Hillsborough, Wolverhampton won 0-2 with goals from Léo Bonatini and Hélder Costa. On Tuesday-evening, Leicester City is the opponent and that is definitely different than the number ten of the Championship. Yet they will have enough confidence at Wolverhampton to meet with The Foxes. On Saturday evening the men from Nuno picked up another point at Old Trafford. In the game with Manchester United, the Wolves were trailing 1-0, but European champion João Moutinho made the equalizer a few minutes after the break. A month ago Wolverhampton also held Manchester City on a 1-1 draw. The only defeat of Wolverhampton this season was against Leicester City; at the King Power Stadium, the Wolves lost 2-0.
Leicester City:
Leicester City is two places above Wolverhampton, but that is only on the basis of the goal difference. At Wolverhampton they are extremely satisfied with nine points from six Premier League matches, but that is not the case at Leicester City. Claude Puel has an excellent selection and eighth place is not bad for The Foxes, but they are not completely satisfied at Leicester City. That’s because The Foxes lost half of their league games this season. The 4-2 loss of one and a half week ago at Bournemouth was actually such a game that Leicester City should not lose.
The Foxes played a home game against Fleetwood Town in the previous round of the Carabao Cup. It was a match against the old club of Jamie Vardy, who did not play himself. Without the English striker Leicester City won 4-0 against Fleetwood Town. On Saturday afternoon another home game was won by The Foxes. In the King Power Stadium Huddersfield Town was the opponent. The visitors already took the lead within five minutes, but Kelechi Iheanacho made the equalizer fourteen minutes after the opening goal. In the end, Leicester City won 3-1, as James Maddison and Jamie Vardy also scored goal in the second half.
