Leeds United looked to continue their daring start to their newly-promoted Premier League campaign as they hosted the equally ambitious Wolves on Monday. The West Yorkshire club gave defending league champions Liverpool a fitting challenge in their opening match of the season, and since then have won twice and drawn against Manchester City. The Wanderers meanwhile have also won twice, but also lost to Manchester City and West Ham. This tactical analysis will examine how Leeds looked to attack the Wolves defence and how the visitors overcame that attack and took three points from Elland Road.
Lineups
Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa sent out an attack-minded starting group. While the back four and Kalvin Phillips were the more predictable side of the lineup, the Argentine started striker Rodrigo in midfield alongside Mateusz Klich, with Hélder Costa, Patrick Bamford, and Jack Harrison filling out the rest forward lines.
Wolves manager Nuno Espírito Santo started his common back three/back five setup, albeit with a couple of tweaks. The three centre-backs Willy Boly, Conor Coady, and Max Kilman played alongside the two wing-backs when out of possession in newcomer Nélson Semedo and Romain Saïss. Adama Traoré began the match on the bench, as Nuno went with a front three of Pedro Neto, Raul Jiménez, and Daniel Podence.
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