WOLVES: THE STAT PACK

WOLVES: THE STAT PACK

Andrew Dalton provides the stats ahead of Thursday's clash at Molineux...

Ahead of Thursday night's televised trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers, Andrew Dalton looks back at some of the previous meetings between the two clubs and picks out players who have represented both.

League positions...
Wolves are 14th in the Championship P20 W6 D7 L7 F25 A25 PTS25
United are 18th in the ChampionshipP20 W5 D8 L7 F18 A22 PTS23

Top goalscorers...
Wolves: Benik Afobe (8)
United: Chris Wood (7)

United’s last five visits to Molineux...
April 6 2015 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 Leeds United, Championship
February 9 2013 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 Leeds United, Championship
February 24 2007 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Leeds United, Championship
December 17 2005 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Leeds United, Championship
August 14 2004 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Leeds United, Championship

Wolves' last five games...
December 11 2015 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Nottingham Forest, Championship
December 5 2015 - Rotherham United 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers, Championship
November 28 2015 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Milton Keynes Dons, Championship
November 21 2015 - Ipswich Town 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers, Championship
November 7 2015 - Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Burnley, Championship

Wolves' home record reads P10 W2 D5 L3 F10 A11 PTS 11/30    

United’s last five games...
December 12 2015 - Charlton Athletic 0-0 Leeds United, Championship
December 5 2015 - Leeds United 2-1 Hull City, Championship
November 28 2015 - Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Leeds United, Championship
November 21 2015 - Leeds United 0-1 Rotherham United, Championship
November 7 2015 - Huddersfield Town 0-3 Leeds United, Championship

United's away record reads P10 W3 D5 L2 F11 A10 PTS 14/30

Five who played for both...
Paul Butler - 141 appearances, 3 goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers. 106 appearances, 4 goals for Leeds United.
Nathan Blake - 85 appearances, 26 goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers. 3 appearances, 1 goal for Leeds United.
Jamie Clapham - 29 appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers. 15 appearances for Leeds United.
Robbie Keane - 89 appearances, 29 goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers. 56 appearances, 19 goals for Leeds United.
Denis Irwin - 82 appearances, 1 goal for Leeds United. 85 appearances, 2 goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Five moments to remember...
Neil Sullivan will have happy memories of his first trip to Molineux as a Leeds United player. With the game looking likely to finish goalless, Kenny Miller was brought down in the box by Michael Duberry, who was subsequently sent off. Miller stepped up to take the penalty, only to see it saved by Sullivan.

Our last win at Molineux took place on December 19 1990 in the Zenith Data Systems Cup Northern Area Second round. Leeds won the tie 2-1 thanks to goals from Imre Varadi and Gary McAllister, with the hosts' lone goal coming from Paul Cook.

Last season’s encounter saw the hosts snatch it in a seven-goal thriller at Molineux. Leeds took the lead through Charlie Taylor but found themselves 3-1 down after goals from Nouha Dicko (2) and one from Benik Afobe. Leeds pulled it back to 3-3 with an own goal from Danny Batth and a super strike from Alex Mowatt, but Dave Edwards headed the winner two minutes from time.

It was double disappointment for Leeds when the two sides last met for a top-flight game at Molineux. Leeds took an early lead through Michael Duberry, but Alan Smith then sliced into his own net, before a brace from Steffen Iversen sealed it for the hosts. Too compound matters, Leeds had skipper Dominic Matteo sent off.

Having won the FA Cup just two days earlier, Leeds travelled to Molineux needing just a draw to secure a historic double. Sadly for Leeds it all went wrong as goals from Francis Munro and Derek Dougan put Wolves two up. Captain Billy Bremner pulled one back, but it was all in vain as Derby County ended up as champions. 

All stats are provided courtesy of Andrew Dalton, you can give Andrew a follow on Twitter at @lufcstats.

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