Key stats
- Leeds have won after conceding the opening goal in the Premier League for the first time since April 2023 against Nottingham Forest (seven games without a win)
- Wolverhampton Wanderers have lost their last 5 games in the Premier League; their last joint-longest losing streak was from September 15th, 2024 to October 20th, 2024
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored his first goal in the Premier League this season, netting for the first time since January 19th, 2025 against Tottenham Hotspur
Highlights
Analysis
Leeds midfielder Anton Stach put in a player-of-the-match performance, grabbing a goal and an assist.
Leeds withstood some heavy pressure in the second half to pick up the win against Wolves.
Match report
The Old Gold actually got off to a great start as they opened the scoring inside just eight minutes. Fer López fed through Ladislav Krejčí, who slotted neatly past Karl Darlow on his Molineux debut.
However, it all went downhill from there, as Leeds scored three without reply before HT.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin nodded in his first goal for the Whites over José Sá after connecting with Jayden Bogle’s cross.
Krejčí then turned villain as he fouled Calvert-Lewin on the edge of the box, and Anton Stach curled the resulting free-kick beautifully into the top corner.
Another new signing then opened his account in Noah Okafor, who found the bottom corner after Stach won possession high up and calmly played him in.
Wolves made three substitutes at HT to try and provoke a reaction, and one of them almost got the hosts back in it in Marshall Munetsi.
A well-worked corner ended with him, but his header was brilliantly tipped over by Darlow.
Munetsi then had another chance shortly after as he chested and volleyed towards goal, but Darlow held firm again.
Sean Longstaff could have been the fourth new signing to score for Leeds when he fired towards goal, but Sá gathered well.
The hosts looked most likely to score in the latter stages, but they ultimately fell short again, now winning just once in six previous H2Hs.
Leeds had scored just once before today’s triumph, and will be delighted with a first league victory since the opening weekend.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Anton Stach (Leeds United)
Post-match comments
Leeds striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin to BBC Sport: "It's a massive win. We knew what we were capable of going into the game.
"It's a big game even though it's early in the season. I think going 1-0 down we showed great character to turn it around, and then we had the confidence to play. The rest took care of itself.
"We were a bit frustrated with how we played in the second half and we should have took the game to them a little bit more. We didn't come out with the intention to sit back but that's the way it panned out.
"I think it showed our resilience to be able to defend deep. Next time we'll look to build on the momentum in the first half and not just look to sit back."