Only the first game of the new season
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Ayoze Perez is expected to make his Leicester City debut on Sunday, while deadline-day signing Dennis Praet might also be involved.
Club captain Wes Morgan and Caglar Soyuncu are vying to replace the departed Harry Maguire.
Wolves pair Jonny and Ruben Neves were rested against Pyunik on Thursday and will start against Leicester.
New signing Patrick Cutrone may be afforded more time to settle, while Morgan Gibbs-White is a fitness doubt.
European qualification should be on Leicester's map this season - their squad certainly looks good enough, despite the loss of Harry Maguire. Ayoze Perez should enjoy finally playing in a team which looks to attack, and Youri Tielemans did more than enough last season to suggest that he's tailor made for a footballing outfit.
Wolves might find this season a bit trickier than last, especially with the extra expectation and probably with lots of Thursday nights/Sunday afternoons on their rota - but I think they can cope and prosper again.
VIEW FROM THE DUGOUT
Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers: "Everyone talks about getting into the top six. We want to knock as heavily as we can on that door and push.
"Everything shows you that it's getting more difficult - the last couple of years, that points gap has increased between sixth and the other teams.
"But in my time here at Leicester, we said we wanted to make European football, whether it's this year, next year or the year after. We shall see, but we want to go and push as hard as we can, do the best that we can."
Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo on playing so soon after a round trip of 6,370 miles to Armenia: "It's a challenge and we'll embrace it by doing our best.
"We are not worried, we are ready to do it. It's what we do."
LAWRO'S PREDICTION
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Head-to-head
Wolves won the most recent meeting 4-3 in January 2019, thanks to a stoppage-time winner from Diogo Jota to complete his hat-trick.
However, Wolves are winless in nine top-flight away fixtures against Leicester since a 2-1 victory at Filbert Street in December 1971 (D3, L6).
The two clubs are meeting on the opening weekend of a season for the first time since a 1-1 draw at Leicester in 1934.
Leicester City
The Foxes have lost their opening league fixture of the season for the past three years.
However, they are unbeaten in five games when beginning the campaign at home since a defeat by Blackpool in 2007 (W4, D1).
Leicester took 17 points from their last nine league fixtures in 2018-19 - a tally bettered only by the top two, Manchester City and Liverpool.
They could keep a third successive Premier League clean sheet at the King Power Stadium for the first time since May 2017.
Jamie Vardy has scored four goals in his last four appearances on the opening weekend of the season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nuno Espirito Santo's side have won just one of their last seven away Premier League games (D2, L4).
Nonetheless, Wolves achieved the best league position and points tally by a newly-promoted club last season since Ipswich came fifth with 66 points in 2000-01.
They have lost their opening league fixture in one of the past nine seasons, a 1-0 defeat at Leeds in 2012 (W5, D3, L1).
This is the first time Wolves will play their opening top-flight game of the season on a Sunday.
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posted on 12/8/19
Even worse when we are obviously changing the rules to fit VAR
posted on 12/8/19
Wonder if we can survive in the Premier League with our defensive weaknesses. We have now played 2 Asian Cup games, 3 Europa League games and 1 Premier League game and conceded a total of 1 goal. It’s just one too many
posted on 12/8/19
Biggest worry for me yesterday was the number of times we were caught in possession in our own half. Boly, Neves, Jonny, Dendoncker and Doherty were all guilty of it and we were lucky that Leicester were quite toothless. We will be punished if we do that against Man United.
posted on 12/8/19
I do think yesterday there were some tired legs and minds out there in Wolves shirts, and anyone that has tried going back to work straight after a 6,000 mile round flight should be able to relate to that, and even more so for a sportsman. I understand the players got home about 5 am on Friday. The players you mention are not in the habit of giving the ball away cheaply and I think the travelling was probably the explanation.
As for Utd I wasn’t that impressed with what I saw from them yesterday. It was a poor Chelsea second half, and like last season I think Utd look very beatable, although Maguire will help them defensively
posted on 12/8/19
You can blame the travel if you want, but Moutinho and Boly were probably our bets players and both played 90 minutes in Armenia.
I think the sloppiness in possession has continued a trend that I have seen in each of the Europa League games in the build up to the new season.
posted on 12/8/19
if sloppiness in possession leads to conceding no goals against city, toon and leicester lets have more of the same.
posted on 13/8/19
We have played 2 games in China, 3 Europa Gamed and 1 Premier League game and in those 6 games we have conceded a total of 1 goal
posted on 13/8/19
Celtic
Copenhagen
posted on 13/8/19
That is a dreadful result for Celtic. Copenhagen after quite a penalty shoot out will be disappointed as well. I guess we get to see both of these in the Europa now don't we?
posted on 13/8/19
One of our feeder clubs Porto dumped out as well