Leeds United travel to Molineux on Friday night, looking to win consecutive Premier League games for the second time this season.
Jesse Marsch's side got their first win in nine games after beating Norwich 2-1 at Carrow Road last weekend, with Joe Gelhardt coming off the bench to score a last-minute winner to snatch a crucial three points in the race for survival. Gelhardt is expected to start on Friday evening, as Patrick Bamford continues to build up his match fitness after recovering from injury.
Marsch revealed that Leeds are boosted by the return of Kalvin Phillips and Liam Cooper, with both players returning to first-team training this week ahead of the clash against Wolves.
We used FIFA 22 to get a Premier League score prediction for Wolves vs Leeds on Friday and this is what happened...
Wolves vs Leeds United score predicted by simulation
We used kick-off mode in FIFA 22, but didn't select a team to control, letting the AI control both teams. We then selected the teams and watched the match play out by itself, to give us a unique score prediction.
We predict that Leeds could set up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with their line-up as follows: Meslier; Ayling, Llorente, Struijk, Dallas; Koch, Forshaw; James, Klich, Raphinha; Gelhardt.
We predict that Wolves could set up in a 3-4-3 formation, with their line-up as follows: Sa; Kilman, Coady, Saiss; Jonny, Neves, Dendoncker, Ait-Nouri; Podence, Neto, Jimenez.
Leeds started the game strongly and threatened in the opening exchanges through Gelhardt, James and Raphinha as the Wolves defence struggled to cope with Leeds' pressing high up the pitch.
Mateusz Klich opened the scoring Marsch's side with a fierce strike from the edge of the Wolves penalty box to make it 1-0 after a period of sustained pressure from the visitors.
James started the move on the right-wing as the Welshman beat Ait-Nouri for pace before whipping the ball into the penalty box towards Gelhardt. The young striker controlled the ball and turned well inside the box before laying the ball off to Klich on the edge of box, as the Polish midfielder fired a shot through a crowd of Wolves defenders and into the bottom right corner past Jose Sa.
Leeds were fully deserving of their lead and went into the second half on top, dominating possession and threatening to score a second as Raphinha went close with a free-kick from 25 yards.
But a few minutes later Meslier pulled off a crucial save at his near post as Raul Jimenez burst through the Leeds' defence. Moutinho found the Mexican striker with a smart pass, but the French goalkeeper got down to his left and palmed the ball wide for a corner.
Leeds survived some late scares from Wolves as Pedro Neto and Jimenez looked to equalise late on, but Struijk and Llorente produced some vital blocks to secure the clean sheet and take a massive three points away from Molineux, moving Leeds onto 29 points, just a single point behind Brentford in 15th.
FIFA 22 predicted final score: Wolves 0-1 Leeds
Here are the full-time match stats.
FIFA 22 predicts that Leeds could dominate large periods of the game, controlling possession and threatening with plenty of chances, with a brilliant strike from distance potentially making the difference in a tightly contested game at Molineux. In this simulation, Leeds' defensive performance was a welcome improvement compared to their previous games since Marsch took over.
What do you think the final score will be? Let us know in the comments!
