KARL WHITEHOUSE LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF WOLVES V LEICESTER
FIRST MEETINGS
- The first meeting of the two clubs was in Division 2 on the 6th October 1906, the game finished in a 2-0 win for Leicester City.
- Division 1 – The first meeting of the two clubs in Division 1 on the 3rd September 1932, the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
- FA Cup – The first meeting of the two clubs in the FA Cup was in the 4th Round on the 21st January 1939, the game finished 5-1 win for Wolves.
- Premier League – The first meeting of the two clubs in the Premier league was on the 25th October 2003, the game finished 4-3 win for Wolves.
- Championship – The first meeting of the two clubs in the Championship was on the 28th August 2004, the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
MATCH OF THE DAY
There was a game near the date of the upcoming meeting which was played on the 28th April 1921 the game finished 0-0.
OTHER MEETINGS
There was another meeting of the two sides in the Zenith Data Systems Cup 1st Round Northern Section and the game finished 1-0 win for Wolves.
Wolves played Leicester City in a preseason friendly on the 16th May 1983 the game finished 4-1 to Wolves played at Molineux.
Wolves played Leicester City in a preseason friendly on the 29th July 2017 the game finished 1-0 to Wolves played at Molineux.
RECENT MEETINGS
Premier League – The most recent game was on the 21st December 2024 the game finished 3-0 the Wolves scorers were Gonçalo Guedes, Rodrigo Gomes and Matheus Cunha and this was Vitor Pereira’s first game in charge since the sacking of Gary O’Neil.
FA Cup – The most recent game was in the 4th Round on the 25th January 2003 and the game finished 4-1 win for Wolves.
League Cup – The most recent game was in the 3rd Round on the 25th September 2018 and the game finished 0-0 but went straight into a penalty shootout as there is no extra time and Leicester City win 3-1 in the shootout.
LAST 6 MEETINGS
Wolves 0 Leicester City 0 7th February 2021 at Molineux
Leicester City 1 Wolves 0 14th August 2021 at King Power Stadium
Wolves 2 Leicester City 1 20th February 2022 at Molineux
Wolves 0 Leicester City 4 23rd October 2022 at Molineux
Leicester City 2 Wolves 1 22nd April 2023 at King Power Stadium
Leicester City 0 Wolves 3 21st December 2024 at King Power Stadium
BIGGEST WIN
- Division 2 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 14th November 1914 but one thing to note that team name was Leicester Fosse before they changed name and the game finished 7-1 win to Wolves.
- Division 1 – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 15th April 1938 and the game finished 10-1 win to Wolves.
- Premier League – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 25th October 2003 & 19th January 2019 and the game finished 4-3 win to Wolves.
- Championship – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 6th May 2007 and the game finished 4-1 win to Wolves.
- FA Cup – The biggest win between the two clubs was on the 21st January 1939 which was a 4th Round Tie and the game finished 5-1 win to Wolves.
Do you remember this game that had everything going for it?
Wolves 4 Leicester City 3 19th January 2019
A classic high-scoring clash with shaky defending saw Wolves edge Leicester 4-3 in a match full of drama and history.
First Half:
Wolves surged ahead early. Jota tapped in at the back post after a pinpoint Moutinho cross in the 4th minute. Bennett doubled the lead in the 12th, heading in a Moutinho corner for his first Premier League goal. Wolves fans were in full voice after a dream start.
Second Half:
Leicester responded quickly. Gray cut the deficit with a solo run and finish, then moments later, Barnes’ shot deflected off Coady for an own goal, bringing it to 2-2.
Wolves answered. Neves sent a perfect long ball to Jota, who controlled and finished for 3-2.
Leicester struck back with a Morgan header from a Maddison free kick, making it 3-3.
Finale:
Deep into stoppage time, Neves started a swift counter. Jimenez found Jota in the box, and he fired home for his hat trick and a dramatic 4-3 win. Players and manager Nuno celebrated together in front of the South Bank, though Nuno was shown a late red for joining his team on the pitch.
The win echoes Wolves’ memorable 4-3 victory over Leicester in the 2003/04 season.
Wolves XI: Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Saiss, Neves, Jonny, Moutinho, Vinagre, Dendoncker, Jimenez, Jota.
Goals: Jota (4, 64, 90), Bennett (12)
Manager: Nuno Espirito Santo
Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Chilwell, Morgan, Maguire, Gray, Pereira, Barnes, Mendy, Ndidi, Vardy.
Goals: Gray (47), Coady (OG 51), Morgan (87)
Manager: Claude Puel
Attendance: 31,278
BIGGEST DEFEATS
Division 2 – The biggest defeats between the two clubs was on the 10th March 1923 and the game finished 7-0 win for for Leicester City.
Division 1 – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 10th December 1983 and the game finished 5-1 win for Leicester City.
Premier League – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 23rd October 2022 the game finished 4-0 to Leicester City. This victory became Leicester City’s biggest-ever win at Molineux previously 3-0 in December 1959 in League Division One and October 1982 in League Division Two.
FA Cup – The biggest defeat between the two clubs was on the 19th January 1972 and this was a 3rd Round Replay after the original tie finished 1-1 and the game finished 2-0 win for Leicester City.
head to head stats
Do you remember this game?
Wolves 3 Leicester City 0 18th August 1992
This was a game involving incidents to two players who involved from the offset.
The game was not even 10 minutes gone this was the first clash of Bull & Walsh which earned Bull an early yellow card in the game.
Then after it had calmed down Wolves went ahead in the game on the 19th minute when Thompsons freekick was flicked on by a Leicester defender into the path of Bull to open the scoring in the game to make it 1-0.
Then Leicester went down to 10 men after an incident off the ball guess what it was Bull & Walsh again involved but this time the referee decided to send off Walsh for striking an opponent and this will make it difficult for Leicester to come back into this game.
Mutch added a second goal in the game after a good cross where he was left unmarked in the penalty area to make it 2-0 for Wolves.
Late on in the second half of the game Dennison tried a cross into the penalty box which struck the hand of a Leicester City player, and the referee said penalty and up stepped Birch to take it and scores sending goalkeeper the wrong way to make it 3-0 89 minutes played.
Wolves held on for the victory 3-0 and send the home fans happy with the result.
Wolves: Stowell, Ashley, Thompson, Downing, Westley, Blades, Birch, Cook, Bull, Mutch, Dennison.
Substitutes: Simkin, Roberts
Goals: Bull (19), Mutch (38), Birch (penalty 89).
Manager: Graham Turner
Leicester City: Muggleton, Mills, Whitlow, Smith, Walsh, Hill, Oldfield, Thompson, Davison, Ormondroyd, Gee.
Substitutes: Grayson, Fitzpatrick
Manager: Brian Little
Attendance: 15,821
pLAYING FOR BOTH TEAMS
Ade Akinbiyi
Played for Wolves 1999-2000 made 37 appearances scored 16 goals and played for Leicester City 2000-2002 made 58 appearances scored 11 goals.
Ryan Bennett
Played for Wolves 2017-2020 made 74 appearances scored 2 goals and played for Leicester City in a loan spell 2020 and made 5 appearances.
Marcus Bent
Played for Leicester City in a loan spell 2003-2004 made 33 appearances scored 9 goals and played for Wolves in a loan spell 2010-2011 made 3 appearances.
Mark Blake
Played for Wolves in a loan spell 1991 made 2 appearances and played for Leicester City 1994-1996 made 47 appearances scored 4 goals.
Nathan Blake
Played for Wolves 2001-2004 made 75 appearances scored 26 goals and played for Leicester City 2004-2005 made 14 appearances scored 1 goal.
Jamie Clapham
Played for Wolves 2006-2008 made 26 appearances and played for Leicester City 2008 made 11 appearances.
Steve Claridge
Played for Leicester City 1996-1998 made 63 scored 17 goals and played for Wolves 1998 made 5 appearances.
Wayne Clarke
Played for Wolves in two spells 1978-1984 and 1991 in a loan spell made 149 appearances scored 30 goals and played for Leicester City 1989-1990 made 11 appearances scored 1 goal.
Conor Coady
Played for Wolves 2015-2023 made 317 appearances scored 7 goals and currently playing for Leicester City 2023 made 36 appearances scored 1 goal.
David Connolly
Played for Wolves in a loan spell coming from Feyenoord 1998-1999 made 32 appearances scored 6 goals and played for Leicester City 2004-2005 made 49 appearances scored 17 goals.
Steve Corica
Played for Leicester City 1995-1996 made 16 appearances scored 2 goals and played for Wolves 1996-2000 made 100 appearances scored 5 goals.
Carl Cort
Played for Wolves 2004-2007 made 94 appearances scored 31 goals and played for Leicester City 2007-2008 made 14 appearances.
Mark Davies
Played for Wolves 2005-2009 made 27 appearances scored 1 goal and played for Leicester City 2008-2009 made 7 appearances scored 1 goal.
Derek Dougan
Played for Leicester City made 68 appearances scored 35 goals and played for Wolves 1967-1975 made 258 appearances scored 95 goals.
Tim Flowers
Played for Wolves 1984-1986 made 63 appearances and played for Leicester City 1999-2003 made 56 appearances.
Carl Ikeme
Played for Wolves 2003-2018 made 191 appearances and played for Leicester City in a loan spell in 2010 made 5 appearances.
Lawrie Madden
Played for Leicester City in a loan spell 1991 from Sheffield Wednesday made 3 appearances and played for Wolves 1991-1993 made 67 appearances scored 1 goal.
Ben Marshall
Played for Leicester City 2012-2013 made 56 appearances scored 7 goals and played for Wolves 2017-2018 made 22 appearances scored 2 goals.
Shaun Newton
Played for Wolves 2001-2005 made 130 appearances scored 12 goals and played for Leicester City in a loan spell 2007 from West Ham made 9 appearances scored 1 goal.
Iwan Roberts
Played for Leicester City 1993-1996 made 100 appearances scored 41 goals and played for Wolves 1996-1997 made 33 appearances scored 12 goals.
Richard Stearman
Played for Leicester City 2004-2008 made 116 appearances scored 7 goals and played for Wolves in two spells 2008-2015 and 2016-2017 made 229 appearances scored 5 goals.
Dean Sturridge
Played for Leicester City 2001 made 22 appearances scored 6 goals and played for Wolves 2001-2005 made 75 appearances scored 28 goals.
Scott Taylor
Played for Leicester City 1995-1999 made 64 appearances scored 6 goals and played for Wolves 1999-2001 made 32 appearances scored 3 goals.
Mark Venus
Played for Leicester City 1985-1988 made 61 appearances scored 1 goal and played for Wolves 1988-1997 made 287 appearances scored 7 goals.
Other Players who have played for both clubs.
Joe Baille, Herbert Barlow, Joseph Blackett, Harry Davies, Peter Eastoe, Marc Edworthy, John Farrington, Joey Gudjonsson, Jack Hamilton, Neville Hamilton, Bob Hazel, Dave Maclaren, Tommy McDonald, Hugh Mcllmoyle, Jim Melrose, Edward Pheasant, Fred Price, George Swift, George Travers, Davie Walker, Gordon Wills, Maurice Woodward.
Played, Managed, Coached Both Teams
Mike Stowell
Played for Wolves in a loan spell from Everton 1989 and 1990-2001 in his permanent spell made 385 appearances been at Leicester City since 2005 as goalkeeping coach and also has had spells as a caretaker manager in 2007,2010,2011,2017,2019 and 2023.
George Jobey
Played for Leicester City 1918-1920 and managed Wolves 1922-1924.
Rob Kelly
Played for Wolves 1986-1989 made 16 appearances and Managed Leicester City 2006-2007.
Colin Lee
Assistant Manager of Leicester City 1994-1995 and Assistant Manager of Wolves 1995-1998 and manager 1998-2000 for 111 matches.
Mark McGhee
Managed Leicester City 1994-1995 for 51 matches and managed Wolves 1995-1998 managed for 159 matches.
Brian Little
Managed Wolves August 1986 to October 1986 for 8 matches and managed Leicester City May 1991 to November for 178 matches.
article by Karl whitehouse
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