Leeds vs Wolves preview, team news, kick-off

Team news and stats ahead of Leeds vs Wolves in the Premier League on Monday; Kick-off 8pm

Team news

Leeds skipper Liam Cooper is doubtful and fellow centre-half Diego Llorente is definitely out after both players sustained groin injuries while on duty for Scotland and Spain.

Adam Forshaw (hip) remains a long-term absentee, but otherwise Marcelo Bielsa has a fully-fit squad, with Pablo Hernandez (groin) hoping to return to contention after being sidelined since the opening-day defeat at Liverpool.

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Nuno Espirito Santo has revealed Fernando Marcal is back in group training while Wolves wait for full clarity over their Covid test results.

Nuno is hoping his Portuguese players have returned from international duty free of coronavirus.

Goalkeeper Rui Patricio, full-back Nelson Semedo, midfielders Ruben Neves and Joao Moutinho and forward Daniel Podence have all been away with Portugal, for whom Cristiano Ronaldo this week tested positive for Covid-19.

The Portuguese Football Federation said in a statement on Tuesday that Ronaldo was "doing well, without symptoms, and in isolation" and added that no further positive tests had been reported in the squad.

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Opta stats

• Wolves have won their last three league meetings with Leeds - they last won four in a row against them between February 1958-April 1960 (a run of five).
• This is just the second Premier League campaign in which Leeds and Wolves are facing off, after both being relegated in 2003-04. The home side won both meetings that season (Wolves 3-1, Leeds 4-1).
• After losing their first game at Liverpool on their return to the Premier League, Leeds are now without defeat in their last three (W2 D1), remaining unbeaten at Elland Road so far this season (W1 D1).
• Wolves have won just two of their nine Premier League games played on a Monday (D2 L5), beating Crystal Palace 2-0 in July and Sheffield United 2-0 in September of this year.
• Wolves have lost three of their last five away Premier League games (W1 D1), as many as they had in their previous 16 on the road in the competition (W7 D6 L3).
• No defender has made more tackles (19) or completed more dribbles (11) than Leeds' Luke Ayling in the Premier League this season. Meanwhile only Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold (233) and Andrew Robertson (246) have been involved in more open play build-up sequences than the Leeds full-back (219).
• Leeds' Patrick Bamford has had a hand in four goals in his four league starts against Wolves (3 goals, 1 assist), last facing them with Middlesbrough in March 2018 (scored in a 1-2 defeat).

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