Highlights: Leicester 1-0 Wolves: Jamie Vardy is the hero again as Foxes seal opening day Premier League win
Leicester secured victory Wolves on the opening weekend of the Premier League season at the King Power Stadium thanks to Jamie Vardy's goal
Stats from Opta
- Leicester has gone undefeated in its last five Premier League home openers (W2 D3), including avoiding loss in the last two, both against Wolves (W1 D1).
- Wolves have lost their last four Premier League games in a row, with three of those games ending in a scoreless draw. It’s their longest losing streak in the tournament, dating back to April 2012. (7).
- Wolves haven’t lost a league opener since losing to Leeds in 2012-13, after being undefeated in their previous eight (W4 D4).
- Leicester has only lost one of their last 25 home league games against Wolves (W15 D9), and that loss came in the Championship in May 2007.
- Only Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, and Alan Shearer (all 8) have scored more Premier League goals on the first weekend than Leicester’s Jamie Vardy (all 8). (7).
- Jamie Vardy of Leicester City has scored three goals in his last two Premier League games, one more than he had in his previous 20. (2).
Leicester City began their Premier League campaign with a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the King Power Stadium on Saturday, thanks to a classic Jamie Vardy strike in the 41st minute.
Wolves’ Adama Traore missed a golden opportunity before Vardy, 34, sprang up at the near post to delight the home crowd, making amends for an earlier effort that was disallowed for offside.
Vardy beat Conor Coady to the ball and turned it into the top corner with a delicate touch after Ricardo Pereira wove his way past two opponents on the right wing and produced a low cross to the edge of the six-yard box.
On the stroke of halftime, Leicester almost added a second when midfielder Youri Tielemans sent a twisting long-range effort straight at Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa.
Caglar Soyuncu slid in to prevent a Francisco Trincao effort just after halftime, denying the visitors an equaliser, before Vardy went wide with Leicester looking threatening on the break.
In the 89th minute, Coady put the ball in the back of the net for the visitors as they battled for an equalizer, but the goal was disallowed for offside, giving new Wolves boss Bruno Lage a losing start in the Premier League.
