The dozens of poncho-clad Wolves supporters that stuck around until the final whistle in the sodden Graham Hughes stand, a corner of this stadium exposed to the elements, was an image indicative of the wider mood at Molineux on a grim afternoon. For Vítor Pereira’s side, a fifth straight league defeat, this one against Leeds, for whom Noah Okafor, Anton Stach and Dominic Calvert-Lewin registered their first goals, the latter scoring for the only second time in 12 months.
Wolves, jeered off at half-time and full time, remain pointless and prop up the table after an inauspicious start. Of the five other teams to lose their opening five Premier League matches, three finished bottom, the anomaly in that pack the Crystal Palace side Roy Hodgson rescued in 2017-18 after a disastrous start under Frank de Boer, who was sacked just 77 days into the job.
