Talking Points | Wolves vs Leicester

#1 Squeaky clean at the back once again

Clean sheets have been the story of Jose Sa’s time with Wolves so far, and after a minor blip of three without in the Premier League – two of which still resulted in victories – he was back to frustrating strikers last time out. No goalkeeper in the top flight has kept more clean sheets away from home than the Portuguese, and when he spread wide to foil England captain Harry Kane, a sense that the points were returning to West Midlands grew substantially in the old gold camp. Being touted as the division’s signing of the season, Sa has made 76 saves, 23 sweeper clearances and claimed 23 high claims in what has been his maiden campaign in the Premier League.

Of course, it’s a team effort and in front of him, the return of Romain Saiss has been seamless. Having missed a month of Wolves action while at Afcon, the Moroccan returned for the Arsenal and Tottenham outings, and it was like he’d never been away. Last weekend, no Wolves player made more passes, committed to more blocks or touched the ball more times than the popular 31-year-old. Next to him, Conor Coady was ahead of anyone on the pitch for clearances, while further along Maximilian Kilman was named Man of the Match on the Wolves App as his fantastic season continued.