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<h2>Wolves 2022/23 season expectations</h2>
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A new era began last season after the departure of Nuno Espirito Santo, and in came fellow Portuguese manager Bruno Lage.
Despite a respectable tenth-placed finish, the view from the stands is split.
Wolves started the season playing free-flowing football but struggled to score.
They failed to score in four of their first five games, despite putting in dominant performances, scoring only two goals from an <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/a-simple-guide-to-opta-stats-for-fpl">expected goals</a> (xG) of more than eight.
They began to get the points their performances deserved, winning four of the following five and losing just one in nine.
They then went through a run of eight games involving one goal or less, including narrow losses to Liverpool, Man City, a win at Old Trafford and a home stalemate with Chelsea.
Their form continued into the new year, winning five of the first six games in 2022.
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But after that, Lage&#8217;s side endured a terrible end to the season, winning just 11 points from the last possible 42.
With Wolves not spending much so far this summer, fans will want to see exciting, attacking football as compensation.
Lage is certainly capable of supplying that; you just need to watch the first few games of the season back.
<h4>Switch to a back four?</h4>
Wolves failed to score in nine of their 19 home games &#8211; and only Norwich recorded a lower xG across the whole season.
Raul Jimenez has understandably been a shadow of his former self following his skull fracture and Pedro Neto was missed, with Daniel Podence, Francisco Trincao and Adama Traore only contributing nine goals between them.
Lage has hinted he wants to play with a back four, involving quick centre-halves. That would suggest he&#8217;s looking to play a high-pressing system, which would certainly look better on the eye.
Defensively, Wolves were a real wall against the top sides, particularly in the first half of the season.
They won and kept clean sheets at Spurs and Man Utd, kept a clean sheet at home to Chelsea and only conceded to Liverpool because of a 94th minute winner from Divock Origi.
They also proved their defensive capabilities away at Manchester City, losing just 1-0 after a harsh first-half dismissal of Jimenez.
Up until new year, they were one of the best defences in the league. Only Manchester City had conceded fewer than their 0.74 per game and only the top-five teams kept more clean sheets than their 0.42 per game.
They had Jose Sa to thank for their defensive heroics. He had the best save percentage of all goalkeepers across the season, preventing the most xG per game.
Wolves have made just one signing at the time of writing, with Nathan Collins arriving from relegated Burnley. That looks like smart business, with the Irish centre-half impressing last season.
Academy graduate Morgan Gibbs-White returns from a successful loan spell at Championship side Sheffield United and that will feel like a new signing.
<h2>Wolves 2022/23 expected line-up</h2>
                             Sa
Jonny &#8211; Collins &#8211; Kilman &#8211; Ait-Nouri    
                 Moutinho &#8211; Neves
      Neto &#8211; Gibbs-White &#8211; Podence
                       Jimenez      
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A dawn seems set as Lage looks set to turn away from the back three which has served Wolves for the last five season.
As mentioned, he has publicly stated he would like to play with a back four and has been using the system in pre-season.
That being said, I think Lage will revert back to a back five when his side plays top opposition.
Sa will hope have another season of success, and there&#8217;s no way he won&#8217;t be the clubs number one.
Jonny will be face tough competition at right-back from Nelson Semedo but looks set to start the season there, with Semedo still facing fitness issues.
Talented young pairing Collins and Max Kilman will form the defence, with Rayan Ait-Nouri ready to kick on as first-choice left back.
The change of system leaves club captain Conor Coady struggling for a spot in the starting 11. He&#8217;s untested in a back four and Collins and Kilman have been preferred in pre-season.
Joao Moutinho and Ruben Neves will undoubtedly be the first-choice double pivot.
Neto will return the eleven after missing the majority of last season through injury. A big season awaits for Gibbs-White, who will be an important player as a number ten.
Podence currently looks most likely to start the season at left-wing as Hwang Hee-Chan has been suffering from an injury. I think the pair will share minutes this season though.
Jimenez currently faces very little competition at centre-forward, after Fabio Silva joined Anderlecht on loan.
I can see Wolves making a move for a centre-forward, and depending on who comes in, the Mexican&#8217;s spot could be in doubt.
<div id="attachment_28737" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-28737" class="wp-image-28737 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-1229283007-scaled-e1632472815999.jpg" alt="fantasy football website" width="1024" height="683" />Raul Jimenez. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>Best Wolves forward for FPL</h2>
Raul Jimenez (£7.0m)
Jimenez struggled to return to his past perform in his first season back after his horrendous skull fracture. He finished with just six goals and five assists.
To be fair to Jimenez, he wasn&#8217;t exactly getting much service. His tally of just 1.26 shots in the box and 0.38 big chances per game were almost half of what he was having under Nuno, and his xG of 0.22 per game last season was exactly half that of his xG record in 2019/20.
Understandably, his aerial threat has deteriorated. He only averaged 0.29 headed attempts per game last season, compared to an average of 0.65 before his injury.
But with Lage set to play more front-foot football, that will massively boost Jimenez&#8217;s goal threat this season.
He can get closer to his records of 24 and 23 goal involvements in his first two Premier League seasons.
He evidently misses his link-up play with Diogo Jota. Jimenez only created 0.12 big chances and an expected assists (xA) of 0.13 per game last season, compared to 0.34 big chances and 0.26 expected assists in 2019/20 and 0.34 big chances and 0.25 xA in 2018/19.
The added support in a third advanced midfielder, as well as the return Neto, will help him recreate those numbers.
I can only see Jimenez improving from last season. The first season after his injury was always going to be the toughest &#8211; and Lage&#8217;s intent on playing more attacking football will thoroughly improve his output.
I think he&#8217;ll surprise a few this season, and I can see him being a player of interest for Fantasy managers at points this season.
<h2>Best Wolves midfielder for FPL</h2>
<h4>Pedro Neto (£5.5m)</h4>
Neto had his breakthrough season in 2020/21, before suffering a serious knee injury in the final month of the season. It ended up keeping him out for nearly a year, only returning in late February.
He was eased back into the starting 11 but started the last four games of the season, scoring and assisting against Liverpool and Man City respectively.
In just less than 500 minutes of football, he registered an xGI per 90 minutes of 0.68, down to an xG 0.29 and an xA of 0.39. No first-team regular managed more than either.
As well as that, he averaged 3.29 shots of which 1.94 were in the box, and 0.39 big chances per 90 minutes.
As well as that, he made 2.52 key passes and created 0.58 big chances per 90 minutes.
Out of all Premier Leagues to play more than the equivalent of five full games, Neto had the fifth-most shots, the ninth-highest xGI, created the second-most big chances and was third for key passes and expected assists.
Of course, the sample size is relatively small. But you only need one Wolves game to see his quality.
Not only that, but those <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> were coming off the back of no football in pretty much a year, and in Wolves&#8217; awful run of form.
I think he will better his total of five goals and eight assists in 2020/21 and is the by far the best £5.5m midfielder in the game.
<div id="attachment_33029" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-33029" class="wp-image-33029 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1301203639.jpg" alt="fpl tips gameweek 1 pre season wolves" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1301203639.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1301203639-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1301203639-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GettyImages-1301203639-610x407.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Pedro Neto. Picture by Getty Images</div>
<h2>Best Wolves defender for FPL</h2>
Nathan Collins (£4.5m)
Collins was one of the biggest goal threats out of the defenders last year.
He ended with two goals despite only playing 19 games and was in the top ten for xG per game (0.11), as well as big chances (0.16) and shots in the box (0.79).
Because of his aerial prowess from set-pieces, he also created 0.16 big chances per game, racking up an 0.10 expected assists per game.
He ended up with the eighth-highest expected goal involvement (xGI) per start out of defenders, the highest out of any nailed defender priced at £5.0m or less.
It is worth mentioning that Wolves weren&#8217;t be as heavily reliant on set-pieces as Burnley, so his numbers might not be as high this season.
Still, he looks like a great option and certainly one going under the radar.
<h2>Top under-the-radar Wolves players:</h2>
Morgan Gibbs-White (£5.5m)
Gibbs-White was one of the Championship&#8217;s top performers last season, finishing with 11 goals and nine assists in just under 3,000 minutes.
Liverpool arrival Fabio Carvalho was the only midfielder in the league to average more goals than his 0.35 per 90 minutes, and only ten players beat his record of 0.28 assists per 90 minutes.
He will play a key role for Wolves this year, and has the capabilities to score and assist in this league.
I think he&#8217;s a good alternative Neto if you&#8217;re looking for someone with lower ownership.
<h4>Rayan Ait-Nouri (£4.5m)</h4>
I expect Ait-Nouri to feature more regularly this season after only playing just under 2,000 minutes last season.
That didn&#8217;t stop Ait-Nouri ending with a decent output, ending with a goal and four assists.
His assist tally of 0.17 per game was not only the best in the Wolves squad, but the tenth best out of defenders in the league.
He was also involved in 20% of Wolves&#8217; goals in games he appeared in, the fourth-highest percentage out of defenders.
The French wing-back did over-achieve his xA tally by about double &#8211; but I still think he is Wolves&#8217; best defensive pick and one of the stand-out £4.5m defenders.
Wolves players to avoid:
Jonny  faces a challenge to keep his spot from Semedo when he returns from injury.
As a result, I&#8217;d avoid both and go for Ait-Nouri or Collins instead.
<h2>Wolves set-piece takers</h2>
Wolves corner, free-kick and penalty takers are all documented in our <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/premier-league-set-piece-takers">Premier League set piece guide</a>. This piece is updated regularly.
As at the end of the 21/22 season, the Wolves set-piece takers were as follows:
Penalties: Jimenez, Neves, Fabio Silva 
Direct free kicks: Moutinho, Neves, Jimenez, Neto 
Corners and indirect free kicks: Moutinho, Neto, Ait-Nouri 
Aerial threats: Jimenez, Dendoncker
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