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Wolves ended last season with only one win from their final 10 Premier League games and are winless in four league outings in 2024-25.
Head Coach Gary O'Neil has said it is "irrelevant" to compare the end of last season with the start of this one and, given the changes in playing personnel and formation implemented, he has a point.
But whether you look at the shorter or longer term, the statistics are far from ideal.
As with anything, context is key.
Nine of the 14 games stretching across the two seasons were against teams that finished in the top half in 2023-24, while injuries to attacking players in the closing months of last term left Wolves' already threadbare squad down to its proverbial bare bones.
Already this campaign, they have faced three of last season's top seven.
They may only be averaging one goal scored per league game this season, but there are positive signs. Mario Lemina's well-worked goal against Newcastle showed what can happen when they get it right.
According to Premier League statistics, seven "big chances" have not been taken – just six clubs have a higher total – and only Manchester City (four) have hit the woodwork more times than Wolves (three).
It is at the other end where the major problems have arisen. Only Everton (13) have conceded more than Wolves' tally of 11 in four games this season.
Some of those can be put down to Wolves' switch from a flexible back five to a back four, which has left them more open, but others are simply because of basic errors – Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson and Nottingham Forest's Chris Wood being left unmarked to head home from corners, for example.
Looking ahead, things do not get much easier for Wolves. Three of their next four games are against Aston Villa, Liverpool and Manchester City – all of whom finished in the top four last season.
It may be during a slightly kinder run of fixtures during November and December when this team will truly be judged.
