Wolves 3-0 Leicester City: Cunha stars as hosts soar to sixth straight win

Matheus Cunha inspired wolves on a sixth consecutive Premier League victory, after a routine 3-0 win over the relegated Leicester City.

The International Brazil scored and offered two assists when the reviving hosts expanded their record streak of successes in the competition.

Wolves also raised a 10th defeat in 11 games on Leicester, for whom Jamie Vardy's second half of penalty was refused.

Cunha broke the impasse in the 33rd minute and turned at home from Rayan Ait-Nouri's Cross up close for his 15th competition goal of the season.

The attacker then became neatly slid home 11 minutes after the break, with a well -timed pass home through Jorgen Strand Larsen.

Josa Sa crossed Vardy from 12 meters in the 72nd minute before Rodrigo Gomes sealed the victory five minutes after time, along Mads Hermansen drill after another neat Cunha dismissal.

Six @premierleague wins in a row

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– Wolves (@Wolves) April 26, 2025

Data Debrief: Six in a row for Wolves

Wolves won six consecutive games in the top flight for the first time since September and October 1970.

Cunha has now been directly involved in 21 Premier League goals this season (15 goals, six assists). Only Raul Jimenez in 2019-2020 (23) has more a hand in one campaign in the competition for wolves.

The Brazil attacker was set up to break the impasse by Ait-Nouri, who now has 11 Premier League-goal-oriented (four goals, seven assists), more than any other defender in the division.

Strand Larsen doubled the leadership with his eighth league goal this period in Molineux; The joint-mest by a Wolves player at home in a single campaign, together with Jimenez in both 2018-19 and 2019-2020.

As far as Leicester is concerned, they have now first admitted in 29 of their 34 Premier League matches this season; The most ever by one side in a few 38-game campaign in the competition.

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