Nuno Espirito Santo’s Wolves | Tactics Explained

welcome back amps that man Dave and today we're going to be looking at new no espírito Santo wolves in tactics explained don't forget to subscribe if you are new turn the notifications on and like that god damn video anyway let's get this party started following heavy investment from Chinese conglomerate Fossen international in 2016 Wolf's finished top of the championship and ended a six-year absence from the Premier League over the season they've beaten Everton Chelsea Spurs Liverpool and Manchester United despite the heavy investment wolves have got a good Club model their relationship with super agent Jorge Mendes has saw them recruit some Portuguese talent but all of their signings have had the right mentality unlike clubs like Chelsea and Manchester City who spent big money on big-name players and wages following outside investment wolves purchase young hungry talented players from Europe and have given them the platform to flourish but credit must go to their manager Nuno espírito Santo who has improved every player at the club unlike Fulham who also got promoted from the championship last season the core of Wolves Championship side remains but the transformation is very much like Bournemouth in where several key players started the season as championship players players who you wouldn't expect to make it in the Premier League impressively three out of the five wolf players without the most Premier League minutes this season were playing in the championship last season with captain Connor Cody playing every Premier League minute so far this season noodles blended international Flair with grit and determination and is small squad have seen Wolf's fight for everything but it's tactically where the Portuguese tactician has excelled last season in the championship wolves run away with the league playing a 3 4 to 1 the midfield Perrin of Rubin Evers and romance ace had enough quality to dominate games between them in the summer they added former monaco midfield agile Moutinho and started the Premier League season with the midfield pairing of novice and Moutinho but they're added premier league quality meant that they struggle to dominate possession with that tumor midfield so Nuno changed it he switched to a 3-5-2 giving them an extra body in midfield often dropping Nevers deeper and bringing in dent encore alongside Moutinho however this midfield has been fluid and allows wolves to adapt mid game to become what attack-minded with the midfield rotating and Moutinho playing as the most advanced midfielder in the bigger games or if wolves are chasing the game then the 19-year old Morgan gives why is drafted in an attacking midfield this new system has given Wolves much more control in the games and when they don't dominate possession they defend in a compact 5 3 2 before breaking quickly in fact no team in the Premier League has made more counter attacks than wolves this season at 24 since changing systems walls have become much harder to be losing just 25 percent of their games playing a 3-5-2 compared to 39% of games in playing a 3 for 3 they've also got a better win percentage and considerably better goal difference +4 compared to - - but it's Jarrell Moutinho who makes this system so good wolves build up in a 3-3 4 with their wing backs playing super aggressively on the opposition's last line but Moutinho crates that overloads all over the pitch both in possession out of it amazingly Moutinho is not only wolves top a sister but he's made more tackles than any other player in the Premier League his progressive play puts wolves on the front foot not only that is he's very safe on the ball for moving it from flank to flank in terms of build-up wolf's favor playing down that left hand side will ebowley Rueben Everson John boutté know they build possession when their Avance left diogo jaw drops off the line to link the play but when wolves have created that overload on that left-hand side they look to switch the play - Doherty on the right and isolate in 1v1 with the opponent's fullback either through midfield passing into Nevers and then down Don callin out to the right or directly switching through Connor Cody in fact an astonishing 27% of Cody's passes are 30 yards or longer and no player in the Premier League has completed more longer passes than Connor Cody once Daugherty has the ball 1v1 he drives his opposition looking to beat his man before getting a cross or a shot away the aggressive nature of wolves his wing backs means that Daugherty is often in space on the right and has shown that in his goals no fullback has more goals in the Premier League this season and Dockerty incredible for a footballer playing his first top-flight season if walls can't break you down through counter-attacks or build up play then there's still a threat from set-pieces John Moutinho has a devilish wit from corners and five out of the seven assists have come from set pieces it helps when you've got big targets to hit in Brian Bennett then core Romans EOS and rau Jimenez all stand over six foot two and Willie Bali is a massive six foot five predictably bali is most dangerous with Shane Duffy and Sol Bamba as the only center backs have scored more goals and Willie Bali in the Premier League this season onto the front - rau Jimenez and Diogo jata are the best real front two in the Premier League they always have a telepathic understanding in attack and defense they work incredibly hard off the ball either pressing their opponents defense seen by the goal versus Cardiff jatta presses him a nose wins it they instantly counter a slightly unorthodox one-two results in a goal all they dropped back to a deep v three to zero and work on their opponents defensive midfielders which work so well against Manchester United in the FA Cup restricting United's play in between the lines and also breaking on them through that position but what makes the pair so dangerous is their positioning either in between the centre back and the fall back or coming off the line the first situation leads to many counter attacking situations for wolves wolves win the ball in the centre of the pitch with the opposition fullbacks in advanced areas and break in behind in an offensive capacity they play off each other exceptionally well with quick interchanges of passes Josh's goal against Cardiff City has to be one of the best in the Premier League of the season in fact jata to him and Aires is the highest 'sister - goal scorer combination for wolves in the Premier League this season only fraser - wilson and more frequent combination to summarise wolves this season in the Premier League they play a solid midfield three they like to draw the opponents onto them in this five three two zero shape before breaking into the channels and lastly they'd like to build up their possession play on the left-hand side before making a quick switch to the right-hand side to get their right wing back in Doherty into the final third a fascinating team to watch who have gained a lot of support from the neutral fans this season but anyway guys what do you think of wolves this year you surprised how well they have done I of course if it's that one day of subscribe if you're new to the stat man Dave YouTube channel like that god damn video anyway see you later thanks for watching guys if you haven't heard already we've partnered with squawker and we'd really appreciate it if you could come over and support us by clicking their Channel and if you like what you see in why not drop them a subscribe affirmative ly if you've enjoyed this content check out one of my recent videos