Wolves have basically only tasted defeat so far this season and things are looking bleak at Molineaux.
It’s just two points in 14 games for Wolverhampton Wanderers in their current Premier League campaign.
They started the year under Vitor Pereira and even offered him an extension one month into the new season. Wolves had lost each of their four matches at that stage and gave the Portuguese manager a vote of confidence.
However, that lasted just over a month and they then hired Rob Edwards from a solid Championship campaign to replace him. Surprisingly, there were three other managerial changes before the one at Molineux – including two from Nottingham Forest alone.
Can Wolves avoid being the worst team in Premier League history?
The actual worst team in Premier League history (so far)
It’s common knowledge nowadays that 2007-08 Derby County hold the record for fewest points won in a Premier League season (11). In fact, it was still March when the Rams were officially relegated to the second tier – never to be seen in the top flight again.
Southampton came close to equalling them last year, but an improbable 0-0 draw vs Manchester City on Matchday 36 gave the Saints a 12-point tally for their campaign. They wouldn’t go further than that.
On pace for some time
Wolves have won 0.14 points per game in 2025-26. At this pace, they would end the season with 5 points – not even half of what Derby managed.
And even them and Southampton had at least won a game by MD14 (W1 D3 L10 for the 07-08 Rams, W1 D2 L11 for the 24-25 Saints).
To make matters worse, this isn’t the first time Wolves have gone winless in 10+ games to start a campaign. They had already done that last season – and this year became the only side to do it twice in a row in Premier League history.
In addition, they are already close to tying last season’s longest losing streak in the league. Leicester City lost eight consecutive matches between February and April.
Lastly, the last team to lose seven in a row this early in a campaign was 2017-18 Crystal Palace. It was during Frank De Boer’s famous and short spell at Selhurst Park, that ended with four losses and zero goals scored in the Premier League.
So the fact that Wolves are starting yet another season this poorly shouldn’t come too much as a surprise. They did improve following Vitor Pereira’s arrival in late 2024, but it proved to be just a good run of form and nothing more.
Light at the end of the tunnel?
Wolves have yet to score or pick up a single point under Rob Edwards, but it feels like they have been a little more competitive.
The former Middlesbrough and Luton Town manager hasn’t changed too much in terms of structure. After all, there hasn’t been enough time to do so – though he had been setting Boro up in a 3-4-3/3-4-2-1 this year.
He has carried over a few of his traits from the Championship spell earlier this season. Wolves haven’t exactly been dominating possession, but do attempt to hold the ball when they have it.
Key Wolves stats under Rob Edwards (per game):
- 48% possession (47% before)
- 415.3 passes attempted per game (403.9 before)
- 82.5% passing accuracy (80.5% before)
- 12.8% percentage of passes that were long (14.5% before)
- 11.3 sequences with 10+ passes in open play (7.6 before)
And watching them play, you can see it’s an attempted mix between having possession but not ‘fooling around’ with it. They show intent and pace to their actions.
They have been slightly more threatening as well, while also limiting their opponents a bit more. Under the new manager, Wolves are averaging as many big chances (1.3) and expected goals (1.0) per game as their rivals.
The Welshman has also cut down the number of goals conceded per match (1.3 with him, 2.3 before him). In addition, he seems to be stimulating his players to take shots closer to goal than Vitor Pereira. But that comes at the cost of lowering their attempts per game (7.3 now, 9.5 before).
Wolves did have quite the resurgence last season, which nobody saw coming. And Rob Edwards himself was responsible for taking Luton from 13th in the Championship to the play-off finals and then the Premier League in five months.
Ultimately it looks like it’s too late for them to do anything at this stage. And while it feels like they are improving, you never know the emotional toll a poor start like this can have in the squad.