New Wolves boss Vitor Pereira obtained off to the proper begin because the guests blew Leicester away with three first-half objectives en path to a 3-0 victory on the King Energy Stadium.

It was Wolves’ first sport since sacking Gary O’Neil final weekend on the again of 4 straight Premier League defeats, and his successor Pereira, who arrived from Al Shabab on Thursday on a 18-month deal, may hardly have wished for a greater starting.

Goncalo Guedes opened the scoring after 19 minutes and Rodrigo Gomes capitalised on a defensive mix-up to double Wolves’ benefit after 36 minutes, with Matheus Cunha placing the sport to mattress earlier than half-time.

The end result lifted 18th-placed Wolves inside two factors of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Foxes.

Cunha was named within the Pereira’s line-up regardless of the Soccer Affiliation misconduct cost hanging over his head for his half within the ugly scenes on the finish of final weekend’s loss to Ipswich, whereas Van Nistelrooy made three adjustments to the group thrashed by Newcastle final trip.

The opener arrived when Leicester have been caught napping on the again, Nelson Semedo’s ball allowed to bounce within the space with Guedes nipping in behind to poke previous Danny Ward with the primary little bit of high quality of the afternoon.

On the different finish, Jose Sa was referred to as into motion for the primary time however comfortably handled James Justin’s long-range effort.

Wolves have been quickly two up following a misunderstanding between Justin and Ward. The previous regarded set to take care of Matt Doherty’s lengthy ball ahead however allowed it to bounce previous and Gomes was ready to divert previous the onrushing goalkeeper.

The Leicester followers weren’t impressed and the following contact for Ward, who was introduced in to interchange the injured Mads Hermansen, was greeted by heavy boos from the house devoted.

The Foxes’ finest likelihood of the half got here two minutes earlier than the break because the ball fell for Jamie Vardy, whose effort obtained previous Sa however was cleared off the road by Toti Gomes.

And Leicester discovered themselves three down moments later.

Guedes’ tremendous work down the appropriate opened up area for him to feed Cunha, with Ward getting a hand to his shot however unable to maintain it out.

Leicester looked for a manner again within the second interval with Vardy, who lower a pissed off determine up entrance, having a glancing header simply handled by Sa.

Wolves went near a fourth when Santiago Bueno nodded a whisker extensive from Cunha’s cross and, with the guests seemingly eager to pile additional distress on their hosts, Cunha teed up Joao Gomes, who pressured Ward right into a save which was sarcastically cheered by the Leicester followers.