Diogo Jota hat-trick gives Wolves win over Leicester in seven-goal thriller

Re-live the action from Saturday's early Premier League kick-off

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Wolverhampton Wanderers may have feared the worst when their 2-0 first-half lead turned into 2-2 after the break as Leicester City came back into the game, but, in a thrilling game, the home side had the final laugh, winning 4-3.

The Premier League match’s most spectacular moment, from a wide selection, was reserved for Diogo Jota when he scored his third goal and won the game in the 93rd after Leicester had brought it back to 3-3 with minutes to spare through Wes Morgan.

Claude Puel’s job has been under increasing pressure and Morgan’s 87th minute header to seemingly salvage a point may have offered him some respite from difficult questions, but Wolves’ ability to calve open their visitors for a fourth time late in the game will certainly drag his future back into the spotlight.

Re-live the thrilling match in the blog below:

What time does it start?

Wolves vs Leicester City kicks off at 12:30pm (GMT) on Saturday 19th January.

Where can I watch it?

Wolves vs Leicester City will be shown live on Sky Sports’ Main Event and Premier League channels from 11:30am (GMT).

Sky subscribers can stream the match online via the Sky Go app.

Highlights will be shown at 10:20pm on BBC One.

Player to watch…

Ruben Neves: The 21-year-old has been a standout performer in Wolves’ midfield this season. Neves, who has nine international caps for Portugal, scored a trademark long-range winner against Liverpool in the FA Cup, and his partnership with compatriot Joao Moutinho has been a driving force in Wolves’ excellent season.

Ruben Neves has been integral to Wolves' success this season (AFP/Getty) (AFP/Getty Images)

Form guide…

Wolves: LDWLWL

Leicester City: WWLWLL

Odds…

Wolves to win: 13/10

Leicester to win: 49/20

Draw: 43/20

(Odds provided by 888 Sport)

Key Points

• Wolves: Rui Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Saiss, Jonny, Dendoncker, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Ruben Vinagre, Jimenez, Jota. Subs: Doherty, Ivan Cavaleiro, Helder Costa, Gibbs-White, John Ruddy, Giles, Traore.
• Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Mendy, Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, Gray, Barnes, Vardy. Subs: Evans, Iheanacho, Maddison, Albrighton, Ward, Fuchs, Choudhury.

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On to the pitch come the players, with a pair of big centre-halves leading the way in captains Wes Morgan and Conor Coady.

Fireworks and flames to greet them. Perhaps a bit much for a 12.30 Premier League kick-off, though it will warm those at Molineux on a bitter mid-January day.

[19 January 2019 12:30 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

​The peep of Chris Kavanagh's whistle signals the beginning of the weekend's Premier League action. Wolves against Leicester is underway.

[19 January 2019 12:32 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

1 minute

It is Romain Saiss rather than Leander Denconcker on the left of Wolves' back-three.

Demarai Gray starts centrally for Leicester behind Jamie Vardy, with Harvey Barnes initially deployed on the left wing.

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2 minutes

A very early booking for Nampalys Mendy after a poor pass from Barnes allows Raul Jimenez to nip in.

Jimenez knocks the ball beyond Mendy who has no choice but to bring the Mexican down. 88 minutes to survive on a booking for Leicester's defensive midfielder.

[19 January 2019 12:34 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

3 minutes

What an effort, what a save!

Ruben Neves charges onto a loose ball 25 yards out and unfurls the most beautiful of curling efforts that seems destined for the top corner, but a flying Kasper Schmeichel tips over the bar to his left.

But hold on...

[19 January 2019 12:34 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

GOAL! Wolves 1-0 Leicester (Diogo Jota, 3 minutes)

What a start for Wolves!

Leicester clear the corner to Demarai Gray who has teammates ahead of him, but takes too long and Leander Dendoncker firmly dispossesses him.

Leicester's players had gone forward with reckless abandon and thus Joao Moutinho is in acres of space down the right, and eh chooses to curl in a cross.

There is just one teammate waiting, but Diogo Jota times his run expertly to stud the ball home from six yards out. 

[19 January 2019 12:37 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

5 minutes

Frantic start.

Rui Patricio miscontrols a pass back and then takes an age to decide to launch clear, in which time Jamie Vardy has closed him down and pounces on a second loose touch form the goalkeeper.

Patricio just about does enough to twice prevent Vardy rounding him, and eventually earns a goal kick.

[19 January 2019 12:39 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

7 minutes

Demarai Gray swings a corner in towards the sizeable dome of Harry Maguire, and Rui Patricio again doesn't deal with it effectively. Maguire wins the header powerfully above Patricio, but can't direct it on target.

Referee Chris Kavanagh gestures that he may have given a foul had Maguire not headed over the bar, but perhaps a let off for Wolves.

[19 January 2019 12:40 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

8 minutes

Leicester are again wide open down the right with Ben Chilwell too far forward as Wolves look to profit.

Harry Maguire steps in on the edge of his own box and makes a good tackle, but the subsequent collision with the Wolves player has done a little damage.