Wolves' Love of a Comeback Victory Highlighted by Incredible Stat

There's nothing more dramatic in football than a comeback. A team look as though they're heading for defeat, only to turn things around and end up with all three points anyway.​

If that's your kind of thing, then I suggest you start following Wolverhampton Wanderers a little closer.

Despite trailing on two separate occasions against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, Nuno Espírito Santo's men continued to fight and were eventually rewarded, with Raúl Jiménez's 13th goal of the season guiding Wolves to victory.

It was an enthralling affair, but was it really surprising? After all, as noted by ​Opta, ​Wolves have now won 35 points from losing positions since the start of last season, which is at least six more than any other side.

This season, they have fought back against the likes of ​Manchester United and ​Manchester City, while all nine of their score draws have all been from losing positions. 

Imagine how good Wolves would be if they didn't feel like they need to give everyone a head start all the time.

Despite their early struggles in games, Wolves actually sit sixth in the ​Premier League table, and Sunday's victory over ​Spurs has seen them move just three points behind the top four, which is an incredible achievement for a side who seemingly don't like playing for the first 45 minutes of every game.

To highlight this point even further, between December 2019 and February 2020, Wolves went on a run of 12 consecutive games without scoring first, which is just mad. 

For most teams, such frequent slow starts would be fatal, but not Wolves. Somehow, they appear to grow stronger with each passing minute every game, and they really are a side who you simply cannot afford to rule out.

Next up for Nuno's men will be the visit of ​Brighton and Hove Albion on 7 March. I'd say that they will want to score first, but they probably don't. Maybe they need the threat of defeat to spur them on.

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