The League Paper

Tricky Wolves treat with a thrashing

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The Football League Paper Team
1 November 2026

By Tim Nash

HEAD MASTER: Fer Lopez gives Wolves an early lead
PICTURES: Alamy

CESAR Peixoto praised his Wolves side’s clinical finishing after a headed hat-trick saw them comfortably beat Cardiff.
Headed efforts from Fer Lopez, Adam Armstrong and Ladislav Krejci helped the home side make it back-to-back home wins without conceding, while putting put them up to third in the table.
In ending their visitor’s own three-game undefeated run, Peixoto headed up a four-match winning spell to head in the right direction.
“To score the goals that we worked on during t...

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