The statistics and tactics that explain how Wolves won the Championship

Wolves built a lot of their success this season on the passing ability of their centre-backs and defensive midfielders

By Martin Laurence for WhoScored, part of the Sport Network

The race for the final automatic promotion spot in the Championship took another intriguing turn on Tuesday night when Cardiff lost to Derby, but Wolves no longer have to concern themselves with the teams below them in the league table. Having secured promotion with a 2-0 win against Birmingham a fortnight ago, Nuno Espírito Santo’s side wrapped up the title in style at the weekend by beating Bolton 4-0.

Wolves have been spoken about as the best team in Championship history in recent weeks and there is some merit to those claims. They have won the title with two games to spare and will overtake the points tally of 102 set by Newcastle in 2009-10 and Leicester in 2013-14 if they win their final two matches. However, even if Wolves pick up six more points over the next fortnight, they will fall short of the remarkable total set by Steve Coppell’s Reading side in the 2005-06 season, when they won 106 points and lost just two of their 46 matches (one of which was on the opening day of the season).

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