'A solid start' but goals 'a concern'

Despite having only scored one goal in their opening four league games – a record low for the club, Leeds United are already on course for Premier League survival.

A point per game (38 points) has been enough for the past 10 seasons. A sum of 35 is the average – being enough in eight of those, and the last five have seen record lows of 29, 27 and 26.

Many predict that the three promoted sides will go straight back down for a third consecutive year – but Leeds already have more points from their first four games than any of those clubs managed. Luton and Southampton were on zero. Burnley and Sheffield United were on one. Leicester and Ipswich were on two.

I don't care how boring or frustrating this season is as long as we stay up - and four points from four games is a solid start, having kept two clean sheets and faced two Champions League sides.

A win at Molineux would see us seven points clear of Wolves and would essentially allow us to lose our following two games from a points per game perspective. That's just how I'm choosing to view things. I don't expect this season to be entertaining, or even enjoyable – I just expect us to have a good chance of staying up by any means necessary.

I'd be lying though if I said our lack of goals isn't a concern – especially having not scored from open play yet. I question whether we have enough in the final third. My worry is if we fall behind the points per game metric, which seems inevitable for a promoted side at some point, how we react to that.

That may even come as early as tomorrow given that Wolves are even more desperate on no points.

Lewis is a visual producer for the Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast