Wolves 1 Yeovil 0 – five talking points

Nouha Dicko scored the only goal of the game 14 minutes from time against the League Two side.

Entertainment was in short supply in front of a small Molineux crowd but the result continued Wolves' winning run.

So what did we learn from the game? Wolves correspondent Tim Spiers picks out five talking points.

Turgid progress

Another year, another absolutely dreadful League Cup game.

Whether it's losing to Chesterfield, Morecambe or Rotherham or beating Newport, Cambridge or Crawley, Wolves very rarely fail to produce an instantly forgettable 90 minutes in this competition at least once a season.

And so the tradition continued, in their first ever game against Yeovil.

The atmosphere was poor and the football on show, while nice and pretty in the build-up, almost always ended with a slack pass, a bad decision or a wayward shot.

Give them their dues, Wolves upped the tempo in the second half and got the win they deserved.

But, completely as expected, it was turgid progress.

Winning habit

On the other hand, a win's a win and Wolves have now won their past four matches including pre-season victories over Peterborough and Leicester.

The scoreline in each match has been 1-0 and, perhaps most impressively, three in succession have been at Molineux, so often a house of frustration for them in the past two seasons.

In fact '1-0 to the Wanderers' is a refrain we may all get used to this season. As predicted, games under Nuno are tight affairs, with his team built from the back throughout organisation and a rigid shape.

They're set up not to lose, first and foremost, and to control the game through possession in midfield with the hope that the creative front three will do the business.

With Helder Costa, Ben Marshall and Ivan Cavaleiro missing so far and Jordan Graham not yet up to his old match sharpness, it's no great surprise that the goals aren't flowing yet.

But there are plenty of positives, not least this early habit of clean sheets and victories.

Opportunities not knocked

The biggest frustration on the night was a number of players not grasping the opportunity offered to them.

Yeovil were mauled 8-2 at Luton on Saturday yet Wolves didn't lay a glove on their vulnerable opposition in the first half, failing to produce a shot on target.

The midfield pairing of Jack Price and David Edwards didn't demand inclusion ahead of Romain Saiss, Jordan Graham struggled in open play (but this was entirely understandable given the fact he's played 186 minutes of competitive football in 20 months – yet still provided an assist) and nothing came off for young starlet Connor Ronan who endured an exasperating evening.

The Irish midfielder, though, never shied away from asking for the ball and was always searching for that elusive golden pass.

Nuno's challenge is to find what the ridiculously talented Ronan's role is in a 3-4-3. Central midfield may be the best option but there's no room there at the moment. His time will come.

When the chips are down...

...Vinagre delivers. Yes one of the few positives on the night was the performance of this sprightly 18-year-old Monaco loanee who made a nuisance of himself.

With a lack of cohesion in the final third Vinagre took to going it alone to good effect on a number of occasions, seizing the initiative and getting a couple of decent shots at goal as well as beating his man to the byline.

With Barry Douglas so impressive at left wing back young Vinagre might not be someone we see too often this season.

But in pre-season and here the pacey, energetic Portuguese player has proved he can offer something different.

Dicko stakes a claim

The only player to seriously stake a claim for a place in the team at Derby on Saturday was Nouha Dicko.

For starters he got on the scoresheet again, making it three goals in six games including pre-season with a well-taken header.

But his all-round game also impressed. The first half he came deep to link play with a few cute flicks before haring into the box for service that never came.

And in the last 25 minutes he twice went close with efforts that reminded of the Dicko of old – a 20-yard rasper which almost kissed the crossbar and a barging, bullying run into the box before forcing the keeper into a save. At this point he'd been joined by Enobakhare and Jota and he looked more of a threat alongside them with better service.

With a new striker surely on the way before the transfer window shuts, and Bonatini notching on his debut, this was a timely reminder to Nuno that Dicko has something to offer.

What the first half did suggest, though, was that he and Bonatini aren't a good fit together up front.