Pictures and analysis of Chesterfield 1 Wolves 2

Wolves will return to Molineux on Saturday suggesting they are finally rediscovering a winning mentality.

Head coach Kenny Jackett is determined to turn around his men's fortunes after successive relegations at Molineux.

And, in their first appearance at the Proact Stadium last night, Wolves again did just enough as they forced their fourth odd-goal victory in five to remain unbeaten this summer.

Leigh Griffiths grabbed the 65th-minute winner after a superb pass from half-time substitute Lee Evans, after Drew Talbot had cancelled out David Edwards' seventh-minute opener.

Like Barnsley on Saturday, Wolves had their unconvincing moments, this time for 30 minutes of the first-half when Paul Cook's side out-passed them.

In perhaps a tribute to the former Molineux midfielder and his enterprising outfit, Wolves matched them at 4-3-3 in the second half and played their best football.

Zeli Ismail had his most productive game of pre-season as probably the pick of the bunch, along with fellow substitute Kevin Foley on his comeback.

Jackett was delighted with how his young team are developing a different mentality.

He said: "Leigh helped us to another win and it was great to remain unbeaten. Developing a winning mentality is important.

"We started very well before Chesterfield came back into it and then, in the second half when we made the changes, we were better again.

"There were some good performances from the substitutes – mainly young players – but it does create competition for places and shows they have hunger to push their way into the team."

The Wolves boss admitted Ismail – a 57th minute substitute for Bakary Sako – had given him food for thought.

Jackett said: "He did very well when he came on – he went both outside and inside his man and provided a good cut-back at the end where he was a little bit unlucky but his work-rate was good.

"The option from the wide right position to go outside and to come inside is a good one. He put in the cross from which Danny Batth should have scored from a 'regain' from a corner.

"There were some good performances from those guys who came on in the second half and Zeli was one of them."

Wolves went ahead when Edwards side-footed home after Tongo Doumbia beat Gary Roberts and crossed from the right.

But Chesterfield's slick passing began to put the visitors on the back foot. Eoin Doyle forced a full-stretch save from goalkeeper Carl Ikeme from 22 yards in the 17th minute.

Five minutes later, Wolves had a real escape when Roberts nodded a free header wide from Ritchie Humphreys' cross.

It was little surprise when Chesterfield equalised when right-back Drew Talbot cut inside George Elokobi and curled left-footed beyond Ikeme into the corner of the net.

Matthew Brown's point-blank effort which brushed the side-netting just before half-time was a let-off for Wolves.

Seconds before half-time, Griffiths had two bites at an angled shot after a corner, but the first effort was blocked and a follow-up flew wide.

The restart saw Wolves mount a renewed attempt to wrest control of the game by lifting the tempo.

The tireless Edwards screwed his shot over after he helped the ball on for Griffiths following Sigudarson's cross, three minutes after the restart.

However, it was the arrival of Foley and Ismail for David Davis and Sako in the 57th minute that saw Wolves revert to a more fluid 4-3-3 formation, which presented problems galore for the Spirerites.

Evans, Edwards and Foley were the midfielders with Ismail, Griffiths and Sigurdarson up front.

It took just two minutes for the double switch to have an impact as Sigurdarson's header was saved at the foot of the post from Ismail's cross, after good work by Foley.

Then another Ismail centre saw Danny Batth head wide from after the winger retrieved Griffiths's corner on 63. But it was another substitute, Evans, who set up the winner.

A beautiful pass with the outside of the Welshman's right foot split the defence for Griffiths to race through and net with a composed finish.

With their tails up, Ismail headed against the bar from Griffiths's cross in the 69th minute. Then a great run by Ismail was spotted by Foley only for goalkeeper Tommy Lee to save.

It was a good comeback by Wolves and on the back of a more convincing second-half display, they deserved their fourth victory in five as they prepare for the different test of Spanish side Real Betis this weekend.

Jackett was delighted with the competitive nature of the game.

He said: "It didn't seem like a friendly which was good because it will be like a lot of league games for us, where there's a high level of motivation for the opposition competing for every decision."

By Tim Nash