Aston Villa vs Wolves

16 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

Danny Ings 48’
John McGinn 68’

Romain Saiss 80’
Conor Coady 85’
Rúben Neves 90+5’

Match summary

Wolves came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 away at Aston Villa, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Danny Ings put Aston Villa ahead with a header in the 48th minute, set up by John McGinn, John McGinn made it 2-0 in the 68th minute, Romain Saiss pulled one back to make it 2-1 from a corner in the 80th minute, set up by Daniel Podence, Conor Coady equalised from a corner in the 85th minute, set up by Leander Dendoncker, and Rúben Neves won it with a direct free kick in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Wolves created 2.20 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Aston Villa's 1.21 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.21 xG 2.20

1.21 Non-penalty xG 2.20

7 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Aston Villa Wolves

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Danny Ings
Assist: John McGinn

1-0

48’

John McGinn

2-0

68’

80’

Romain Saiss
Assist: Daniel Podence

2-1

85’

Conor Coady
Assist: Leander Dendoncker

2-2

90+5’

Rúben Neves

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa

Tyrone Mings
Ollie Watkins

Wolves

Rúben Neves
Leander Dendoncker

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Aston Villa 1.21 xGWolves 2.20 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolves attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Axel Tuanzebe	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	MID	82			3	0.17	0.07	2
Matt Targett	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
John McGinn	MID	90	1	1	2	0.04	0.63	6
Emiliano Buendía	MID	77			2	0.09	0.34	1
Douglas Luiz	MID	71			1	0.02	0.01	1
Danny Ings	FWD	90	1		3	0.71	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90			2	0.13	0.04	1
Marvelous Nakamba	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Young	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
José Sá	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Romain Saiss	DEF	90	1		1	0.74	0.00	0
Conor Coady	DEF	90	1		1	0.59	0.00	0
Max Kilman	DEF	90			2	0.35	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Fernando Marçal	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rúben Neves	MID	90	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
João Moutinho	MID	77			0	0.00	0.03	2
Leander Dendoncker	MID	90		1	1	0.01	0.67	2
Adama Traoré	MID	90			2	0.37	0.00	0
Hee-Chan Hwang	FWD	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Daniel Podence	Sub	13		1	0	0.00	0.74	1
Fabio Silva	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.34	1
Raúl Jiménez	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 45% Avg odds 2.13

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.20

Wolves win 25% Avg odds 3.84

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa D L W W L

Wolves L W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 0-0 Wolves, 06 Mar 21 Next meeting: Wolves 2-1 Aston Villa, 02 Apr 22 All Aston Villa vs Wolves meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.