Everton vs Wolves

26 December 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Yerry Mina 7’
  • Daniel Podence 22’
  • Rayan Ait Nouri 90+5’

Match summary

Wolves came from behind to win 2-1 away at Everton, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Yerry Mina put Everton ahead with a header in the 7th minute, set up by Dwight McNeil, Daniel Podence equalised from a corner in the 22nd minute, set up by João Moutinho, and Rayan Ait Nouri won it in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Everton created 1.23 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Wolves 1.22 from 7.

Match stats

Everton Wolves
12 Shots 7
6 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 0
1.23 xG 1.22
1.23 Non-penalty xG 1.22
4 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Everton Wolves
Kick-off
Yerry Mina
Assist: Dwight McNeil1-0 (Everton)
7’
22’
Daniel Podence
Assist: João Moutinho1-1 (Wolves)
Half-time1-1
90+5’
Rayan Ait Nouri1-2 (Wolves)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Everton
  • Nathan Patterson
Wolves
  • Max Kilman
  • Rúben Neves
  • Diego Costa
  • Daniel Podence
  • Rayan Ait Nouri
  • Toti

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.23 1.22 7’ Yerry Mina (Everton), 1-0 7’ 22’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), 1-1 22’ 90+5’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), 1-2 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.23 1.22 7’ Yerry Mina (Everton), 1-0 Mina 7’ 22’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), 1-1 Podence 22’ 90+5’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), 1-2 Nouri 90+5’
Everton 1.23 xGWolves 1.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Everton attacking 
90+5’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 22’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 34’ Anthony Gordon (Everton), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 48’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), from a corner, 0.37 xG, saved 32’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 7’ Yerry Mina (Everton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 84’ Ben Godfrey (Everton), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 42’ Neal Maupay (Everton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 84’ Anthony Gordon (Everton), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Demarai Gray (Everton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 51’ Anthony Gordon (Everton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Hugo Bueno (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 30’ Neal Maupay (Everton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ James Tarkowski (Everton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+5’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 22’ Daniel Podence (Wolves), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 34’ Anthony Gordon (Everton), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 48’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), from a corner, 0.37 xG, saved 32’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 7’ Yerry Mina (Everton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, goal 84’ Ben Godfrey (Everton), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 42’ Neal Maupay (Everton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 84’ Anthony Gordon (Everton), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Demarai Gray (Everton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 51’ Anthony Gordon (Everton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Hugo Bueno (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 30’ Neal Maupay (Everton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ James Tarkowski (Everton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jordan Pickford GK900 0.000.000
Nathan Patterson DEF900 0.000.000
James Tarkowski DEF901 0.010.371
Yerry Mina DEF7711 0.100.000
Vitalii Mykolenko DEF901 0.020.000
Amadou Onana MID900 0.000.000
Alex Iwobi MID902 0.380.021
Idrissa Gueye MID850 0.000.411
Anthony Gordon FWD903 0.510.000
Neal Maupay FWD842 0.090.000
Dwight McNeil FWD5710 0.000.101
Demarai Gray Sub331 0.040.011
Ben Godfrey Sub131 0.070.000
Thomas Cannon Sub60 0.000.071
Abdoulaye Doucouré Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Everton win 38% Avg odds 2.52
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.21
Wolves win 32% Avg odds 3.01

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

Form going into the game

Everton LWDLL
Wolves LLDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Everton 0-1 Wolves, 13 Mar 22 Next meeting: Wolves 1-1 Everton, 20 May 23  All Everton 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.