Liverpool vs Wolves

1 March 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Virgil van Dijk 73’
  • Mohamed Salah 77’

Match summary

Liverpool saw off Wolves 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Virgil van Dijk put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 73rd minute, set up by Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah made it 2-0 in the 77th minute, set up by Konstantinos Tsimikas.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.70 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Wolves's 0.79 from 4.

Match stats

Liverpool Wolves
15 Shots 4
6 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.70 xG 0.79
2.70 Non-penalty xG 0.79
11 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Liverpool Wolves
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Diogo Jota1-0 (Liverpool)
73’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Konstantinos Tsimikas2-0 (Liverpool)
77’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Fabinho
  • Stefan Bajcetic
Wolves
  • Nélson Semedo
  • Rúben Neves
  • Pablo Sarabia

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 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.70 0.79 73’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 1-0 73’ 77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 77’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.70 0.79 73’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 1-0 van Dijk 73’ 77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 Salah 77’
Liverpool 2.70 xGWolves 0.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Liverpool attacking 
77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 73’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.61 xG, goal 4’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), from a corner, 0.56 xG, off target 47’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.33 xG, off target 39’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 73’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.18 xG, saved 19’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 55’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 3’ Stefan Bajcetic (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 3’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 83’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 4’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 47’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 13’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 59’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 11’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Fabinho (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 73’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.61 xG, goal 4’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), from a corner, 0.56 xG, off target 47’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.33 xG, off target 39’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 73’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.18 xG, saved 19’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 55’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 3’ Stefan Bajcetic (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 3’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 83’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 4’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 47’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 13’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 59’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 11’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Fabinho (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alisson GK900 0.000.000
Trent Alexander-Arnold DEF901 0.020.512
Ibrahima Konaté DEF900 0.000.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF9012 0.790.031
Konstantinos Tsimikas DEF9010 0.000.672
Fabinho MID901 0.040.000
Harvey Elliott MID903 0.490.051
Stefan Bajcetic MID831 0.090.000
Mohamed Salah FWD9012 0.710.111
Diogo Jota FWD8012 0.160.632
Darwin Núñez FWD903 0.400.493
Cody Gakpo Sub100 0.000.000
Jordan Henderson Sub70 0.000.000
Roberto Firmino Sub10 0.000.000
James Milner Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 63% Avg odds 1.52
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.41
Wolves win 15% Avg odds 6.47

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool DLWWD
Wolves LWWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 3-0 Liverpool, 04 Feb 23 Next meeting: Wolves 1-3 Liverpool, 16 Sep 23  All Liverpool 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.