Liverpool vs Wolves

22 May 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Sadio Mané 24’
Mohamed Salah 84’
Andrew Robertson 89’

Pedro Neto 3’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Wolves. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Pedro Neto put Wolves ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Raúl Jiménez and Sadio Mané equalised in the 24th minute, set up by Thiago Alcántara. In the second half, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool in front from a corner in the 84th minute, set up by Joel Matip and Andrew Robertson made it 3-1 in the 89th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.19 expected goals (xG) from 29 shots to Wolves's 1.12 from 7.

Match stats

29 Shots 7

8 Shots on Target 5

5 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

3.19 xG 1.12

3.19 Non-penalty xG 1.12

24 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Liverpool Wolves

Kick-off

3’

Pedro Neto
Assist: Raúl Jiménez

0-1

Sadio Mané
Assist: Thiago Alcántara

1-1

24’

Half-time1-1

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Joel Matip

2-1

84’

Andrew Robertson
Assist: Roberto Firmino

3-1

89’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Joel Matip

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.

Liverpool 3.19 xGWolves 1.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolves attacking Liverpool 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
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90			3	0.15	0.41	6
Joel Matip	DEF	90		1	3	0.08	0.97	2
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90	1		2	0.54	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Naby Keita	MID	75			1	0.09	0.10	1
Thiago Alcántara	MID	51		1	2	0.05	0.35	1
Diogo Jota	FWD	63			3	0.23	0.00	0
Sadio Mané	FWD	90	1		3	0.42	0.21	4
Luis Díaz	FWD	90			3	0.40	0.12	3
James Milner	Sub	39			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	Sub	27	1		8	1.17	0.00	0
Roberto Firmino	Sub	15		1	1	0.07	0.52	2

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
José Sá	GK	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Coady	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Willy Boly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Toti	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonny	MID	90			0	0.00	0.29	1
Rayan Ait Nouri	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Leander Dendoncker	MID	90			2	0.24	0.00	0
João Moutinho	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Rúben Neves	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Raúl Jiménez	FWD	90		1	0	0.00	0.58	2
Pedro Neto	FWD	21	1		1	0.47	0.14	1
Hee-Chan Hwang	Sub	69			3	0.37	0.00	0
John Ruddy	Sub	39			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trincão	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 85% Avg odds 1.14

Draw 10% Avg odds 9.22

Wolves win 5% Avg odds 19.12

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool W W D W W

Wolves L L D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolves 0-1 Liverpool, 04 Dec 21 Next meeting: Wolves 3-0 Liverpool, 04 Feb 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.