Liverpool vs Wolves

6 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Mohamed Salah 24’
Georginio Wijnaldum 58’
Joel Matip 67’
Nélson Semedo 78’ (og)

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Wolves. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 24th minute. In the second half, Georginio Wijnaldum made it 2-0 in the 58th minute, set up by Jordan Henderson, Joel Matip made it 3-0 with a header in the 67th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Semedo's own goal made it 4-0 in the 78th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.59 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Wolves's 0.36 from 9.

Match stats

11 Shots 9

6 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.59 xG 0.36

1.59 Non-penalty xG 0.36

9 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Liverpool Wolves

Kick-off

Mohamed Salah

1-0

24’

Half-time1-0

Georginio Wijnaldum
Assist: Jordan Henderson

2-0

58’

Joel Matip
Assist: Mohamed Salah

3-0

67’

Nélson Semedo
Own goal

4-0

78’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Neco Williams

Wolves

João Moutinho

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 1.59 xGWolves 0.36 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolves attacking Liverpool attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Caoimhin Kelleher	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Neco Williams	DEF	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabinho	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Matip	DEF	90	1		1	0.52	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.20	2
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	90	1		1	0.12	0.03	1
Curtis Jones	MID	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	84		1	0	0.00	0.24	3
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.55	0.52	1
Roberto Firmino	FWD	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sadio Mané	FWD	90			5	0.35	0.06	1
Trent Alexander-Arnold	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Jota	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.06	1
Naby Keita	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Rui Patrício	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Willy Boly	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Coady	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Fernando Marçal	DEF	90	1	0.01	0.00	0
Leander Dendoncker	MID	90	4	0.17	0.00	0
João Moutinho	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Rúben Neves	MID	65	1	0.04	0.00	0
Adama Traoré	FWD	90	1	0.04	0.16	3
Daniel Podence	FWD	74	1	0.06	0.00	0
Pedro Neto	FWD	82	0	0.00	0.10	2
Fabio Silva	Sub	25	0	0.00	0.00	0
Rayan Ait Nouri	Sub	16	1	0.03	0.00	0
Vitinha	Sub	8	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 61% Avg odds 1.58

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.31

Wolves win 17% Avg odds 5.57

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool W W D W D

Wolves D W L D W

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolves 1-2 Liverpool, 23 Jan 20 Next meeting: Wolves 0-1 Liverpool, 15 Mar 21 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.