Liverpool vs Wolves

29 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Sadio Mané 42’

Match summary

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

Sadio Mané put Liverpool ahead in the 42nd minute, set up by Adam Lallana.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.49 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Wolves's 0.36 from 10.

Match stats

Liverpool Wolves
10 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.49 xG 0.36
1.49 Non-penalty xG 0.36
14 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Wolves
Kick-off
Sadio Mané
Assist: Adam Lallana1-0 (Liverpool)
42’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Adam Lallana

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.49 0.36 42’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 42’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.49 0.36 42’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 Mané 42’
Liverpool 1.49 xGWolves 0.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Liverpool attacking 
42’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 30’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 19’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 61’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 15’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 83’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 67’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 88’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Rúben Vinagre (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+5’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 57’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 42’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 30’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 19’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 61’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 15’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 83’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 67’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 88’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Rúben Vinagre (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+5’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 57’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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 0.020.442
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.000
Joseph Gomez DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF900 0.000.061
Georginio Wijnaldum MID902 0.090.000
Jordan Henderson MID900 0.000.121
Adam Lallana MID7210 0.000.531
Roberto Firmino MID903 0.250.000
Sadio Mané MID9012 0.660.041
Mohamed Salah FWD902 0.470.213
Naby Keita Sub180 0.000.000
Divock Origi Sub10 0.000.000
James Milner Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 76% Avg odds 1.27
Draw 16% Avg odds 6.11
Wolves win 8% Avg odds 11.28

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWWWW
Wolves WDLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-0 Wolves, 12 May 19 Next meeting: Wolves 1-2 Liverpool, 23 Jan 20  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.