Liverpool vs Wolves

16 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Luis Díaz 15’
  • Mohamed Salah 37’ (pen)
  • Matheus Cunha 67’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Wolves 2-1. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

Luis Díaz put Liverpool ahead in the 15th minute, Mohamed Salah made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 37th minute, and Matheus Cunha pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 67th minute, set up by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.87 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Wolves's 1.06 from 16.

Match stats

Liverpool Wolves
10 Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.87 xG 1.05
1.11 Non-penalty xG 1.05
7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Liverpool Wolves
Kick-off
Luis Díaz1-0 (Liverpool)
15’
Mohamed Salah
Penalty2-0 (Liverpool)
37’
Half-time2-0
67’
Matheus Cunha
Assist: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde2-1 (Wolves)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Ibrahima Konaté
  • Virgil van Dijk
Wolves
  • Matt Doherty
  • Emmanuel Agbadou

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.87 1.06 15’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 1-0 15’ 37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 37’ 67’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), 2-1 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.87 1.06 15’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 1-0 Díaz 15’ 37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 Salah 37’ 67’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), 2-1 Cunha 67’
Liverpool 1.87 xGWolves 1.06 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Liverpool attacking 
37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 15’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 50’ Marshall Munetsi (Wolves), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 23’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 63’ João Gomes (Wolves), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 46’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 70’ João Gomes (Wolves), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 90+3’ Tommy Doyle (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 8’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 21’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 40’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 47’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 1’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 67’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 45’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ André (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 72’ Marshall Munetsi (Wolves), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 65’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 50’ Emmanuel Agbadou (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 15’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 50’ Marshall Munetsi (Wolves), open play, 0.26 xG, saved 23’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 63’ João Gomes (Wolves), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 46’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 70’ João Gomes (Wolves), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 90+3’ Tommy Doyle (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 8’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 21’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 40’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 47’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 1’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 67’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 47’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ André (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Marshall Munetsi (Wolves), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 65’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 50’ Emmanuel Agbadou (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 DEF672 0.090.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.051
Ibrahima Konaté DEF490 0.000.041
Andrew Robertson DEF900 0.000.051
Alexis Mac Allister MID900 0.000.071
Ryan Gravenberch MID900 0.000.000
Mohamed Salah MID9012 0.830.000
Dominik Szoboszlai MID901 0.050.000
Luis Díaz MID7411 0.520.000
Diogo Jota FWD674 0.370.000
Jarell Quansah Sub410 0.000.000
Darwin Núñez Sub230 0.000.000
Conor Bradley Sub230 0.000.000
Wataru Endo Sub160 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 78% Avg odds 1.23
Draw 14% Avg odds 6.99
Wolves win 8% Avg odds 11.94

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool DWWWD
Wolves LLLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 1-2 Liverpool, 28 Sep 24 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Wolves, 27 Dec 25  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.