Man City vs Wolves

4 May 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

  • Erling Haaland 12’ (pen), 35’, 45+3’ (pen), 54’
  • Julián Álvarez 85’
  • Hee-Chan Hwang 53’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Wolves. Man City led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Erling Haaland put Man City ahead from the penalty spot in the 12th minute, Haaland made it 2-0 with a header in the 35th minute, set up by Rodri, and Haaland made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Hee-Chan Hwang pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 53rd minute, Haaland made it 4-1 in the 54th minute, set up by Phil Foden, and Julián Álvarez made it 5-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Rodri.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 4.53 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Wolves's 0.40 from 2.

Match stats

Man City Wolves
20 Shots 2
12 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 0
0 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
4.53 xG 0.40
3.00 Non-penalty xG 0.40
19 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Man City Wolves
Kick-off
Erling Haaland
Penalty1-0 (Man City)
12’
Erling Haaland
Assist: Rodri2-0 (Man City)
35’
Erling Haaland
Penalty3-0 (Man City)
45+3’
Half-time3-0
53’
Hee-Chan Hwang3-1 (Wolves)
Erling Haaland
Assist: Phil Foden4-1 (Man City)
54’
Julián Álvarez
Assist: Rodri5-1 (Man City)
85’
Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Nélson Semedo
  • João Gomes
  • Mario Lemina
  • Boubacar Traore

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 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.53 0.40 12’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 1-0 12’ 35’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-0 35’ 45+3’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 3-0 45+3’ 53’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), 3-1 53’ 54’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 4-1 54’ 85’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 5-1 85’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.53 0.40 12’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 1-0 Haaland 12’ 35’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-0 Haaland 35’ 45+3’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 3-0 Haaland 45+3’ 53’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), 3-1 Hwang 53’ 54’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 4-1 Haaland 54’ 85’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 5-1 Álvarez 85’
Man City 4.53 xGWolves 0.40 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Man City attacking 
12’ Erling Haaland (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Erling Haaland (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+5’ Manuel Akanji (Man City), open play, 0.63 xG, off target 60’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 17’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 85’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 53’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 52’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 59’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 50’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 73’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 54’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 58’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 77’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 70’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 73’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 88’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 73’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 35’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 61’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Erling Haaland (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 48’ Erling Haaland (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+5’ Manuel Akanji (Man City), open play, 0.63 xG, off target 60’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 17’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 85’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 53’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 52’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 59’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 50’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 73’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 54’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 58’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 77’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 70’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 73’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 88’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 73’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 35’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 61’ Josko Gvardiol (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.000
Manuel Akanji DEF901 0.630.031
Nathan Aké DEF760 0.000.000
Josko Gvardiol DEF902 0.170.452
Mateo Kovacic MID901 0.060.000
Rodri MID9021 0.020.735
Bernardo Silva MID871 0.080.512
Kevin De Bruyne MID861 0.070.101
Phil Foden MID8713 0.330.111
Erling Haaland FWD9048 2.730.081
John Stones Sub140 0.000.000
Matheus Nunes Sub40 0.000.000
Jéremy Doku Sub31 0.070.631
Jack Grealish Sub30 0.000.000
Julián Álvarez Sub111 0.380.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 88% Avg odds 1.10
Draw 8% Avg odds 12.16
Wolves win 4% Avg odds 23.44

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

Form going into the game

Man City WWWWW
Wolves LDLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 2-1 Man City, 30 Sep 23 Next meeting: Wolves 1-2 Man City, 20 Oct 24  All Man City 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.