Man City vs Wolves

11 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Raheem Sterling 66’ (pen)

Match summary

Man City won 1-0 at home to Wolves. It was goalless at half-time.

Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead from the penalty spot in the 66th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.02 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Wolves's 0.08 from 2. Wolves had a player sent off.

Match stats

Man City Wolves
24 Shots 2
10 Shots on Target 1
14 Corners 1
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
3.00 xG 0.08
2.24 Non-penalty xG 0.08
23 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Man City Wolves
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Raheem Sterling
Penalty1-0 (Man City)
66’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Man City
  • João Cancelo
  • Rúben Dias
  • Rodri
Wolves
  • Raúl Jiménez
  • Leander Dendoncker
  • Rúben Neves

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.02 0.08 66’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 1-0 66’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.02 0.08 66’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 1-0 Sterling 66’
Man City 3.02 xGWolves 0.08 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Man City attacking 
66’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 55’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.45 xG, blocked 70’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 72’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 90+1’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 72’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 53’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 15’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 39’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 80’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 81’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 59’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+2’ Max Kilman (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 10’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 50’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 66’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 55’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.45 xG, blocked 70’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 72’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 90+1’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 72’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 53’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 15’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 39’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 80’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 81’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 59’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+2’ Max Kilman (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 10’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Aymeric Laporte (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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

Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
João Cancelo DEF903 0.060.704
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
Aymeric Laporte DEF902 0.140.000
Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF901 0.040.162
Bernardo Silva MID903 0.250.041
Rodri MID902 0.100.021
Ilkay Gündogan MID632 0.500.021
Raheem Sterling FWD9013 0.860.734
Gabriel Jesus FWD903 0.260.041
Jack Grealish FWD813 0.580.132
Phil Foden Sub272 0.240.081
Kevin De Bruyne Sub90 0.000.091

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 83% Avg odds 1.17
Draw 12% Avg odds 7.80
Wolves win 5% Avg odds 18.64

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

Form going into the game

Man City WWWWW
Wolves LWDDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 4-1 Wolves, 02 Mar 21 Next meeting: Wolves 1-5 Man City, 11 May 22  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.