Man City vs Wolves

2 March 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Leander Dendoncker 15’ (og)
  • Gabriel Jesus 80’, 90+3’
  • Riyad Mahrez 90’
  • Conor Coady 61’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Dendoncker's own goal put Man City ahead in the 15th minute. In the second half, Conor Coady equalised with a header in the 61st minute, set up by João Moutinho, Gabriel Jesus put Man City back in front in the 80th minute, Riyad Mahrez made it 3-1 in the 90th minute, and Jesus made it 4-1 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.30 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Wolves's 0.32 from 6.

Match stats

Man City Wolves
22 Shots 6
10 Shots on Target 1
10 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.26 xG 0.32
3.26 Non-penalty xG 0.32
20 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Man City Wolves
Kick-off
Leander Dendoncker
Own goal1-0 (Man City)
15’
Half-time1-0
61’
Conor Coady
Assist: João Moutinho1-1 (Wolves)
Gabriel Jesus2-1 (Man City)
80’
Riyad Mahrez3-1 (Man City)
90’
Gabriel Jesus4-1 (Man City)
90+3’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Pedro Neto

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 3.30 0.32 15’ Leander Dendoncker (Man City) own goal, 1-0 15’ 61’ Conor Coady (Wolves), 1-1 61’ 80’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 2-1 80’ 90’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 3-1 90’ 90+3’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 4-1 90+3’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.30 0.32 15’ Leander Dendoncker (Man City) own goal, 1-0 Dendoncker 15’ 61’ Conor Coady (Wolves), 1-1 Coady 61’ 80’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 2-1 Jesus 80’ 90’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), 3-1 Mahrez 90’ 90+3’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 4-1 Jesus 90+3’
Man City 3.30 xGWolves 0.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Man City attacking 
90+3’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 80’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 47’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 65’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 74’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 90’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 41’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 68’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 47’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 70’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 53’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 54’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 70’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 63’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ Conor Coady (Wolves), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 8’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 68’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 47’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 15’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), own goal 90+3’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 80’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 47’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 2’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 65’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 74’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 90’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 41’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 51’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 68’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 47’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 70’ Pedro Neto (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 53’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 54’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 70’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 63’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 71’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ Conor Coady (Wolves), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 8’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 68’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ João Cancelo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 47’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 15’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), own goal
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
Aymeric Laporte DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
João Cancelo DEF902 0.100.342
Kevin De Bruyne MID904 0.210.031
Rodri MID900 0.000.132
Bernardo Silva MID832 0.390.382
Riyad Mahrez FWD9013 0.290.223
Gabriel Jesus FWD9025 1.720.142
Raheem Sterling FWD905 0.560.091
Ilkay Gündogan Sub71 0.020.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 79% Avg odds 1.22
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.53
Wolves win 6% Avg odds 14.46

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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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.