Man City vs Wolves

2 May 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Kevin De Bruyne 35’

Match summary

Man City saw off Wolves 1-0. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne put Man City ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Jéremy Doku.

There was little between the sides on chances: Man City created 0.86 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Wolves 0.67 from 6.

Match stats

Man City Wolves
9 Shots 6
2 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.86 xG 0.62
0.86 Non-penalty xG 0.62
11 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Man City Wolves
Kick-off
Kevin De Bruyne
Assist: Jéremy Doku1-0 (Man City)
35’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.86 0.67 35’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 1-0 35’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.86 0.67 35’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 1-0 De Bruyne 35’
Man City 0.86 xGWolves 0.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Man City attacking 
35’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 27’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.37 xG, blocked 68’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 33’ Nico O'Reilly (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 19’ André (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Nico O'Reilly (Man City), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Rúben Dias (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 27’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.37 xG, blocked 68’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 33’ Nico O'Reilly (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 19’ André (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 22’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Nico O'Reilly (Man City), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Mateo Kovacic (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Rúben Dias (Man City), open play, 0.01 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
Matheus Nunes DEF900 0.000.000
Josko Gvardiol DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF901 0.010.000
Nico O'Reilly DEF592 0.100.000
Mateo Kovacic MID903 0.080.011
Bernardo Silva MID900 0.000.163
Omar Marmoush MID842 0.140.000
Ilkay Gündogan MID850 0.000.021
Jéremy Doku MID9010 0.000.633
Kevin De Bruyne FWD8511 0.530.000
Manuel Akanji Sub310 0.000.000
Rico Lewis Sub60 0.000.000
James McAtee Sub50 0.000.000
Phil Foden Sub50 0.000.000
Nico González Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 72% Avg odds 1.34
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.42
Wolves win 10% Avg odds 9.09

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

Form going into the game

Man City WDWWW
Wolves WWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 1-2 Man City, 20 Oct 24 Next meeting: Wolves 0-4 Man City, 16 Aug 25  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.