Man United vs Wolves

29 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Marcus Rashford 90+3’

Match summary

Man United beat Wolves 1-0, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Marcus Rashford put Man United ahead in stoppage time, set up by Bruno Fernandes.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.82 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Wolves's 0.41 from 9.

Match stats

11 Shots 9

3 Shots on Target 5

2 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.48 xG 0.41

1.48 Non-penalty xG 0.41

10 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Man United Wolves

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

1-0

90+3’

Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Man United

Marcus Rashford

Wolves

Rui Patrício

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.

Man United 1.82 xGWolves 0.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolves attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Alex Telles	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	MID	90			1	0.02	0.05	1
Nemanja Matic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.33	1
Mason Greenwood	MID	65			0	0.00	0.46	2
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90		1	3	0.51	0.12	3
Marcus Rashford	MID	90	1		3	0.11	0.00	0
Edinson Cavani	FWD	90			2	1.07	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.09	2
Anthony Martial	Sub	25			1	0.05	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Rui Patrício	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Romain Saiss	DEF	90	2	0.13	0.00	0
Conor Coady	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Kilman	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ki-Jana Hoever	MID	90	0	0.00	0.07	1
Rayan Ait Nouri	MID	90	2	0.09	0.00	0
João Moutinho	MID	90	0	0.00	0.08	2
Rúben Neves	MID	90	1	0.02	0.04	1
Vitinha	MID	56	1	0.02	0.00	0
Adama Traoré	FWD	90	1	0.04	0.06	2
Pedro Neto	FWD	69	2	0.12	0.09	1
Daniel Podence	Sub	34	0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabio Silva	Sub	21	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 62% Avg odds 1.54

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.27

Wolves win 16% Avg odds 6.20

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

Form going into the game

Man United W D W W D

Wolves L L W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 0-0 Wolves, 01 Feb 20 Next meeting: Wolves 1-2 Man United, 23 May 21 All Man United 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.