Newcastle vs Wolves

8 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Chris Wood 72’ (pen)

Match summary

Newcastle beat Wolves 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Chris Wood put Newcastle ahead from the penalty spot in the 72nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 1.44 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Wolves's 0.31 from 5.

Match stats

Newcastle Wolves
12 Shots 5
4 Shots on Target 2
1 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.44 xG 0.31
0.68 Non-penalty xG 0.31
5 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Newcastle Wolves
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Chris Wood
Penalty1-0 (Newcastle)
72’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Fabian Schär
Wolves
  • João Moutinho

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 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.44 0.31 72’ Chris Wood (Newcastle), 1-0 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.44 0.31 72’ Chris Wood (Newcastle), 1-0 Wood 72’
Newcastle 1.44 xGWolves 0.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Newcastle attacking 
72’ Chris Wood (Newcastle), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 75’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 55’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+2’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 64’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 21’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 49’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 80’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 44’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Joelinton (Newcastle), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 85’ Jonny (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 1’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Matt Targett (Newcastle), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Jonny (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Chris Wood (Newcastle), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 75’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 55’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+2’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 79’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 64’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 52’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 21’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 49’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 80’ Fabio Silva (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 44’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Joelinton (Newcastle), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 85’ Jonny (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 59’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Matt Targett (Newcastle), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Jonny (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Martin Dubravka GK900 0.000.000
Emil Krafth DEF900 0.000.000
Fabian Schär DEF901 0.070.071
Dan Burn DEF901 0.080.021
Matt Targett DEF901 0.020.000
Joelinton MID901 0.040.091
Bruno Guimarães MID901 0.140.081
Jonjo Shelvey MID900 0.000.041
Ryan Fraser FWD120 0.000.000
Chris Wood FWD9011 0.760.081
Allan Saint-Maximin FWD904 0.220.000
Miguel Almirón Sub782 0.110.031
Jacob Murphy Sub10 0.000.000
Sean Longstaff Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 48% Avg odds 2.01
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.28
Wolves win 23% Avg odds 4.23

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle WWLLL
Wolves LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 2-1 Newcastle, 02 Oct 21 Next meeting: Wolves 1-1 Newcastle, 28 Aug 22  All Newcastle 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.