Southampton vs Wolves

13 April 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Nathan Redmond 2’, 30’
  • Shane Long 71’
  • Willy Boly 28’

Match summary

Southampton won 3-1 at home to Wolves. Southampton led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Nathan Redmond put Southampton ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Josh Sims, Willy Boly equalised with a header in the 28th minute, set up by João Moutinho, and Redmond put Southampton back in front in the 30th minute, set up by Danny Ings. In the second half, Shane Long made it 3-1 from a corner in the 71st minute, set up by Maya Yoshida.

The chances backed that up: Southampton created 3.88 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Wolves's 0.64 from 17.

Match stats

Southampton Wolves
13 Shots 17
6 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 9
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3.81 xG 0.64
3.81 Non-penalty xG 0.64
4 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Southampton Wolves
Kick-off
Nathan Redmond
Assist: Josh Sims1-0 (Southampton)
2’
28’
Willy Boly
Assist: João Moutinho1-1 (Wolves)
Nathan Redmond
Assist: Danny Ings2-1 (Southampton)
30’
Half-time2-1
Shane Long
Assist: Maya Yoshida3-1 (Southampton)
71’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Ryan Bertrand
Wolves
  • Romain Saiss
  • João Moutinho
  • Raúl Jiménez

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 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.88 0.64 2’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), 1-0 2’ 28’ Willy Boly (Wolves), 1-1 28’ 30’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), 2-1 30’ 71’ Shane Long (Southampton), 3-1 71’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.88 0.64 2’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), 1-0 Redmond 2’ 28’ Willy Boly (Wolves), 1-1 Boly 28’ 30’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), 2-1 Redmond 30’ 71’ Shane Long (Southampton), 3-1 Long 71’
Southampton 3.88 xGWolves 0.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Southampton attacking 
2’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 74’ Maya Yoshida (Southampton), from a corner, 0.70 xG, saved 80’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), from a corner, 0.60 xG, saved 71’ Shane Long (Southampton), from a corner, 0.53 xG, goal 32’ Josh Sims (Southampton), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 30’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 69’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 71’ Maya Yoshida (Southampton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 74’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 48’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 71’ Maya Yoshida (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 7’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 19’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 31’ Josh Sims (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 78’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 28’ Willy Boly (Wolves), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 15’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 59’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Willy Boly (Wolves), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Jonny (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 7’ Willy Boly (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 35’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 74’ Maya Yoshida (Southampton), from a corner, 0.70 xG, saved 80’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), from a corner, 0.60 xG, saved 71’ Shane Long (Southampton), from a corner, 0.53 xG, goal 32’ Josh Sims (Southampton), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 30’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 69’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 71’ Maya Yoshida (Southampton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 48’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 74’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 7’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 71’ Maya Yoshida (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 19’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 31’ Josh Sims (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 78’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 28’ Willy Boly (Wolves), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 15’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 59’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Jonny (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Willy Boly (Wolves), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 18’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Willy Boly (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Angus Gunn GK900 0.000.000
Jannik Vestergaard DEF900 0.000.000
Maya Yoshida DEF9013 0.870.531
Jan Bednarek DEF901 0.600.000
Yan Valery MID860 0.000.021
Ryan Bertrand MID900 0.000.000
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MID901 0.020.000
James Ward-Prowse MID900 0.000.001
Nathan Redmond MID9024 1.200.000
Josh Sims MID6312 0.560.701
Danny Ings FWD6310 0.000.953
Shane Long Sub2711 0.530.000
Oriol Romeu Sub271 0.090.701
Jack Stephens Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 38% Bet365 odds 2.60
Draw 30% Bet365 odds 3.25
Wolves win 32% Bet365 odds 3.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Wolves LWDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 2-0 Southampton, 29 Sep 18 Next meeting: Wolves 1-1 Southampton, 19 Oct 19  All Southampton 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.