Wolves vs Arsenal

4 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Bukayo Saka 43’
  • Alexandre Lacazette 86’

Match summary

Arsenal beat Wolves 2-0 on the road. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead in the 43rd minute and Alexandre Lacazette made it 0-2 in the 86th minute, set up by Joe Willock.

There was little between the sides on chances: Wolves created 0.99 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots, Arsenal 1.28 from 8.

Match stats

Wolves Arsenal
10 Shots 8
1 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0.99 xG 1.28
0.99 Non-penalty xG 1.28
8 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Wolves Arsenal
Kick-off
43’
Bukayo Saka0-1 (Arsenal)
Half-time0-1
86’
Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Joe Willock0-2 (Arsenal)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Romain Saiss
  • Conor Coady
Arsenal
  • David Luiz
  • Granit Xhaka
  • Lucas Torreira
  • Ainsley Maitland-Niles

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.99 1.28 43’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), 0-1 43’ 86’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 0-2 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.99 1.28 43’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), 0-1 Saka 43’ 86’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 0-2 Lacazette 86’
Wolves 0.99 xGArsenal 1.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Wolves attacking 
86’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 87’ Joe Willock (Arsenal), open play, 0.38 xG, blocked 1’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 64’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 26’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 29’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 52’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 43’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 63’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 35’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 78’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 33’ Jonny (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 81’ Dani Ceballos (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 10’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 87’ Joe Willock (Arsenal), open play, 0.38 xG, blocked 1’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 64’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 26’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 29’ Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 52’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 43’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 63’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Romain Saiss (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 35’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 78’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 33’ Jonny (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 81’ Dani Ceballos (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 10’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rui Patrício GK900 0.000.000
Willy Boly DEF900 0.000.041
Romain Saiss DEF901 0.070.000
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
Matt Doherty MID740 0.000.000
Jonny MID901 0.040.000
Rúben Neves MID902 0.040.031
João Moutinho MID900 0.000.043
Leander Dendoncker MID571 0.110.000
Raúl Jiménez FWD901 0.110.372
Adama Traoré FWD903 0.540.222
Diogo Jota Sub331 0.080.221
Pedro Neto Sub160 0.000.000
Morgan Gibbs-White Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 41% Avg odds 2.37
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.18
Arsenal win 29% Avg odds 3.26

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

Form going into the game

Wolves WDWWW
Arsenal WLLWW

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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.