Wolves vs Arsenal

24 April 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

  • Rúben Neves 28’
  • Matt Doherty 37’
  • Diogo Jota 45+2’
  • Sokratis 80’

Match summary

Wolves saw off Arsenal 3-1. Wolves led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Rúben Neves put Wolves ahead with a direct free kick in the 28th minute, Matt Doherty made it 2-0 with a header in the 37th minute, set up by Jonny, and Diogo Jota made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Sokratis pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in the 80th minute, set up by Granit Xhaka.

There was little between the sides on chances: Wolves created 0.98 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Arsenal 0.94 from 11.

Match stats

Wolves Arsenal
11 Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.98 xG 0.94
0.98 Non-penalty xG 0.94
5 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Wolves Arsenal
Kick-off
Rúben Neves1-0 (Wolves)
28’
Matt Doherty
Assist: Jonny2-0 (Wolves)
37’
Diogo Jota3-0 (Wolves)
45+2’
Half-time3-0
80’
Sokratis
Assist: Granit Xhaka3-1 (Arsenal)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Ryan Bennett
  • Matt Doherty
Arsenal
  • Nacho Monreal
  • Granit Xhaka
  • Lucas Torreira

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 0.98 0.94 28’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), 1-0 28’ 37’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), 2-0 37’ 45+2’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), 3-0 45+2’ 80’ Sokratis (Arsenal), 3-1 80’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.98 0.94 28’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), 1-0 Neves 28’ 37’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), 2-0 Doherty 37’ 45+2’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), 3-0 Jota 45+2’ 80’ Sokratis (Arsenal), 3-1 Sokratis 80’
Wolves 0.98 xGArsenal 0.94 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Wolves attacking 
80’ Sokratis (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 37’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), from a corner, 0.27 xG, goal 73’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 25’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 68’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 28’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, goal 30’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 3’ Lucas Torreira (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+2’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 18’ Lucas Torreira (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 35’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 21’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 33’ Ryan Bennett (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 47’ Nacho Monreal (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 80’ Sokratis (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 37’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), from a corner, 0.27 xG, goal 73’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 25’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Diogo Jota (Wolves), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 68’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 28’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, goal 30’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 3’ Lucas Torreira (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+2’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 18’ Lucas Torreira (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 35’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Matt Doherty (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 21’ João Moutinho (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 33’ Ryan Bennett (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Nacho Monreal (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 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 0.000.121
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
Ryan Bennett DEF901 0.010.000
Matt Doherty MID9012 0.310.031
Jonny MID9010 0.000.453
Leander Dendoncker MID900 0.000.000
Rúben Neves MID9012 0.160.041
João Moutinho MID901 0.030.052
Raúl Jiménez FWD844 0.340.000
Diogo Jota FWD8011 0.130.000
Ivan Cavaleiro Sub100 0.000.000
Adama Traoré Sub60 0.000.000
Morgan Gibbs-White Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 34% Bet365 odds 2.90
Draw 28% Bet365 odds 3.50
Arsenal win 38% Bet365 odds 2.55

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

Form going into the game

Wolves DLWLD
Arsenal WWLWL

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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.