Wolves vs Aston Villa

6 May 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Toti 9’

Match summary

Wolves beat Aston Villa 1-0. Wolves led 1-0 at half-time.

Toti put Wolves ahead with a header in the 9th minute, set up by Rúben Neves.

Aston Villa can feel hard done by, creating 1.50 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Wolves's 0.81 from 6.

Match stats

Wolves Aston Villa
6 Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.81 xG 1.50
0.81 Non-penalty xG 1.50
2 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Wolves Aston Villa
Kick-off
Toti
Assist: Rúben Neves1-0 (Wolves)
9’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Nélson Semedo
  • Toti
  • Diego Costa
Aston Villa
  • Tyrone Mings
  • Douglas Luiz
  • Ollie Watkins

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 0.81 1.50 9’ Toti (Wolves), 1-0 9’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.81 1.50 9’ Toti (Wolves), 1-0 Toti 9’
Wolves 0.81 xGAston Villa 1.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Wolves attacking 
47’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 72’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.40 xG, off target 34’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 41’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 31’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 44’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 73’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 9’ Toti (Wolves), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 58’ Matheus Nunes (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 54’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 55’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Mario Lemina (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.52 xG, saved 72’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.40 xG, off target 34’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 41’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 31’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 44’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 73’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 9’ Toti (Wolves), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 58’ Matheus Nunes (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 54’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 82’ Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 57’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 55’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Mario Lemina (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
José Sá GK900 0.000.000
Nélson Semedo DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Dawson DEF900 0.000.000
Max Kilman DEF900 0.000.000
Toti DEF9011 0.070.000
Matheus Nunes MID901 0.060.000
Mario Lemina MID901 0.020.000
Rúben Neves MID9010 0.000.071
Pedro Neto MID860 0.000.582
Diego Costa FWD851 0.520.142
Matheus Cunha FWD702 0.140.000
Hee-Chan Hwang Sub200 0.000.000
Nathan Collins Sub50 0.000.000
Adama Traoré Sub40 0.000.000
João Moutinho Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 31% Avg odds 3.12
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.33
Aston Villa win 40% Avg odds 2.39

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

Form going into the game

Wolves WWLWL
Aston Villa WWDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-1 Wolves, 04 Jan 23 Next meeting: Wolves 1-1 Aston Villa, 08 Oct 23  All Wolves vs Aston Villa 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.