Wolves vs Aston Villa

1 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Jean-Ricner Bellegarde 12’
  • Matheus Cunha 90+7’

Match summary

Wolves won 2-0 at home to Aston Villa. Wolves led 1-0 at half-time.

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde put Wolves ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Pablo Sarabia and Matheus Cunha made it 2-0 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Wolves created 2.05 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Aston Villa's 0.74 from 10.

Match stats

Wolves Aston Villa
8 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.00 xG 0.74
2.00 Non-penalty xG 0.74
2 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Wolves Aston Villa
Kick-off
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Assist: Pablo Sarabia
1-0 (Wolves)
12’
Half-time1-0
Matheus Cunha2-0 (Wolves)
90+7’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Matheus Cunha
  • Pablo Sarabia
Aston Villa
  • Lamare Bogarde
  • Morgan Rogers
  • John McGinn

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.05 0.74 12’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves), 1-0 12’ 90+7’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), 2-0 90+7’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.05 0.74 12’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves), 1-0 Bellegarde 12’ 90+7’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), 2-0 Cunha 90+7’
Wolves 2.05 xGAston Villa 0.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Wolves attacking 
44’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 36’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 49’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 90’ Donyell Malen (Aston Villa), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 12’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 90+7’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 36’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 64’ Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+3’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 78’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 86’ Donyell Malen (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 38’ Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 44’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 36’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 49’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 90’ Donyell Malen (Aston Villa), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 12’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 90+7’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 36’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 64’ Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+3’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 78’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 86’ Donyell Malen (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 38’ Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
José Sá GK900 0.000.000
Matt Doherty DEF900 0.000.000
Toti DEF900 0.000.000
Emmanuel Agbadou DEF900 0.000.000
Nélson Semedo MID900 0.000.000
Rayan Ait Nouri MID770 0.000.000
André MID900 0.000.000
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde MID9011 0.320.521
Matheus Cunha MID9014 0.710.401
Pablo Sarabia MID8310 0.000.321
Gonçalo Guedes FWD773 1.030.000
Rodrigo Gomes Sub130 0.000.000
Tommy Doyle Sub130 0.000.000
Hee-Chan Hwang Sub70 0.000.000
Santiago Bueno Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 30% Avg odds 3.17
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.43
Aston Villa win 42% Avg odds 2.30

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

Form going into the game

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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.