Wolves vs Leicester

19 January 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 4 – 3

Half-time: 2–0

Diogo Jota 4’, 64’, 90+3’
Ryan Bennett 12’

Demarai Gray 47’
Conor Coady 51’ (og)
Wes Morgan 87’

Match summary

Wolves beat Leicester 4-3, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Wolves led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Diogo Jota put Wolves ahead in the 4th minute, set up by João Moutinho and Ryan Bennett made it 2-0 with a header in the 12th minute, set up by João Moutinho. In the second half, Demarai Gray pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 47th minute, set up by Jamie Vardy, Coady's own goal equalised in the 51st minute, Jota put Wolves back in front in the 64th minute, set up by Rúben Neves, Wes Morgan equalised with a header in the 87th minute, set up by James Maddison, and Jota won it in stoppage time, set up by Raúl Jiménez.

The chances backed that up: Wolves created 2.22 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Leicester's 1.34 from 16.

Match stats

12 Shots 16

7 Shots on Target 6

5 Corners 9

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.22 xG 1.34

2.22 Non-penalty xG 1.34

8 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Wolves Leicester

Kick-off

Diogo Jota
Assist: João Moutinho

1-0

4’

Ryan Bennett
Assist: João Moutinho

2-0

12’

Half-time2-0

47’

Demarai Gray
Assist: Jamie Vardy

2-1

51’

Conor Coady
Own goal

2-2

Diogo Jota
Assist: Rúben Neves

3-2

64’

87’

Wes Morgan
Assist: James Maddison

3-3

Diogo Jota
Assist: Raúl Jiménez

4-3

90+3’

Full-time4-3

Bookings

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

Wolves

Ryan Bennett
Jonny
Diogo Jota

Leicester

Nampalys Mendy
Wilfred Ndidi
Ricardo Pereira

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.

Wolves 2.22 xGLeicester 1.34 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Wolves attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Rui Patrício	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Romain Saiss	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Coady	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Bennett	DEF	90	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Jonny	MID	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Rúben Vinagre	MID	75			0	0.00	0.13	1
Leander Dendoncker	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rúben Neves	MID	90		1	3	0.04	0.55	3
João Moutinho	MID	83		2	1	0.08	0.55	2
Raúl Jiménez	FWD	90		1	2	0.24	0.84	3
Diogo Jota	FWD	90	3		4	1.73	0.11	1
Matt Doherty	Sub	15			1	0.02	0.00	0
Morgan Gibbs-White	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danny Simpson	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wes Morgan	DEF	90	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	50			1	0.12	0.01	1
Ben Chilwell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nampalys Mendy	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Ricardo Pereira	MID	90			3	0.10	0.34	4
Demarai Gray	MID	90	1		6	0.56	0.12	1
Harvey Barnes	MID	75			3	0.15	0.00	0
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90		1	1	0.20	0.39	3
Jonny Evans	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Maddison	Sub	15		1	1	0.13	0.08	1
Kelechi Iheanacho	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 41% Bet365 odds 2.37

Draw 30% Bet365 odds 3.20

Leicester win 29% Bet365 odds 3.40

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

Form going into the game

Wolves L D W L L

Leicester W W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Leicester 2-0 Wolves, 18 Aug 18 Next meeting: Leicester 0-0 Wolves, 11 Aug 19 All Wolves vs Leicester 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.