Wolves vs Liverpool

4 February 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Joel Matip 5’ (og)
  • Craig Dawson 12’
  • Rúben Neves 71’

Match summary

Wolves won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Liverpool. Wolves led 2-0 at half-time.

Matip's own goal put Wolves ahead in the 5th minute, Craig Dawson made it 2-0 in the 12th minute, and Rúben Neves made it 3-0 in the 71st minute, set up by Adama Traoré.

The chances backed that up: Wolves created 2.80 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Liverpool's 1.32 from 22.

Match stats

Wolves Liverpool
12 Shots 22
6 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.63 xG 1.30
2.63 Non-penalty xG 1.30
5 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Wolves Liverpool
Kick-off
Joel Matip
Own goal1-0 (Wolves)
5’
Craig Dawson2-0 (Wolves)
12’
Half-time2-0
Rúben Neves
Assist: Adama Traoré3-0 (Wolves)
71’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • Craig Dawson
Liverpool
  • Joseph Gomez

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 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.80 1.32 5’ Joel Matip (Wolves) own goal, 1-0 5’ 12’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), 2-0 12’ 71’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), 3-0 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.80 1.32 5’ Joel Matip (Wolves) own goal, 1-0 Matip 5’ 12’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), 2-0 Dawson 12’ 71’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), 3-0 Neves 71’
Wolves 2.80 xGLiverpool 1.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Wolves attacking 
71’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 88’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 12’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), set piece, 0.47 xG, goal 12’ Max Kilman (Wolves), set piece, 0.36 xG, blocked 26’ Matheus Nunes (Wolves), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 67’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 29’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), from a corner, 0.18 xG, off target 51’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.17 xG, blocked 51’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 4’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 51’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 20’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 66’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 24’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 25’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 27’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 63’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 85’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 57’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 69’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), own goal 71’ Rúben Neves (Wolves), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 88’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 12’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), set piece, 0.47 xG, goal 12’ Max Kilman (Wolves), set piece, 0.36 xG, blocked 26’ Matheus Nunes (Wolves), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 67’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 29’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), from a corner, 0.18 xG, off target 51’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.17 xG, blocked 51’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 4’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 51’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 20’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 66’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 24’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 25’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 58’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Raúl Jiménez (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 85’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 57’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 69’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), own goal
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 DEF9012 0.650.021
Max Kilman DEF901 0.360.021
Rayan Ait Nouri DEF880 0.000.000
Hee-Chan Hwang MID410 0.000.132
Rúben Neves MID9011 0.680.181
Mario Lemina MID870 0.000.000
Matheus Nunes MID901 0.310.021
Matheus Cunha FWD642 0.050.000
Pablo Sarabia FWD641 0.100.000
Adama Traoré Sub4911 0.081.212
Raúl Jiménez Sub263 0.570.081
João Moutinho Sub260 0.000.000
Daniel Podence Sub30 0.000.000
Jonny Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 24% Avg odds 3.97
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.76
Liverpool win 50% Avg odds 1.92

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

Form going into the game

Wolves WLDWL
Liverpool WWLLD

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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.