Wolves vs Liverpool

28 September 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Rayan Ait Nouri 56’
  • Ibrahima Konaté 45+2’
  • Mohamed Salah 61’ (pen)

Match summary

Liverpool won 2-1 away at Wolves. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Ibrahima Konaté put Liverpool ahead with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Diogo Jota, Rayan Ait Nouri equalised in the 56th minute, and Mohamed Salah won it from the penalty spot in the 61st minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.12 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Wolves's 0.75 from 7.

Match stats

Wolves Liverpool
8 Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 6
2 Corners 10
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.75 xG 2.12
0.75 Non-penalty xG 1.36
2 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Wolves Liverpool
Kick-off
45+2’
Ibrahima Konaté
Assist: Diogo Jota0-1 (Liverpool)
Half-time0-1
Rayan Ait Nouri1-1 (Wolves)
56’
61’
Mohamed Salah
Penalty1-2 (Liverpool)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • André
  • Carlos Forbs
Liverpool
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold
  • Ibrahima Konaté
  • Diogo Jota

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 0.75 2.12 45+2’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), 0-1 45+2’ 56’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), 1-1 56’ 61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-2 61’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.75 2.12 45+2’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), 0-1 Konaté 45+2’ 56’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), 1-1 Nouri 56’ 61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-2 Salah 61’
Wolves 0.75 xGLiverpool 2.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Wolves attacking 
61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 40’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.63 xG, saved 56’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 72’ Carlos Forbs (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 32’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 78’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 65’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 26’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 15’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 83’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 68’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 22’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 40’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 40’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.63 xG, saved 56’ Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolves), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 72’ Carlos Forbs (Wolves), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 32’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 78’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 65’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 26’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 15’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 83’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 68’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 22’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 40’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Sam Johnstone GK900 0.000.000
Nélson Semedo DEF901 0.010.021
Toti DEF900 0.000.000
Santiago Bueno DEF810 0.000.000
Rayan Ait Nouri DEF9011 0.490.062
André MID900 0.000.000
Matheus Cunha MID902 0.050.111
João Gomes MID900 0.000.000
Mario Lemina MID900 0.000.000
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde MID571 0.030.061
Jørgen Strand Larsen FWD721 0.060.000
Carlos Forbs Sub331 0.110.000
Hee-Chan Hwang Sub180 0.000.000
Tommy Doyle Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 11% Avg odds 8.71
Draw 16% Avg odds 5.91
Liverpool win 73% Avg odds 1.32

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

Form going into the game

Wolves LLDLL
Liverpool WWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-0 Wolves, 19 May 24 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Wolves, 16 Feb 25  All Wolves vs Liverpool 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.