Wolves vs Liverpool

16 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–0

Hee-Chan Hwang 7’

Cody Gakpo 55’
Andrew Robertson 85’
Hugo Bueno 90+1’ (og)

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 away at Wolves. Wolves led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Hee-Chan Hwang put Wolves ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Pedro Neto. In the second half, Cody Gakpo equalised in the 55th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson put Liverpool in front in the 85th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Bueno's own goal made it 1-3 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.83 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Wolves's 0.54 from 11.

Match stats

11 Shots 16

2 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

0.54 xG 2.83

0.54 Non-penalty xG 2.83

9 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Wolves Liverpool

Kick-off

Hee-Chan Hwang
Assist: Pedro Neto

1-0

7’

Half-time1-0

55’

Cody Gakpo
Assist: Mohamed Salah

1-1

85’

Andrew Robertson
Assist: Mohamed Salah

1-2

90+1’

Hugo Bueno
Own goal

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Wolves

Nélson Semedo

Liverpool

Alexis Mac Allister
Curtis Jones
Harvey Elliott

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 0.54 xGLiverpool 2.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool 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
José Sá	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Max Kilman	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Rayan Ait Nouri	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Gomes	MID	90			1	0.01	0.09	1
Mario Lemina	MID	80			1	0.06	0.00	0
Hee-Chan Hwang	MID	62	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	MID	79			1	0.09	0.04	1
Pedro Neto	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.18	4
Matheus Cunha	FWD	63			2	0.07	0.00	0
Matt Doherty	Sub	28			1	0.05	0.08	1
Fabio Silva	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hugo Bueno	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tommy Doyle	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Boubacar Traore	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Joel Matip	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jarell Quansah	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90	1		1	0.49	0.14	2
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90		2	1	0.07	1.53	5
Cody Gakpo	FWD	58	1		3	1.01	0.00	0
Diogo Jota	FWD	58			1	0.07	0.00	0
Luis Díaz	Sub	42			3	0.42	0.55	2
Darwin Núñez	Sub	32			2	0.55	0.00	0
Harvey Elliott	Sub	32			3	0.09	0.06	1
Ibrahima Konaté	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.30	1
Ryan Gravenberch	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 20% Avg odds 4.77

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.35

Liverpool win 58% Avg odds 1.67

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

Form going into the game

Wolves L L L W L

Liverpool D D W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-0 Wolves, 01 Mar 23 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-0 Wolves, 19 May 24 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.