Wolves vs Man City

27 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Adama Traoré 55’
Raúl Jiménez 82’
Matt Doherty 89’

Raheem Sterling 25’, 50’

Match summary

Wolves came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 at home to Man City, with a late winner. Man City led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Raheem Sterling put Man City ahead in the 25th minute. In the second half, Sterling made it 0-2 in the 50th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne, Adama Traoré pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 55th minute, set up by Rúben Neves, Raúl Jiménez equalised in the 82nd minute, set up by Adama Traoré, and Matt Doherty won it in the 89th minute, set up by Raúl Jiménez.

The chances backed that up: Wolves created 2.39 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Man City's 1.98 from 7. Raheem Sterling had a penalty saved for Man City. Man City had a player sent off.

Match stats

20 Shots 7

8 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

2.39 xG 1.52

2.39 Non-penalty xG 0.61

4 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Wolves Man City

Kick-off

25’

Raheem Sterling

0-1

Half-time0-1

50’

Raheem Sterling
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne

0-2

Adama Traoré
Assist: Rúben Neves

1-2

55’

Raúl Jiménez
Assist: Adama Traoré

2-2

82’

Matt Doherty
Assist: Raúl Jiménez

3-2

89’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Man City

Ederson
Nicolás Otamendi

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 2.39 xGMan City 1.98 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man City attacking Wolves attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Rui Patrício	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leander Dendoncker	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Romain Saiss	DEF	90			2	0.60	0.01	1
Conor Coady	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Doherty	MID	90	1		1	0.09	0.00	0
Jonny	MID	80			1	0.03	0.11	2
Rúben Neves	MID	90		1	2	0.03	0.10	3
João Moutinho	MID	90			1	0.05	0.67	6
Adama Traoré	FWD	90	1	1	5	0.21	0.78	3
Raúl Jiménez	FWD	90	1	1	5	0.80	0.65	3
Diogo Jota	FWD	86			2	0.56	0.03	1
Rúben Vinagre	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Neto	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Bennett	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ederson	GK	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Nicolás Otamendi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fernandinho	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Benjamin Mendy	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Bernardo Silva	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Rodri	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riyad Mahrez	MID	53			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin De Bruyne	MID	74		1	1	0.05	0.34	1
Raheem Sterling	MID	90	2		5	1.89	0.00	0
Sergio Agüero	FWD	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Claudio Bravo	Sub	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Garcia	Sub	37			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ilkay Gündogan	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 14% Avg odds 6.84

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.34

Man City win 68% Avg odds 1.41

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

Form going into the game

Wolves D W D L W

Man City D W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man City 0-2 Wolves, 06 Oct 19 Next meeting: Wolves 1-3 Man City, 21 Sep 20 All Wolves vs Man City 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.