Wolves vs West Ham

5 April 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–3

Leander Dendoncker 44’
Fabio Silva 68’

Jesse Lingard 6’
Pablo Fornals 14’
Jarrod Bowen 38’

Match summary

West Ham took a 3-2 win at Wolves. West Ham led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jesse Lingard put West Ham ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Vladimir Coufal, Pablo Fornals made it 0-2 in the 14th minute, set up by Arthur Masuaku, Jarrod Bowen made it 0-3 in the 38th minute, set up by Jesse Lingard, and Leander Dendoncker pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in the 44th minute, set up by Adama Traoré. In the second half, Fabio Silva made it 2-3 in the 68th minute, set up by Pedro Neto.

Wolves can feel hard done by, creating 2.10 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to West Ham's 1.60 from 9.

Match stats

20 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.96 xG 1.60

1.96 Non-penalty xG 1.60

4 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Wolves West Ham

Kick-off

6’

Jesse Lingard
Assist: Vladimir Coufal

0-1

14’

Pablo Fornals
Assist: Arthur Masuaku

0-2

38’

Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Jesse Lingard

0-3

Leander Dendoncker
Assist: Adama Traoré

1-3

44’

Half-time1-3

Fabio Silva
Assist: Pedro Neto

2-3

68’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Wolves

Rúben Neves

West Ham

Issa Diop
Craig Dawson
Tomas Soucek
Jesse Lingard

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 2.10 xGWest Ham 1.60 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

West Ham 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
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Romain Saiss	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Coady	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Rayan Ait Nouri	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Leander Dendoncker	MID	90	1		3	0.38	0.00	0
Rúben Neves	MID	90			1	0.02	0.10	3
Pedro Neto	MID	90		1	5	0.65	0.36	4
Daniel Podence	MID	49			3	0.18	0.48	3
Adama Traoré	MID	90		1	2	0.08	0.30	1
Willian José	FWD	75			3	0.45	0.20	3
Fabio Silva	Sub	41	1		1	0.26	0.01	1
Vitinha	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ki-Jana Hoever	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.55	2
Issa Diop	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Cresswell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.25	1
Tomas Soucek	MID	90			0	0.00	0.34	1
Mark Noble	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pablo Fornals	MID	81	1		1	0.15	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	MID	90	1	1	2	0.49	0.12	1
Arthur Masuaku	MID	70		1	0	0.00	0.22	2
Michail Antonio	FWD	35			3	0.26	0.00	0
Jarrod Bowen	Sub	55	1		3	0.70	0.00	0
Ben Johnson	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Said Benrahma	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 33% Avg odds 2.89

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.16

West Ham win 37% Avg odds 2.63

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

Form going into the game

Wolves W D L D L

West Ham W L W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: West Ham 4-0 Wolves, 27 Sep 20 Next meeting: Wolves 1-0 West Ham, 20 Nov 21 All Wolves vs West Ham 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.