Wolverhampton Wanderers conquers Manchester City 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

WOLVERHAMPTON. Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Manchester City to win 2-1.

October 1, 2023

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WOLVERHAMPTON. Wolverhampton Wanderers overcome Manchester City to win 2-1. It was Wolverhampton Wanderers to strike first with an own goal of Rúben Dias at the 13′. Then it was a goal in the 58′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Hwang Hee-Chan gave the win to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 66′ minute with a goal. Manchester City was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (68%).

The match was played at the Molineux Stadium stadium in Wolverhampton on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson assisted by Darren Cann and Marc Perry. The 4th official was James Bell. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 11.94 degrees Celsius or 53.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.

Match Statistics

Wolverhampton Wanderers

2 - 1

Manchester City

! 32 Ball Possession 68

Shots

3 Total 23
1 On Target 8
0 Off Target 5
2 Shots blocked 10

42 Attack 147
22 Dangerous attack 96
90 Ball safe 83

0 Penalties 0
0 Corners 6

Fouls

17 Total 12
5 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 68% while Wolverhampton Wanderers was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City had a more offensive attitude with 96 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 8 were on target. Still, Wolverhampton Wanderers was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 3 times, 1 on target, 0 off target. Regarding the opposition, Manchester City shot 23 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Wolverhampton Wanderers received 5 yellow cards (Mario Lemina, Pedro Neto, Hwang Hee-Chan, José Sá and Fábio Silva). Talking about the opposition, Manchester City received 4 yellow cards (Kyle Walker, Julián Álvarez, Jeremy Doku and Mateo Kovačić).

Match Timeline

13'

Rúben Dias(own-goal)

17'

Kyle Walker- Yellow

Hee-chan Hwang- Yellow

24'

Mario Lemina- Yellow

39'

46'

Oscar Bobb- sub ->Matheus Nunes

Pedro Neto- Yellow

57'

58'

Julián Álvarez(goal)

59'

Mateo Kovacic- Yellow

63'

Julián Álvarez- Yellow

Hee-chan Hwang(goal)Matheus Cunha

66'

65'

Boubacar Traoré- sub ->João Gomes

67'

Matt Doherty- sub ->Rayan Aït Nouri

74'

80'

Jack Grealish- sub ->Nathan Aké

82'

Jérémy Doku- Yellow

José Sá- Yellow

83'

86'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Fulham

Brighton & Hove Albion

After this match, Wolverhampton Wanderers will have 7 points like Nottingham Forest to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Manchester City will stay with 18 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers will play away against AFC Bournemouth on the 21st of October with a 3-3 head to head stats.

Manchester City will host Brighton & Hove Albion on the 21st of October with a 11-1 head to head stats in favor of Manchester City (2 draws).

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers

José Sá 1.Portugal

8.2

83'

Craig Dawson 15.England

7.3

Max Kilman 23.England

7.1

Toti 24.Portugal

6.6

Rayan Aït-Nouri 3.Algeria

6.8

74'

Mario Lemina 5.Gabon

6.3

39'

Boubacar Traoré 6.Mali

J. Pied 8.France

Nélson Semedo 22.Portugal

7.1

João Gomes 8.Brazil

6.4

67'

Pedro Neto 7.Portugal

6.8

57'

Hee-chan Hwang 11.South Korea

7.7

86'

24'

66'

Matheus Cunha 12.Brazil

7.3

86'

Substitutes

Daniel Bentley 25.England

Matt Doherty 2.Republic of Ireland

6.7

74'

Jonny Otto 19.Spain

6.8

86'

Santiago Bueno 4.Uruguay

Boubacar Traoré 6.Mali

6.4

67'

Pablo Sarabia 21.Spain

Joe Hodge 32.Republic of Ireland

Sasa Kalajdzic 18.Austria

Fábio Silva 9.Portugal

6.6

86'

90'

Wolverhampton Wanderers started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Gary O’Neil decided to play with the following team: Boubacar Traore, Jérémy Pied, José Sá (8.2), Max Kilman (7.1), Craig Dawson (7.3), Toti Gomes (6.6), Nélson Semedo (7.1), João Gomes (6.4), Mario Lemina (6.3), Rayan Aït Nouri (6.8), Pedro Neto (6.8), Matheus Cunha (7.3) and Hwang Hee-Chan (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: B. Traoré (6.4), Pablo Sarabia, Matt Doherty (6.7), Sasa Kalajdzic, Jonny (6.8), Joseph Hodge, Fábio Silva (6.6), Santiago Bueno and Daniel Bentley.

Wolverhampton Wanderers could not rely on the presence of B. Traoré (injured).

Substitutions

Wolverhampton Wanderers made 4 changes: João Gomes for B. Traoré (67′), Matheus Cunha for Fábio Silva (86′), Hwang Hee-Chan for Jonny (86′) and Rayan Aït Nouri for Matt Doherty (74′).

Best player: José Sá

The player that probably impressed the most for Wolverhampton Wanderers was the goalkeeper: José Sá. His rating is 8.16. He performed 7 saves.

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City

Ederson 31.Brazil

6.3

Kyle Walker 2.England

7.5

17'

Rúben Dias 3.Portugal

7.9

Manuel Akanji 25.Switzerland

8.1

Nathan Aké 6.Netherlands

7.0

80'

Mateo Kovacic 8.Croatia

6.7

65'

59'

Jérémy Doku 11.Belgium

8.4

82'

Julián Álvarez 19.Argentina

8.1

63'

58'

Matheus Nunes 27.Portugal

7.0

46'

Phil Foden 47.England

7.3

Erling Haaland 9.Norway

7.0

Substitutes

Scott Carson 33.England

Stefan Ortega 18.Germany

Josko Gvardiol 24.Croatia

Rico Lewis 82.England

Sergio Gómez 21.Spain

Kalvin Phillips 4.England

6.7

65'

Oscar Bobb 52.Norway

7.0

46'

Jack Grealish 10.England

6.8

80'

Manchester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson (6.3), Kyle Walker (7.5), Manuel Akanji (8.1), Rúben Dias (7.9), Nathan Aké (7.0), Matheus Nunes (7.0), Mateo Kovačić (6.7), Phil Foden (7.3), Julián Álvarez (8.1), Jeremy Doku (8.4), Erling Haaland (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Joško Gvardiol, Sergio Gómez, Kalvin Phillips (6.7), Scott Carson, Oscar Bobb (7.0), Stefan Ortega, Rico Lewis and Jack Grealish (6.8).