Wolverhampton Wanderers vs West Ham United, 2023-24 English Premier League
· English Premier League
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West Ham sweat on Bowen injury after comeback win over Wolves
West Ham's James Ward-Prowse scored directly from a corner kick to earn his side a 2-1 Premier League win at Wolves on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United).
- 1': Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Attempt missed. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Santiago Bueno.
- 7': Foul by Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United).
- 7': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Delay in match (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 9': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Edson Álvarez.
- 10': Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rayan Aït-Nouri is caught offside.
- 11': Attempt blocked. James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 14': Foul by Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 14': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Tommy Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 18': Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 20': Attempt saved. Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
- 21': Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 23': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
- 23': Attempt missed. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 23': Attempt saved. Tommy Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Gomes.
- 23': Foul by Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 23': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Attempt missed. Tommy Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Doherty with a headed pass.
- 26': Attempt saved. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
- 29': Attempt missed. Tommy Doyle (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mario Lemina.
- 30': Penalty Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rayan Aït-Nouri draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 30': Penalty conceded by Emerson (West Ham United) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 30': Emerson (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, West Ham United 0. Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 35': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by José Sá.
- 36': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
- 37': Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 37': Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Soucek.
- 38': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 38': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Attempt saved. João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Sarabia.
- 42': Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 43': João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1': Foul by Emerson (West Ham United).
- 45'+1': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, West Ham United 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, West Ham United 0.
- 45': Substitution, West Ham United. Ben Johnson replaces Vladimír Coufal.
- 45': Substitution, West Ham United. Michail Antonio replaces Tomás Soucek.
- 46': Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá.
- 48': Delay in match because of an injury Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United).
- 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 52': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 52': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Substitution, West Ham United. Aaron Cresswell replaces Jarrod Bowen because of an injury.
- 55': Delay in match because of an injury Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 55': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matheus Cunha replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri because of an injury.
- 55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 56': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Matt Doherty.
- 57': Attempt missed. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 58': Emerson (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 58': Foul by Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 59': Attempt blocked. James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 59': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Matt Doherty.
- 60': Attempt missed. James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá with a cross following a corner.
- 63': Foul by Emerson (West Ham United).
- 63': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 67': James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Penalty conceded by Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 73': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, West Ham United 1. Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 73': Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 73': Foul by Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 75': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Leon Chiwome replaces Pablo Sarabia.
- 75': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Boubacar Traoré replaces Mario Lemina.
- 78': Foul by Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 78': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79': Foul by Emerson (West Ham United).
- 79': João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Attempt saved. Ben Johnson (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 83': Attempt saved. Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Tommy Doyle.
- 84': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
- 84': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, West Ham United 2. James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the bottom right corner following a corner.
- 86': Foul by Kurt Zouma (West Ham United).
- 86': Leon Chiwome (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 86': Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matt Doherty is caught offside.
- 87': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tawanda Chirewa replaces Tommy Doyle.
- 87': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hugo Bueno replaces Matt Doherty.
- 88': Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 88': Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Emerson.
- 90'+6': Attempt missed. Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
- 90'+7': Emerson (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+7': Foul by Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 90'+8': Attempt missed. James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
- 90'+8': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Ben Johnson.
- 90'+9': Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tawanda Chirewa is caught offside.
- 90'+9': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 90'+11': VAR Decision: No Goal Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 West Ham United.
- 90'+12': Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+14': Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+14': Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, West Ham United 2.
- 0': Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, West Ham United 2.
Statistics
 WHU |
WOL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 5 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 41.7 | Possession | 58.3 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 349 | Accurate Passes | 518 |
| 414 | Passes | 595 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 15 | Crosses | 12 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 37 | Long Balls | 44 |
| 18 | Accurate Long Balls | 16 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 21 |
| 22 | Tackles | 35 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 15 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Molineux Stadium
Location: Wolverhampton, England
Attendance: 31,504
Venue: Molineux Stadium
Location: Wolverhampton, England
Attendance: 31,504
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brentford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | José Sá (GK) |
| 23 | Max Kilman |
| 24 | Toti Gomes  |
| 4 | Santiago Bueno |
| 8 | João Gomes |
| 5 | Mario Lemina |
| 2 | Matt Doherty |
| 22 | Nélson Semedo |
| 21 | Pablo Sarabia |
| 20 | Tommy Doyle |
| 3 | Rayan Aït-Nouri |
West Ham United (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lukasz Fabianski (GK) |
| 4 | Kurt Zouma |
| 15 | Konstantinos Mavropanos |
| 33 | Emerson |
| 5 | Vladimír Coufal |
| 7 | James Ward-Prowse |
| 28 | Tomás Soucek |
| 19 | Edson Álvarez |
| 20 | Jarrod Bowen |
| 10 | Lucas Paquetá |
| 14 | Mohammed Kudus |
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