English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 16, 2025
Manchester City WWWLW 4
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Wolverhampton Wanderers LLLDL 0
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MNC224
WOL000
Molineux Stadium · 31,118 att. · NBC

Match Report

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
0
58.4
Possession
41.6
15
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
510
Accurate Passes
326
563
Passes
394
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.2
30
Long Balls
48
13
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
17
18
Tackles
25
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
6
22
Effective Clearances
20
22
Clearances
20

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-1

Lineups

WOL · 3-4-3

  1. 1José SáG
  2. 12Emmanuel AgbadouCD
  3. 24Toti GomesCD-L
  4. 2Matt DohertyCD-R
  5. 8João GomesCM-L
  6. 7AndréCM-R
  7. 6David Møller WolfeLM
  8. 26Ki-Jana HoeverRM
  9. 9Jørgen Strand LarsenF
  10. 27Jean-Ricner BellegardeCF-L
  11. 5Marshall MunetsiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Jhon AriasSUB
  2. 3Hugo BuenoSUB
  3. 28Fernando LópezSUB
  4. 15Yerson MosqueraSUB
  5. 31Sam JohnstoneSUB
  6. 18Sasa KalajdzicSUB
  7. 11Hwang Hee-ChanSUB
  8. 21Rodrigo GomesSUB
  9. 4Santiago BuenoSUB

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 1James TraffordG
  2. 3Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 21Rayan Aït-NouriLB
  5. 82Rico LewisRB
  6. 14Nico GonzálezCM
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaLM
  8. 4Tijjani ReijndersRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 11Jérémy DokuLF
  11. 52Oscar BobbRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Rayan CherkiSUB
  2. 33Nico O'ReillySUB
  3. 7Omar MarmoushSUB
  4. 25Manuel AkanjiSUB
  5. 6Nathan AkéSUB
  6. 19Ilkay GündoganSUB
  7. 45Abdukodir KhusanovSUB
  8. 27Matheus NunesSUB
  9. 18Stefan OrtegaSUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Manchester City 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
  2. 37' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Manchester City 2. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oscar Bobb following a fast break.
  3. 54' Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Manchester City 3. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
  5. 66' Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Rico Lewis.
  6. 66' Substitution, Manchester City. Omar Marmoush replaces Jérémy Doku.
  7. 66' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico O'Reilly replaces Bernardo Silva.
  8. 67' Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 72' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hugo Bueno replaces David Møller Wolfe.
  10. 72' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Fer López replaces André.
  11. 73' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rodrigo Gomes replaces Ki-Jana Hoever.
  12. 73' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jhon Arias replaces Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
  13. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Rayan Cherki replaces Erling Haaland.
  14. 81' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Manchester City 4. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  15. 81' Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 82' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Jørgen Strand Larsen.
  17. 82' Substitution, Manchester City. Abdukodir Khusanov replaces John Stones.

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