Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
Key numbers
- Possession 45% – 55%
- Shots 8 (3 on target) – 10 (6)
- Decisive moment: 61' Mohamed Salah, FN xPts +1.0
Rayan Aït Nouri 56'
HT 0:1
Ibrahima Konaté 45+2'
Mohamed Salah 61' (pen)
Mohamed Salah 61' (pen)
Wolves 20th · 1 pt|Liverpool 4th → 1st · 15 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.63–2.54).
Player of the matchRayan Aït NouriDecisive moment61' Mohamed Salah+1.0
Player of the match
Rayan Aït Nouri Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.9 (Strong)
Game state
Wolves ahead 0 min · level 50 min · Liverpool ahead 40 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
45+2'
Ibrahima Konaté
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Diogo Jota +0.2
+0.8
56'
Rayan Aït Nouri
Goal
+0.7
61'
Mohamed Salah
Pen goal
+1.0
Wolves
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments +0.7Opponent moments −1.4Time effect −0.2→ League points won 0
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +1.8Opponent moments −0.9Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
WolvesLiverpool
45%Possession55%
0.63Expected goals (xG)2.54
0.08xG per shot0.25
8Shots10
3Shots on target6
38%Shots on target %60%
5Shots in box8
426Passes534
84%Pass accuracy85%
2Corners10
4Saves2
16Fouls8
2Yellow cards3
1Offsides2
Compared with usual
Wolves
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2.4 | |
| xG | 0.63 | 0.7 | |
| xG against | 2.54 | 1 | |
| Shots | 8 | 11.4 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.3 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.06 | |
| Possession | 45% | 46.7% | |
| Passes | 426 | 403.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 82.4% | |
| Corners | 2 | 3.4 | |
| Fouls | 16 | 14.6 |
Liverpool
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.43 | |
| xG | 2.54 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 0.63 | 0.61 | |
| Shots | 10 | 17.9 | |
| On target | 6 | 8 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 9.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.25 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 55% | 58.9% | |
| Passes | 534 | 545.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 87.6% | |
| Corners | 10 | 5.9 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 12.1 |
Timeline
- 6' Yellow Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 30' Yellow André
- 36' Yellow Diogo Jota
- 45+2' Goal Ibrahima Konaté league goal #1 assist Diogo Jota
- 52' Sub Jean-Ricner Bellegarde → Carlos Borges
- 56' Goal Rayan Aït Nouri league goal #1
- 61' Goal Mohamed Salah (pen) league goal #4
- 63' Yellow Ibrahima Konaté
- 68' Sub Jørgen Strand Larsen → Hee-Chan Hwang
- 73' Sub Luis Díaz → Cody Gakpo
- 73' Sub Dominik Szoboszlai → Curtis Jones
- 77' Sub Santiago Bueno → Tommy Doyle
- 87' Yellow Carlos Borges
- 89' Sub Andrew Robertson → Joe Gomez
Category leaders
- Key passesRayan Aït Nouri2
- Duels wonMario Lemina8/12
- DribblesNélson Semedo2/2
- Defensive actionsMario Lemina6
- ShotsMohamed Salah3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonRyan Gravenberch4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.