English Premier League

Liverpool vs Wolves 2022-23 English Premier League

  • 73': Virgil van Dijk
  • 77': Mohamed Salah
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2 - 0

Liverpool creep back toward top-four with win over Wolves

Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah scored second-half goals as Liverpool battled to a 2-0 Premier League home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 15': Stefan Bajcetic (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 24': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rayan Aït-Nouri replaces Hugo Bueno because of an injury.
  • 36': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+4': Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traoré replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
  • 53': Fabinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Daniel Podence replaces João Moutinho.
  • 64': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Gomes replaces Matheus Nunes.
  • 66': Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  • 73': Goal! Liverpool 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Jota following a set piece situation.
  • 76': Substitution, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo replaces Diogo Jota.
  • 77': Goal! Liverpool 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas.
  • 79': Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Stefan Bajcetic.
  • 79': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Diego Costa replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  • 89': Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Darwin Núñez.
  • 89': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 53,259

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+46 Arsenal 28 64 4
+39 Liverpool 28 64 2
+35 Manchester City 28 63 3
+18 Aston Villa 29 56 7
Full Table

Statistics

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14 Fouls 13
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 1
2 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 1
43.2 Possession 56.8
4 SHOTS 15
1 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
322 Accurate Passes 439
402 Passes 528
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 6
8 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.4
52 Long Balls 44
30 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 3
12 Effective Tackles 10
21 Tackles 12
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
11 Interceptions 12
18 Effective Clearances 5
18 Clearances 5

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
5 Ibrahima Konaté
21 Kostas Tsimikas
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho Yellow Card
43 Stefan Bajcetic Yellow Card
19 Harvey Elliott
20 Diogo Jota
27 Darwin Núñez
11 Mohamed Salah

WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 José Sá (GK)
23 Max Kilman
15 Craig Dawson
64 Hugo Bueno
22 Nélson Semedo Yellow Card
28 João Moutinho
5 Mario Lemina
8 Rúben Neves Yellow Card
9 Raúl Jiménez
27 Matheus Nunes
21 Pablo Sarabia Yellow Card

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