Soccer match preview: Liverpool confident before travelling to Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Molineux Stadium (30852 seats)

Wolverhampton Wanderers oppose Liverpool for prestige and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Liverpool have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at Molineux Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 9 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from Wolverhampton Wanderers's 19 home games.

The regulars are hoping that Wolverhampton Wanderers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the match against Crystal Palace (placed 7th). Wolves's goalkeeper Sá was extremely busy against Crystal Palace, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Midfield player Neto got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Neto signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

A home win before that one, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Blackpool and won 5-0.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Wolverhampton Wanderers at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Liverpool form and stats

Four points from two away games for Liverpool, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premier League so far.

Szoboszlai and Salah scored in Liverpool's previous match, the home game against Aston Villa that ended 3-0. Attacker Salah got a player rating of 8.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Salah scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Newcastle United with the score of 2-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Liverpool has managed {3 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these participants: Wolves won one, Liverpool were winners in eight and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wolverhampton WanderersH. Hwang
H. Hwang
2 goals
LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
2 goals
LiverpoolL. Díaz Marulanda
L. Díaz Marulanda
2 goals

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

Liverpool missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers Liverpool
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 1 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 1 Scored S 2 3 9
8 4 4 Conceded C 1 2 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.5 7.5
5.5 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 3.5
3.8 5 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 1.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
15.5 16 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11 16.2
4.2 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 4.8
24% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 60% 47%
 
15.5 16 16 Shots against (avg) S A 23 16.5 13.8
7.2 8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6 5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Liverpool have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers Last season Liverpool
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 9   Won W   6 19
8 3   Drew D   5 10
19 7   Lost L   8 9
31 19   Scored S   29 75
58 20   Conceded C   30 47
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
71% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 74%
39% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 61%
13% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 37%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 24%
37% 21%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
29% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 37%
39% 32%   Failed to Score F T   37% 21%
 
4.9 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6.2
5.3 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.5
2.2 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
6 4   Red cards R C   0 1
 
11 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   14.5 16.1
3.3 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.6
24% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 35%
 
14.7 14.3   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 9.7
4.6 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 4 4 0 0 11 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 9 12
2 Tottenham Hotspur 4 3 1 0 11 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 9 4 7 10
3 Liverpool 4 3 1 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 10
4 West Ham United 4 3 1 0 9 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 6 3 5 10
5 Arsenal 4 3 1 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 10
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 3 0 1 12 6 3 2 0 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 9
7 Crystal Palace 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 7
8 Brentford 4 1 3 0 8 5 3 0 3 0 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 6
9 Nottingham Forest 4 2 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 4 5 0 6
10 Aston Villa 4 2 0 2 8 9 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 4 9 -1 6
11 Manchester United 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 6
12 Chelsea 4 1 1 2 5 5 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 4
13 Fulham 4 1 1 2 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 1 4 7 -6 4
14 Newcastle United 4 1 0 3 7 7 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 3
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 1 0 3 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 -4 3
16 AFC Bournemouth 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 -4 2
17 Sheffield United 4 0 1 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 1
18 Everton 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -6 1
19 Luton Town 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 7 -7 0
20 Burnley 3 0 0 3 3 11 3 0 0 3 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 28 5 5 94 33 19 17 1 1 60 17 19 11 4 4 34 16 61 89
2 Arsenal 38 26 6 6 88 43 19 14 3 2 53 25 19 12 3 4 35 18 45 84
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 58 43 19 15 3 1 36 10 19 8 3 8 22 33 15 75
4 Newcastle United 38 19 14 5 68 33 19 11 6 2 36 14 19 8 8 3 32 19 35 71
5 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 75 47 19 13 5 1 46 17 19 6 5 8 29 30 28 67
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 18 8 12 72 53 19 10 4 5 37 21 19 8 4 7 35 32 19 62
7 Aston Villa 38 18 7 13 51 46 19 12 2 5 33 21 19 6 5 8 18 25 5 61
8 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 6 14 70 63 19 12 1 6 37 25 19 6 5 8 33 38 7 60
9 Brentford 38 15 14 9 58 46 19 10 7 2 35 18 19 5 7 7 23 28 12 59
10 Fulham 38 15 7 16 55 53 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 7 2 10 24 24 2 52
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 40 49 19 7 7 5 21 23 19 4 5 10 19 26 -9 45
12 Chelsea 38 11 11 16 38 47 19 6 7 6 20 19 19 5 4 10 18 28 -9 44
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 31 58 19 9 3 7 19 20 19 2 5 12 12 38 -27 41
14 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 42 55 19 8 4 7 26 24 19 3 3 13 16 31 -13 40
15 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 6 21 37 71 19 6 4 9 20 28 19 5 2 12 17 43 -34 39
16 Nottingham Forest 38 9 11 18 38 68 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 1 5 13 11 44 -30 38
17 Everton 38 8 12 18 34 57 19 6 3 10 16 27 19 2 9 8 18 30 -23 36
18 Leicester City 38 9 7 22 51 68 19 5 4 10 23 27 19 4 3 12 28 41 -17 34
19 Leeds United 38 7 10 21 48 78 19 5 7 7 26 37 19 2 3 14 22 41 -30 31
20 Southampton 38 6 7 25 36 73 19 2 5 12 19 37 19 4 2 13 17 36 -37 25

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.