Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 26 December 2022

Score2-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers
RefereeCraig Pawson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueGoodison Park
Attendance39,252

View Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 17 Everton won: 6 Drawn: 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers won: 6 Everton scored: 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers scored: 21 . This was the fifth Boxing Day meeting; the first since 1974 in League Division One and the first at Goodison Park.

1 Everton

Manager: Frank Lampard

2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Julen Lopetegui

Goals:

Yerry Mina 7 G

Goals:

Daniel Podence 22 G
Rayan Aït Nouri 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Yerry Mina
Defender Vitaliy Mykolenko
Defender Nathan Patterson
Defender James Tarkowski
Defender/Midfielder Amadou Onana
Midfielder Anthony Gordon
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Dwight McNeil
Forward Neal Maupay

Starting lineup:

José Sá Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Max Kilman Defender
Nélson Semedo Defender
Hugo Bueno Defender/Midfielder
Joe Hodge Midfielder
João Moutinho Midfielder
Rúben Neves Midfielder
Daniel Podence Midfielder/Forward
HWANG Hee-chan Midfielder/Forward
Diego Costa Forward

Substitutions:

Demarai Gray for Dwight McNeil 56
Ben Godfrey for Yerry Mina 76
Tom Cannon for Neal Maupay 83
Abdoulaye Doucouré for Idrissa Gueye 83

Substitutions:

Rayan Aït Nouri for Hugo Bueno 59
Matheus Nunes for Joe Hodge 59
Adama Traoré for HWANG Hee-chan 60
Gonçalo Guedes for Daniel Podence 73
Toti for João Moutinho 78

Cards:

Nathan Patterson 38 Y

Cards:

Daniel Podence 61 Y
Max Kilman 64 Y
Rúben Neves 79 Y
Toti 81 Y
Diego Costa 90 Y
Rayan Aït Nouri 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović
Defender Rúben Vinagre
Defender/Midfielder Seamus Coleman
Defender/Midfielder Ben Godfrey
Defender/Midfielder Mason Holgate
Midfielder Tom Davies
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray
Forward Tom Cannon

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matija Sarkić
Defender Dexter Lembikisa
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Nunes
Midfielder/Forward Connor Ronan
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Gonçalo Guedes
Forward Raúl Jiménez

Comments:

League position: 17th . Everton had now conceded 1,500 goals in 1,168 games in the Premier League (scored 1,503). . The Toffees had now lost their last three games in the Premier League against teams starting the day in 18th, 17th and 20th positions. . This was the first time that they had lost to a 90th minute winner in a Premier League game at Goodison Park since 19 December 2016 against Liverpool.

Comments:

League position: 18th . Despite a win that lifted them off the bottom of the table, Wolverhampton Wanderers remained as the lowest scorers so far in this Premier League season with ten goals in 16 games. . This was their first away league win since their last visit to Everton on 13 March 2022; longer than any other team currently in the Premier League. . Julen Lopetegui became the first manager to win his first game in the top division in charge of Wolves since John Barnwell in League Division One in November 1978. .

1 Everton

Manager: Frank Lampard

Goals:

Yerry Mina 7 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Yerry Mina
Defender Vitaliy Mykolenko
Defender Nathan Patterson
Defender James Tarkowski
Defender/Midfielder Amadou Onana
Midfielder Anthony Gordon
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Dwight McNeil
Forward Neal Maupay

Substitutions:

Demarai Gray for Dwight McNeil 56
Ben Godfrey for Yerry Mina 76
Tom Cannon for Neal Maupay 83
Abdoulaye Doucouré for Idrissa Gueye 83

Cards:

Nathan Patterson 38 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Asmir Begović
Defender Rúben Vinagre
Defender/Midfielder Seamus Coleman
Defender/Midfielder Ben Godfrey
Defender/Midfielder Mason Holgate
Midfielder Tom Davies
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray
Forward Tom Cannon

Comments:

League position: 17th . Everton had now conceded 1,500 goals in 1,168 games in the Premier League (scored 1,503). . The Toffees had now lost their last three games in the Premier League against teams starting the day in 18th, 17th and 20th positions. . This was the first time that they had lost to a 90th minute winner in a Premier League game at Goodison Park since 19 December 2016 against Liverpool.

2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Julen Lopetegui

Goals:

Daniel Podence 22 G
Rayan Aït Nouri 90 G

Starting lineup:

José Sá Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Max Kilman Defender
Nélson Semedo Defender
Hugo Bueno Defender/Midfielder
Joe Hodge Midfielder
João Moutinho Midfielder
Rúben Neves Midfielder
Daniel Podence Midfielder/Forward
HWANG Hee-chan Midfielder/Forward
Diego Costa Forward

Substitutions:

Rayan Aït Nouri for Hugo Bueno 59
Matheus Nunes for Joe Hodge 59
Adama Traoré for HWANG Hee-chan 60
Gonçalo Guedes for Daniel Podence 73
Toti for João Moutinho 78

Cards:

Daniel Podence 61 Y
Max Kilman 64 Y
Rúben Neves 79 Y
Toti 81 Y
Diego Costa 90 Y
Rayan Aït Nouri 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matija Sarkić
Defender Dexter Lembikisa
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Nunes
Midfielder/Forward Connor Ronan
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Gonçalo Guedes
Forward Raúl Jiménez

Comments:

League position: 18th . Despite a win that lifted them off the bottom of the table, Wolverhampton Wanderers remained as the lowest scorers so far in this Premier League season with ten goals in 16 games. . This was their first away league win since their last visit to Everton on 13 March 2022; longer than any other team currently in the Premier League. . Julen Lopetegui became the first manager to win his first game in the top division in charge of Wolves since John Barnwell in League Division One in November 1978. .