Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion, 16 January 2021

Score3-2 to West Bromwich Albion
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueMolineux

View Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion head to head

Kick-off: 12.30pm Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers won: 1 Drawn: 1 West Bromwich Albion won: 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers scored: 7 West Bromwich Albion scored: 12 West Bromwich Albion had now won on consecutive visits to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the top division for the first time.

2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

3 West Bromwich Albion

Manager: Sam Allardyce

Goals:

Fábio Silva 38 G
Willy Boly 43 G

Goals:

Matheus Pereira penalty 8 P
Semi Ajayi 52 G
Matheus Pereira penalty 56 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Rui Patrício
Defender Willy Boly
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender/Midfielder Conor Coady
Defender/Midfielder Leander Dendoncker
Defender/Midfielder Romain Saïss
Midfielder João Moutinho
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder Rúben Neves
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Fábio Silva

Starting lineup:

David Button Goalkeeper
Semi Ajayi Defender
Kyle Bartley Defender
Dara O'Shea Defender
Kieran Gibbs Defender/Midfielder
Jake Livermore Defender/Midfielder
Robert Snodgrass Midfielder
Kamil Grosicki Midfielder/Forward
Matheus Pereira Midfielder/Forward
Callum Robinson Midfielder/Forward
Romaine Sawyers Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Morgan Gibbs-White for Rúben Neves 60
Rayan Aït Nouri for Conor Coady 64
Patrick Cutrone for João Moutinho 79

Substitutions:

Hal Robson-Kanu for Kamil Grosicki 69
Darnell Furlong for Matheus Pereira 83

Cards:

Leander Dendoncker 73 Y
Fábio Silva 90 Y

Cards:

Semi Ajayi 36 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper John Ruddy
Defender Ki-Jana Hoever
Defender Max Kilman
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Midfielder Meritan Shabani
Midfielder Vitinha
Midfielder/Forward Theo Corbeanu
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Gibbs-White
Forward Patrick Cutrone

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Andy Lonergan
Defender Darnell Furlong
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender Cédric Kipré
Defender/Midfielder Lee Peltier
Midfielder Kyle Edwards
Midfielder Sam Field
Midfielder Filip Krovinović
Forward Hal Robson-Kanu

Comments:

League position: 14th Wolverhampton Wanderers had now won two of their last 12 games in the Premier League (lost seven). Wolves had now lost nine of their 19 games so far in this Premier League season; as many as in the 38 games of the previous season. They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 12 games in the Premier League; the longest current such sequence in the division.

Comments:

League position: 19th This was West Bromwich Albion's second win so far in this Premier League season (played 18, lost 11). Matheus Pereira became the first player to score two or more goals in an away game in the Premier League for the Baggies since Nicolas Anelka at West Ham United on 28 December 2013. Albion had now conceded 23 goals in their last eight games in the Premier League (scored seven).

2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Fábio Silva 38 G
Willy Boly 43 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Rui Patrício
Defender Willy Boly
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender/Midfielder Conor Coady
Defender/Midfielder Leander Dendoncker
Defender/Midfielder Romain Saïss
Midfielder João Moutinho
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder Rúben Neves
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Fábio Silva

Substitutions:

Morgan Gibbs-White for Rúben Neves 60
Rayan Aït Nouri for Conor Coady 64
Patrick Cutrone for João Moutinho 79

Cards:

Leander Dendoncker 73 Y
Fábio Silva 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper John Ruddy
Defender Ki-Jana Hoever
Defender Max Kilman
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Midfielder Meritan Shabani
Midfielder Vitinha
Midfielder/Forward Theo Corbeanu
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Gibbs-White
Forward Patrick Cutrone

Comments:

League position: 14th Wolverhampton Wanderers had now won two of their last 12 games in the Premier League (lost seven). Wolves had now lost nine of their 19 games so far in this Premier League season; as many as in the 38 games of the previous season. They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 12 games in the Premier League; the longest current such sequence in the division.

3 West Bromwich Albion

Manager: Sam Allardyce

Goals:

Matheus Pereira penalty 8 P
Semi Ajayi 52 G
Matheus Pereira penalty 56 P

Starting lineup:

David Button Goalkeeper
Semi Ajayi Defender
Kyle Bartley Defender
Dara O'Shea Defender
Kieran Gibbs Defender/Midfielder
Jake Livermore Defender/Midfielder
Robert Snodgrass Midfielder
Kamil Grosicki Midfielder/Forward
Matheus Pereira Midfielder/Forward
Callum Robinson Midfielder/Forward
Romaine Sawyers Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Hal Robson-Kanu for Kamil Grosicki 69
Darnell Furlong for Matheus Pereira 83

Cards:

Semi Ajayi 36 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Andy Lonergan
Defender Darnell Furlong
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender Cédric Kipré
Defender/Midfielder Lee Peltier
Midfielder Kyle Edwards
Midfielder Sam Field
Midfielder Filip Krovinović
Forward Hal Robson-Kanu

Comments:

League position: 19th This was West Bromwich Albion's second win so far in this Premier League season (played 18, lost 11). Matheus Pereira became the first player to score two or more goals in an away game in the Premier League for the Baggies since Nicolas Anelka at West Ham United on 28 December 2013. Albion had now conceded 23 goals in their last eight games in the Premier League (scored seven).